Montana and agriculture conservation are a great combination. nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrc… NRCS-Montana Natural Resources Conservation Service @SecretarySonny @HouseAgNews House Agriculture Committee Democrats Steve Daines Archive: Senator Jon Tester Greg Gianforte fvlt_montana @GVLTBozeman TNC in Montana The MT Land Reliance Land Trust Alliance Montana Stockgrowers

"Man...needs elbow room. He needs to be surrounded, when he can, by majesty. By the majesty of the mountains. By the majesty of the rivers. By the majesty of wildlife. These things are part of our heritage and should be preserved." - A.B. Guthrie, Jr., "Big Sky, Fair Land"

Please help us welcome our newest Managing Director, Jordan Vana! Jordan will be joining Lois Delger-DeMars and Kendall Van Dyk on MLR's team of Managing Directors. We are extraordinarily fortunate to have your leadership and expertise. Welcome to the team, Jordan!

12 Land Trusts /12 Phrases: The Montana Land Reliance: One million acres. Cows not Condos. Madison Valley. Agriculture. Leadership. Sage grouse. Legacy. Ruby Habitat Foundation. President’s Award. Trout Route. Open spaces. Nourish the spirit of future generations. The MT Land Reliance

Did you know that the rainbow trout is Montana’s only trout species whose range includes the entire state? Since 1978, landowners have partnered with NLR to protect over 1,700 miles of Montana’s waterways. #wildlifewednesday #keepemwet #fishtales

🔆Protected in 2018🔆 705 acres of high quality wildlife habitat at the headwaters of the Boulder River in Jefferson County.🦉🦌🦊🏞 #forevermontana #wideopenspaces #highqualitylandowners

Protecting Montana's open spaces - and starry skies - since 1978 #wideopenspaces #bigskycountry #forevermontana

"When you first get into this business, you want to try to change the land with all your good ideas; eventually, is occurs to you that, instead, the land has changed you." - Les Gilman, Executive Director of the Ruby Habitat Foundation and MLR partner #whywework #lovewhereyoulive

✨Protected in Perpetuity - 2/12/19✨ MLR partnered with the Raths, a third-generation ranching family, Natural Resources Conservation Service, and the MT Sage Grouse Habitat Conservation Program to protect 11,230 acres of the sagebrush ecosystem in Golden Valley County. We are grateful for our partners!

We think ranchers are superheroes, too. 🦸‍♀️🐂 #cowsnotcondos #mtcrushmonday

We are forever grateful for the Raths' contribution to conservation in Montana and for our partners at the NRCS and Montana Sage Grouse Habitat Conservation Program. Thanks to everyone involved, 11,230 acres of working lands will say in family hands!

"If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant." - Anne Bradstreet #mtcrushmonday #springisspringing

It’s easy to protect what you love when you love where you live! #lovehwereyoulive #bigskyfriday toddklassy.com/montana-blog/2…

April showers bring some of Montana's over 1,500 species of wildflowers! #wideopenspaces #forevermontana #protectedinperpetuity 📷 Protected property between Bozeman and Clyde Park, MT

Partnering with landowners so we don't literally pave Paradise #whywework #earthday #forevermontana

“Here’s a toast to old Montana, where the mighty Rocky Mountains meet the prairies of the west, where crystal lakes and waterfalls way up in the mountains high meet the azure sky. I give you Montana. ‘Tis the land we love best.” -Mabel Bogel #forevermontana #whywework

This morning's trailside sunrise brought to you by our conservation partners at Prickly Pear Land Trust! Want to learn more about Montana's 12 land conservation organizations? Visit montanalandtrusts.org

You can’t beat springtime in Montana! 🤗 explorebigsky.com/spotting-baby-…

We prefer cows at the ends of our rainbows 🐮🌈🐂 📷 Forever protected property in the Ruby Valley #cowsnotcondos #forevermontana #mtcrushmonday

Kick your Montana rodeo season off with a slick new license plate! A portion of all sales go toward protecting Montana's wide open spaces. #goodasgold #forevermontana #cowsnotcondos