The Trout Creek farm is located in GVLT’s East Gallatin River strategic focus area and is nestled in between two existing conservation easements, adding to a large block of contiguous land that will never be developed.

Nearly a decade ago, GVLT and Haven collaborated on a project that came to fruition earlier this month, one which promises to make our community better.

Arthur Blank established a conservation easement on his 8,800-acre Paradise Valley Ranch in partnership with the Gallatin Valley Land Trust.

GVLT has launched a new East-West Connector Trail project  to ensure that trails on the west side are not only connected safely to each other, but also move people to  the existing trails and parks on the eastside of town.

The Missouri Headwaters Paddler’s Trail expands GVLT’s traditional idea of a trail, creating something more accessible to recreators and outdoor enthusiasts of a variety of levels of ability.

We are thrilled to announce that earlier this month, the City of Bozeman Commissioners approved amendments to the Burke Park Master Plan.

Simply put, a conservation easement is a tool that helps Montana farm and ranch lands stay farm and ranch lands.

“The point of the program was to work with willing landowners to keep agricultural lands in agriculture, while also protecting water quality, open space, and wildlife habitat,” said Barb Cestero, who worked on the 2000 bond campaign.

Our community can feel extra jolly this holiday season because four conservation projects received approval for funding through the Gallatin County Open Lands Program.

This past Wednesday afternoon, nearly 30 volunteers gathered on the northeastern side of Highland Glen to put the finishing touches on a new trail in partnership with Bozeman Health.

Gallatin County’s Open Lands Program, and the property tax levy that helps fund it, will help achieve the goal of keeping as much of the area as possible free from development.

Flight monitoring is changing the conservation easement monitoring game. Learn when and how GVLT’s Stewardship team uses flight monitoring.

The 13^th and most recently completed conservation easement in the Gooch Hill area closed in May 2022, thanks to Ron and Janice Bos of Bos Hay & Grain.

At a recent GVLT Board meeting, Matt and Sarah Skoglund of North Bridger Bison expressed their thanks for helping them to complete a conservation easement on their ranch in Sedan.

GVLT staff worked closely with the Newhall family and the Forest Service to complete a trail easement, ensuring that the entirety of the Bridger Ridge Trail will remain accessible to the public in perpetuity.

Burke Park was GVLT’s first conservation project with the City of Bozeman in the early 90s with 42 acres purchased from the Burke family to the City of Bozeman in 1992.

Every spring, our Stewardship team is preparing for a busy season of visiting with every landowner who has worked with GVLT to conserve land throughout our region.

GVLT is thrilled to announce the purchase of a trail easement on a section of the Bridger Ridge Trail (BRT) on the south end of the Bridgers.

Please respect the land managers and landowners decisions about dog leashes. These decisions are made with your safety and the wildlife in mind.

The Highland Ridge area (the top of Peets Hill) of Bozeman was first platted as the Electric Heights Addition in 1892 in an attempt to make the City of Bozeman look considerably larger on paper than it was in reality.