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Keeping Paradise open: Nickelson family safeguards ranch from development

For many, Paradise Valley, characterized by the Absaroka Mountain Range to the east, the iconic Yellowstone River carving persistantly through, and the abundant wildlife frequently visible from U.S. Highway 89, is the final stretch of the journey to Yellowstone National Park. But for the Nickelson family, a 437-acre

Case Ranch: $4.8M deal protects 2,300-acre wildlife hotspot east of Missoula

POTOMAC — Elk lumbered through the hills, springtime bird songs filled the air and sandhill cranes swept across the meadow Friday morning at the Case Ranch east of Missoula, where 2,300 acres of forests, fields and working ranch land are now forever protected from development. Earlier this month, the seven

Historic Darby ranch preserved with conservation easement

One hundred eighty-three acres of prime Darby ranch land was recently protected with a conservation easement, and a chunk of Bitterroot Valley history along with it. The farmhouse that sits on the Lazy KD Ranch just north of Darby is a local landmark, visible from U.S. Highway 93,

Bitterroot Valley news you may have missed this week

Here are some news stories from the Bitterroot Valley you may have missed this week... Gianforte, USFS chief reveal initial logging locations under new state-federal partnership Alongside U.S. Forest Service (USFS) Chief Tom Schultz, Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte announced Friday the selection of the first two "priority

Ravalli County officials approve Open Lands Bond funds for Chesebro Ranch conservation easement

Ravalli County Commissioners approved phase four of the Chesebro Ranch LLC to preserve 251.94-acres of their 263-acre property with a conservation easement at a public hearing on Thursday, March 5, in Hamilton. Commissioners approved the use of $315,000 from the Ravalli County Open Lands Bond Program