Agriculture Archives - PPLT

Birdseye Ranch is Vital to the Military and Conservation

Guarding the Future On a warm spring evening, Colonel Kelly Traynham with the Montana Army National Guard visited Birdseye Ranch with his daughter, Annie, and a handful of Prickly Pear Land Trust staff. They watched a pair of curlews foraging in the grass and then hiked to a rise where they could see Fort Harrison. […]

Ranching, Wildlife, and National Security in the Elkhorn Foothills

Prickly Pear Land Trust recently completed a fifth conservation project in Broadwater County that protects ranching, wildlife, and national security. Four prior conservation easements in the county protected the critical shorelines of Crow Creek, Deep Creek, and the Missouri River. They included a healthy portion of cropland plus mallard, moose, wigeon, and whitetail habitat. Our […]

Land Acknowledgment

Prickly Pear Land Trust recognizes that the lands we conserve are the traditional and contemporary territories of the Niitsitapi (Blackfeet), the Sélish (Salish), the Ktunaxa (Kootenai), the Métis (Little Shell Chippewa), the Apsáalooke (Crow), and the Shoshone-Bannock peoples. The Indigenous Nations who continue their connections with this ground, these waters, and all creatures have always and will always be the original stewards of the land. PPLT prioritizes Indigenous partners and actively seeks projects that respect their cultures, honor their values, and create a collaborative conservation vision.