This year, the staff at The Montana Land Reliance (MLR) is remembering MLR’s past and planning for its future, celebrating MLR’s 40-year history and looking to the next 40, saying goodbye to valued staff, and welcoming new, talented faces.
I am pleased to present MLR’s 40th Anniversary annual report. You’ll read a wonderfully written narrative history of MLR by our new, multi-talented Eastern Manager, Brad Hansen. You’ll learn about how apple trees in the Bitterroot Valley helped catalyze the formation of MLR. You’ll also read profiles of two Montana ranching families and how they have passed ranches, conservation easements, and a conservation ethic on to the next generation: the Berg family from Lennep, and the Gilman family from Sheridan. Finally, you’ll meet the 2018 William F. Long Award winner – the Raths family who ranches in the sage country between Roundup and Lavina.
