Lemhi Regional Land Trust
Conserving Landscapes & Lifestyles in Central Idaho
Congratulations to Dave McFarland on being inducted into the Eastern Idaho Agriculture Hall of Fame! Dave is a long time Carmen Creek rancher, and together with his brothers, Bruce and Tom, worked with Lemhi Regional Land Trust to place a conservation easement on a portion of their property in 2009. Learn more about the McFarland …
Idaho Gives Day Reason #8: One of the unique things about conservation easements is that they are attached to the title of the land and designed to run with the title in perpetuity, or forever. Forever is a big commitment for both LRLT & the landowners. Supporting LRLT on #IdahoGivesDay helps to us to continue …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Our first newsletter of 2016 is here! We’ve got lots of new stuff to report on for the new year: new parcels of land, new staff, new board members and a new concept known as “impact investing”, plus news and updates from our partners at Salmon Valley Stewardship! Take a few minutes & check it …
A huge THANK YOU to the crew at Life on the Range & the Idaho Rangeland Resource Commission for featuring our newest conservation easement completed in partnership with the Tyler Family of Leadore, the Idaho Governor’s Office of Species Conservation & Bonneville Power Administration in July as part of their video series. We truly believe …
Our fall newsletter is here! Take a few minutes to learn about our newest conservation easement, the results from our picnic & what our neighbors at Salmon Valley Stewardship have been up to. Check it out here: Fall 2015 Newsletter
While Friday wasn’t a great day for a field trip, the University of Idaho’s Integrated Range Management class braved the weather & spent the afternoon with us on our Mabey Lane & Eagle Valley Ranch conservation easements.
If you’ve been following LRLT’s work for even a little while, you may have noticed that we’re a little secretive sometimes & that we sometimes go for a year or more without making any big announcements about completed projects. Our most recent big new was the completion of our O’Neal Ranch conservation easement, but what …
