Travelers for Open Land Video Now On TVMT

Great news..the Travelers for Open Land video has been added to TVMT programming. TVMT reaches 55 Montana communities on cable and is also carried by PBS stations in Billings, Bozeman, Butte, Missoula and Great Falls. This is great exposure for the Travelers program. Thanks TVMT! Here's a link to TVMT http://leg.mt.gov/css/Services%20Division/tvmt.asp

GVLT's "Evening on the Land" is Sold Out

Congratulations to Gallatin Valley Land Trust. GVLT's "Evening on the Land" celebration on August 27 is sold out. It's not too late to bid on auction items online at http://www.gvlt.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/individual-auction-descriptions_web.pdf

Trust for Public Land leads NW Conservation Project

The Missoulian reports that the Trust for Public Land is working with Stimson Lumber and the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife & Parks to protect 28,000 acres of important forestland and wildlife habitat.http://missoulian.com/news/local/article_e6291f5e-ced0-11e0-a89a-001cc4c002e0.html

Vital Ground Secures Key Habitat

The Missoulian reports on a key acquisition by The Vital Ground Foundation to protect grizzly beat habitat in NW Montana. Vital Ground received a Travelers for Open Land grant earlier this year for a Swan Valley habitat project. http://missoulian.com/news/loc​al/article_e207454a-c2f5-11e0-​93d5-001cc4c03286.html

Guest Column Validates the Value of TFOL

Guest column in the Helena Independent Record written by Mike Scholz comments on research that validates the value and purpose of Travelers for Open Land. Check it out at http://helenair.com/news/opini​on/research-confirms-value-of-​travelers-for-open-land/articl​e_1c5661f8-c176-11e0-9cde-001c​c4c03286.html

Success for People and Wildlife

Gallatin Valley Land Trust program director Kelly Pohl contributed a guest column to the Bozeman Daily Chronicle in which she discusses wildlife transportation corridors and strategic wildlife fencing, the Chestnut Mountain Trail and private land conservation. Guest column: Bozeman Pass unique success for wildlife, people
www.bozemandailychronicle.com

Who Visits Montana?

Interesting article in the Flathead Beacon about who visits Montana and why. http://www.flatheadbeacon.com/​articles/article/whos_visiting​_montana/24055/