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 …
Today’s #IdahoGivesDay reason is one that’s particularly special to us here at LRLT. The majority of our staff & board of directors were raised right here in Lemhi & Custer counties & the efforts of the previous generations helped ensure we all had a community to come home to. Conservation means that the next generation …
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 …
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
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 …
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 …
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 …
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
Lemhi Regional Land Trust’s board chairman, Merrill Beyeler, has been selected as the winner of the 2016 Idaho Governor’s Award for Excellence in Agriculture for Environmental Stewardship! Take a few minutes & check out this great video about Merrill & Beyeler Ranches & their dedication to environmental stewardship below!
