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Family farmland carries more than market value. It may support a household, preserve a local food source, protect creek banks and shelter native wildlife. When…
The Cabinet Mountains rise through north-western Montana between the Clark Fork and Kootenai river systems. Their forests have supplied homes, jobs and public…
For mule deer in Sanders County, Montana, winter range is more than a seasonal feeding ground. It is the landscape that helps herds survive snow, cold, reduced…
A weed pull is a practical way to help protect native plants, streambanks and wildlife habitat in Bonner County, Idaho. Volunteers remove invasive species…
The Clark Fork River links mountain forests, working farms, wetlands and communities across western Montana and northern Idaho. Its flow is shaped by winter…
Australian gardens, parks and roadside reserves often owe much of their neat appearance to regularly clipped grass. Closely mown lawns can be pleasant and…
The role of beavers in shaping wetland ecosystems is clearest where North American beavers are native. Acting as ecosystem engineers, they turn single channels…
A riparian corridor is the connected strip of land beside a creek, river, wetland or drainage line. On an Australian property, its condition can reveal water…
Clark Fork-Pend Oreille Conservancy works with private landowners, donors, grant funders and conservation partners to protect habitat across Sanders County,…
A conservation easement is a voluntary legal agreement that limits future development or other uses of private land so its natural, scenic, agricultural, or…