December 10, 2025 – Dan Keifer’s planned gift to MLR reflects his deep gratitude for the Montana landscapes that have shaped his life. His generosity helps ensure that the state’s working lands, wildlife habitat, and iconic open spaces remain intact for future generations.
December 1, 2025 – When Ruth Lott chose to conserve her property, she saw it not just as an act of stewardship, but as a way to honor the wildlife and community that make this place home. Her decision reflects a lifelong mission of improving things for the benefit of all, whether it’s protecting open space or bringing the arts to rural audiences.
November 24, 2025 – Working lands play a pivotal role in keeping wildlife migration corridors intact. Conservation easements ensure that these pathways remain undeveloped for the benefit of both ranching and wildlife.
October 30, 2025 – Wildfire is an inevitable part of Montana’s landscape, and for landowners with conservation easements, it raises important questions about preparation and recovery. This story highlights two MLR-protected properties that illustrate how conservation easements support both proactive management and emergency response, ensuring that Montana’s lands remain healthy and whole through change.
September 17, 2025 – For siblings Kari Wiley and Allen Chrisman, their family’s 310 acres in the North Fork have been a place of wonder and challenge for more than six decades. From unforgettable wildlife encounters to the hard lessons of beetle-killed forests, the family has embraced active forest management to keep their land thriving. Partnering with The Montana Land Reliance, they placed their property under a conservation easement in 2024, ensuring it will remain whole and wild forever.
September 8, 2025 (Bigfork, Mont.) – Montana landowners are stepping up to protect one of the state’s most misunderstood but vital species: bats. Through the North American Bat Monitoring Program (NABat), families like Denny and Kitty Kellogg of Bigfork are hosting acoustic monitors on their property to help researchers track bat populations and species diversity.
August 27, 2025 (Whitefish, Mont.) – Labor Day weekend marks the unofficial end of Montana’s boating season, when families and friends gather on our state’s lakes to soak up one last stretch of summer. As you’re out enjoying the sunshine, remember that many of the forested hillsides, open fields, and rugged shorelines you enjoy from the water aren’t there by chance. They’re the result of generations of private landowners who chose conservation over development, keeping Montana’s lakes wild and scenic for generations to come.
July 25, 2025 – Behind the pristine views of one of Montana’s most beloved rivers is a quiet legacy of private land conservation.
Together, we can conserve wide-open spaces under threat of development before they are gone forever. The support from donors directly impacts our ability to partner with private landowners in protecting Montana’s farms and ranches as agricultural lands disappear across the nation.
You can truly make a difference in keeping Montana, Montana.