In response to growing interest from Park County landowners, community members, and conservation partners, GVLT has launched Northern Yellowstone Open Lands—a conservation initiative based in Livingston, Montana.

In partnership with the City of Bozeman Parks and Recreation Department, GVLT is building a vibrant trail network around the 30-acre open field of Sunset Hills, located between Lindley Park and Bozeman Health, which will be accessible to all ages and abilities.

This year marks the 25^th anniversary of the voter-approved Gallatin County Open Lands Program. Learn how the program has helped us preserve the things we love about our region, even as the community continues to grow and change.

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.”

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.

Our land conservation work began shortly after our founding in 1990 when 86-year-old Gertrude Baker came to GVLT to help forever protect her 181-acre property on Bozeman Pass and the wildlife depending on it.

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.

The Rieschel family partnered with GVLT to voluntarily establish a conservation easement, ensuring their scenic and productive land in the East Gallatin River corridor will remain forever open and available for agriculture.

Amid Bozeman's rapid changes, GVLT fosters unity through conservation easements, preserving nature, wildlife corridors, and agricultural lands for future generations.

GVLT has partnered with Rob Forstenzer to conserve his 546-acre Ferry Creek Ranch in Park County northeast of Livingston.

Amaltheia Organic Dairy received preliminary approval to use more than $550,000 in taxpayer dollars to help purchase its leased acreage in exchange for placing the farm into a conservation easement to preserve it in perpetuity.

All eyes are on us, the West is watching what we do, and maybe more importantly, what we don’t do. What will the headlines say about what happened to paradise and the people who had the chance to save it?

As 2024 comes to a close, three of our amazing Board Members are preparing to wrap up their terms with GVLT.