National Agriculture Week 2017
Last week for National Agriculture Week, LRLT got to visit with Salmon’s kindergarten and fifth grade classes to talk about the importance of agriculture. The kindergarten classes learned about the different parts of the plant and then we built our own plants out of vegetables and learned that you really can eat the entire plant! …
Conservation Benefits Everyone: Reason #7
Private lands conservation matters to everyone as LRLT Founder, Joe Tonsmeire, pointed out way back in one of the very first newsletters LRLT published & that’s reason #7 to support LRLT on Idaho Gives Day, this Thursday! You can support LRLT on Idaho Gives day here: http://bit.ly/1rxObn8! #idahogivesday
Supporting LRLT on Idaho Gives Day: Reason #6
Ranching and recreation are cornerstone industries in Lemhi and Custer Counties and conservation helps ensure those industries can continue. Private lands conservation means land continues to be available for ranching and that fish and wildlife habitat remains intact, contributing to those cornerstone industries and benefiting all of us by supporting the local economy. Don’t forget …
Reason #5: Idaho Gives Day
You don’t have to look hard to find wildlife on our conservation easement properties & that’s reason #5 to support LRLT on Idaho Gives Day, May 5th. Working with landowners, LRLT has protected on of the only blue heron rookeries on the Salmon River (Cole Ranch conservation easement), a section of Hayden Creek home to …
Idaho Gives Day: Reason #4
Reason #4 to support LRLT on Idaho Gives Day: We love to quote the statistic in our office that we’re outnumbered in our little corner of Idaho 7:1 by cows and truth be told, we quite like it that way! Our only traffic jams are caused by cows or tractors, kids really can attend one …
Delivering on Promises: Reason #3 to Support LRLT
Why should you support LRLT on Idaho Gives Day? Reason #3 is because we’ve worked hard to deliver on our promise of local private lands conservation over the past eleven years. We’ve completed conservation easements, accepted two donated parcels of land, restored habitat and become nationally accredited and 2016 promises more of the same! Not …
Idaho Gives Day: Reason #2
Reason #2 to support LRLT on Idaho Gives Day: Each conservation easement we complete helps ensure that the wide open spaces & awe inspiring scenery that draws us all to Central Idaho remains intact! Don’t forget you can schedule your Idaho Gives donation ahead of time: http://bit.ly/1rxObn8! #idahogivesday
Why You Should Support LRLT on Idaho Gives Day: Reason #1
Idaho Gives Day is just around the corner, so over the next ten days, we’ll be sharing ten reasons you should support LRLT on Idaho Gives Day! Reason #1 means that our board & staff lives, works & plays right alongside you in this remote corner of Idaho we all cherish! Don’t forget you can …