Harvest Moon Provides Adventure

Nice article about the Prickly Pear Land Trust Harvest Moon event in the Helena IR. Looks like the Davis family is going to do some adventuring.http://helenair.com/news/local/harvest-moon-banquet-bountiful-for-land-trust/article_0d34f1a4-e8d0-11e0-8067-001cc4c03286.html

CFPOF Hosts Wild & Scenic Film Festival

Check out the Wild & Scenic Film Festival in Sandpoint on Oct. 7-8 by visiting the Clark Fork Pend-Oreille Conservancy website athttp://www.cfpoconservancy.org/.

Grizzly Bear Swims Flathead Lake

Amazing article in the Flathead Daily Inter Lake about a grizzly bear who swims around in Flathead Lake. http://dailyinterlake.com/news/local_montana/article_35d4db14-e0de-11e0-bdbb-001cc4c03286.html

Gotta Have Land to Grow Food

Kelly Pohl of Gallatin Valley Land Trust writes an excellent column for the Bozeman Chronicle about the "most important ingredient" for local food: land. http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/opinions/article_71e52b5c-de38-11e0-a9f0-001cc4c03286.html

Ravalli County Commission Approves Open Lands Project

The Ravalli County Commission voted to approve a conservation easement using county open land bond funding. "There's a neighborhood trend here that is encouraging long-term conservation," said Gavin Ricklefs, executive director of the Bitter Root Land Trust. Bitter Root Land Trust received a Travelers for Open Land grant in 2010 for a project located close to this open land bond project.

Land&People Magazine Highlights Legacy Project

The 2011 summer edition of Trust for Public Land's publication Land&People contains an in-depth article about the history and purpose of the Montana Legacy Project. Read more at http://www.tpl.org/publications/land-and-people-magazine/archive/landpeople-springsummer-2011/conservationists-go-big-in.html

MLR Sponsors Flathead Ag Conference

Excellent article in the Flathead Beacon about an upcoming agricultural conference sponsored by the Montana Land Reliance.http://www.flatheadbeacon.com/articles/article/the_future_of_flathead_farming/24482/