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 …
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 …
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!
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
