Gallatin Valley Land Trust conserves southwest Montana’s heritage of open landscapes, working farms and ranches, healthy rivers, and wildlife habitat; and creates trails to connect people, communities and the land.

Since our founding in 1990 we have helped conserve more than 56 square miles of land in Gallatin Valley and the surrounding communities through partnerships with private landowners, sustaining stewardship of family lands using voluntary conservation agreements. Through public and private partnerships GVLT has helped expand the Main Street to the Mountains trail system to over 60 miles in length, providing recreation, transportation and a connection to nature.

GVLT is your community land trust and is a member-supported, nonprofit organization governed by a volunteer Board of Directors representing the communities we serve.

Highlight_TrailsDay2012 National Trails Day

For nearly twenty years, our community has participated in National Trails Day events by helping to build and maintain trails on the first Saturday in June. This year, GVLT is partnering with the City of Bozeman, Montana Conservation Corps, and REI to celebrate and improve our Main Street to the Mountains trail system.  Join us for these fun events – all are free and open to the public. Read More…
LDofT_highlight22012 Longest Day of Trails (LDofT)

The LDofT is a dawn-to-dusk celebration of Bozeman’s extraordinary trail system and a fundraiser for GVLT. Members of the GVBC and GAS/ Intrinsik Cycling Team will continuously ride a 25-mile loop through Bozeman from sunrise (5am) to sunset (10pm) to showcase the Main Street to the Mountains trail system. All ages & ability levels is welcome to join, be it for a few miles, a spin around town, a single loop, or the entire day. Read More…
FlorabookGVNEW Field Guide to Benefit GVLT

GVLT is delighted to introduce the brand new field guide, Flora of Montana’s Gallatin Region: Greater Yellowstone’s Northwest Corner by Whitney Tilt. All proceeds from this exquisite, full-color, 250-page book benefit GVLT and help to expand our community trails and land conservation programs. Read more…