Land Stewardship

Supporting landowners through stewardship assistance one property at a time

Rancher standing next to cattle in a field

LAND STEWARDSHIP

Every private property in the Blackfoot watershed is unique, with its own characteristics, history, and resource concerns. Similarly, every landowner is unique, with their own distinct values, objectives, and capacity to manage the land. Whether your goal is to make a living or simply enjoy beauty and solitude, there are many common threads for managing and enhancing the natural resources on your property. Our land steward will meet you at your coffee table or in the field to take a holistic look at your property and discuss your goals and how to achieve them. By connecting individual improvements across neighbors, the land stewardship program realizes watershed-wide benefits.

Header photo: Brad Weltzien; Inset photo: Mannix Brothers Ranch

LANDOWNER ASSISTANCE

Learn more about the variety of stewardship services we offer to help you realize your goals for your property.  

SOIL HEALTH & REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE

Keeping the “underground herd” of organisms that live in the soil is a key to success of any agricultural system, and requires attention to a variety of factors. 

STEWARDSHIP RESOURCES

A variety of resources exist to help you steward the property you own or manage. We provide and continuously update a list of some of those here.

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381,502

ACRES OF PRIVATE LAND IN THE WATERSHED

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75%

FISH AND WILDLIFE SPECIES THAT DEPEND ON PRIVATE LANDS FOR SURVIVAL

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> 10

RECOMMENDED NUMBER OF COVER CROP SPECIES TO IMPROVE SOIL HEALTH

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5

THREATENED OR ENDANGERED SPECIES IN THE WATERSHED