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River to Lake Initiative

River to Lake Initiative . Water, Wildlife, Way of Life. FishEyeGuy Photography . Shallow Groundwater. Depth to groundwater in this area is generally less than 50 feet. U of M Flathead Lake Biological Station Flathead Lakers. Prime Agricultural Soils. American Bird Conservancy

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River to Lake Initiative

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  1. River to Lake Initiative Water, Wildlife, Way of Life

  2. FishEyeGuy Photography

  3. Shallow Groundwater Depth to groundwater in this area is generally less than 50 feet U of M Flathead Lake Biological Station Flathead Lakers

  4. Prime Agricultural Soils American Bird Conservancy MT Fish, Wildlife & Parks

  5. Flathead River Channel Migration Zone • Flathead Lakers • MT Fish, Wildlife & Parks • MT Dept. of Environmental Quality

  6. Egan Slough – Flathead River • Montana Land Reliance • The Nature Conservancy

  7. River to Lake Project Successes New and effective partnerships. Conservation of over 5,000 acres of critical areas. Karen Nichols

  8. “It’s time to build conservation partnerships between the federal government and state governments, local communities and private landowners….. The demands of development have sometimes been harsh on the natural world and its inhabitants.  But it need not be so—if we bring to conservation the same vision and ingenuity we bring to development.”

  9. “Stop the careless sale of food producing land for subdivision” “Put dollars back to work in the hands of the family farmers and ranchers so they can preserve their food producing ag land heritage which everyone enjoys”  Henry Ficken                                                     Weaver Slough landowner

  10. “We need all the options we can get in the economy we’re dealing with right now.  It just adds choice to those who haven’t had a choice for a long period of time” RonDeYong                                    MontanaFarmers’ Union

  11. Weaver Slough

  12. McWenneger Slough Karen Nichols

  13. Celebration Weaver & McWenneger Sloughs and Foys Bend projects

  14. Partners honor conservation easement landowners

  15. Foys Bend

  16. Foys Bend • MT Fish, Wildlife and Parks • MT Conservation Fund

  17. River to Lake Initiative partners thank Bonnie and Cap Ingham for adding their Foys Bend property to the network of conservation along the Flathead River

  18. Siderius family

  19. Johnston Flathead River project Conservation easement donation

  20. Louden family

  21. Louden family projects

  22. Seabaugh

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