Thanks to the El Western in Ennis, the Gallatin River Lodge near Belgrade, the Best Western Clock Tower Inn in Billings and The Corner Store in Whitehall for collecting donations for Travelers for Open Land.
Thanks to the Firehole Ranch for collecting $1,650 from their guests this year for Travelers for Open Land. We're very appreciative of your efforts to help protect open land!
Great guest column in the Bozeman Chronicle by Kelly Pohl outlines how the community benefits from improvements at the Sourdough Canyon Trailhead. Kelly is program director at Gallatin Valley Land Trust. http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/opinions/article_f8fb6280-0c94-11e0-b3ca-001cc4c03286.html
Travelers for Open Land will have $15,000 in donated funds to grant in early 2011! Thanks to the participating businesses and travelers/residents who donated in 2010 to make the grants possible.
The Kalispell Daily Inter Lake article highlights a conservation easement in the Flathead Valley. The Louden family worked with Flathead Land Trust to protect 1,000 acres of open land. Flathead Land Trust received a Travelers for Open Land grant for this project. http://www.dailyinterlake.com/news/local_montana/article_72257e3a-0663-11e0-880c-001cc4c03286.html
Five Valleys Land Trust project helps provide access and expand the Kim Williams Trail in Missoula. Five Valleys received a Travelers for Open Land grant last year.