We’d love to hear about your interest in becoming our next Lands Director, one of the great conservation leadership positions in the West. It’s a rare opportunity to help lead a highly respected and accomplished land trust in a region of remarkable beauty.

As 2025 comes to a close, three of our amazing Board Members are preparing to wrap up their terms with GVLT. We want to express our deepest gratitude to Bill Cochran, Mimi Helvie, and Jeff Ott for their dedicated service to our organization and mission of trails and conservation.

On the Trail With Dayle Guest Columnist, Dayle Hayes, digs into where the advice to walk 10,000 steps a day came from and whether we should use it to judge our own activity and lifestyle.

Read reflections from GVLT Conservation Director Brendan Weiner as he wraps up his incredible 12-year tenure with the land trust and see messages of appreciation from colleagues and partners for his legacy of conservation.

At our recent Field Day event, we were delighted to honor Dotty Ballantyne with the GVLT Lifetime Service Award for decades of dedication to preserving scenic beauty, supporting the organization, and cherishing our trail system.

Learn how an abandoned railway was transformed into a scenic trail thanks to the persistence and dedication of two West Yellowstone women and support from countless local donations and grants, including $100,000 from the Gallatin County Open Lands Program.

On the Trail With Dayle Guest Columnist, Dayle Hayes, shares haikus from friends, family, and the wider GVLT community inspired by trails and open lands.

Guest columnist Dayle Hayes is back with stories and interesting details about her favorite wildflower. Can you guess what it is?

Guest columnist Dayle Hayes introduces the concept of shinrin-yoku, or forest bathing, and shares her favorite sites to connect with nature and take in the sights, sounds, and smells of other living things.

How one man's vision—and support from the Gallatin County Open Lands Program—helped Three Forks build and maintain a trail system that connects the community.

Introducing our new monthly guest column, “Dayle on the Trail.” Dayle shares stories about exploring new trails, tips on footwear for different seasons, reflections on trail photography, and interviews on the trail.

GVLT Executive Director Chet Work was asked whether he remained optimistic about the future of land conservation work, and his answer was a quick and resounding, “yes!” Read his guest column to learn how Americans’ — and Montanans’ in particular — shared value of open lands fuels this optimism.

Read a review of The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World, the latest book from author Robin Wall Kimmerer, from a longtime GVLT friend and supporter.

Learn about the latest enhancement “Bozeman’s Central Park.”

From GVLT Associate Director EJ Porth, as she prepares to walk a new trail and start a new professional adventure.

Stock your daypack with the Flora of the Yellowstone field guide, which includes more than 400 species of wildflowers, shrubs, trees, and other flora of the Greater Yellowstone Region. Bozeman author Whitney Tilt generously donates all proceeds of the guide to GVLT’s work on trails and conservation.

Before you hit the trail during should season, there are a few things you should know to keep both yourself and the trails in good shape.

We are thrilled to welcome five new members to our governing Board of Directors. Learn more about this talented and dedicated group of individuals.

In honor of our 10th anniversary, we’re going bigger than ever—$100,000 raised and 100,000 miles logged. Your business can help us get to the starting line. Please consider a business partnership with GVLT and help us protect the quality of life we all enjoy here in Southwest Montana.

GVLT has been awarded one of the highest distinctions in private land conservation, accreditation by the Land Trust Accreditation Commission, for the fourth time.