Heart of the Rockies Initiative

As a land trust partnership, our primary program supports the work of our land trust members. In 2022, we operated a program to increase the pace of conservation of the most important private lands for wildlife connectivity. We helped increase theprofile of local, private land conservations role in supporting communities, economies, natural systems, and wildlife populations at a large scale. We delivered the latest science to on-the-ground private land conservation practitioners on large landscape issues like connectivity, climate resilience, and productive agriculturallands at scales needed for local decisions.

Delivered the Rural Development program to help market USDA Rural Development opportunities to communities in Western Montana and Central Idaho.

Coordinated and convened the high divide collaborative a partnership of ranchers, local community leaders, public land managers, state wildlife managers, scientists, and conservation groups in a portion of Idaho and Montana for peer-to-peer learning, networking, fundraising opportunities, and conservation delivery. We supported and helped expand landowner-led wildlife conflict reduction efforts.