Flathead Land Trust

Conservation:we placed 315 acres under a purchased conservation easement in the mission valley south of polson, with prime farmland soils and important to wintering birds of prey. We also purchased two conservation easements to protect the kohr's family's 655 acres of high quality farmland and habitat important for grizzly bears, elk and a plethora of other wildlife along the stillwater river near whitefish. Also, in coordination with our partnership on the harrell forest project, we accepted a donation of Land from Trust for public Land of a 238-acre property near bigfork that we are developing with public trails.

Stewardship:monitored all 72 conservation easements (encompassing 13,879 acres) and one restricted covenant.

Education and outreach:1. Public tours of the owen sowerwine property (may - july) -we organized and conducted 16 tours of the property with over 160 total people attending.tours were organized with partners Flathead audubon and Flathead lakers. 2. We conducted multiple bird education program tours with 7th and 8th graders from west valley middle school and evergreen jr. high to various birding spots in the Flathead valley including west valley wetlands, owen sowerwine and church slough. 3. Grand opening of harrell forest celebration and tours of the trails - we celebrated with the public the opening of the harrell forest community trails and offered tours to the public on september 22.