Lemhi Regional Land Trust
Conserving Landscapes & Lifestyles in Central Idaho
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 #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
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
Thanks to Toni Ruth from Backcountry Hunters & Anglers & Mark Davidson from Trout Unlimited’s Idaho Water Project for writing a guest opinion on our Tyler Ranch conservation easement!
Spring in the Upper Salmon is officially here & that means the trees are leafing out, pastures are greening up & the steelhead are returning to spawn. Those first two signs of spring are universal, regardless of where you live, but the last one, spawning steelhead, is a bit more unique. Most everyone has heard …
Each time LRLT completes a conservation easement, we also make a commitment to annual monitor the property to ensure the terms of the conservation easement are being met. This means that each of our six easements are viewed at least annually by LRLT’s stewardship and conservation coordinator, Breann Westfall. During each visit, the state of …
