Our ProjectsSagebrush Steppe Regional Land Trust completed 15 conservation projects that protected 2,140 acres.
Fee Title Preserves Acreage Watershed Date
Thunder Ridge Preserve 200 Bear River 2011
Deep Creek Preserve* 435 Bear River 2010
Kackley Preserve* 165 Bear River 2007
Cove Preserve* 2.5 Bear River 2007
Conservation Easement Projects Acreage Watershed Date
Cove Riparian Conservation Easements* 2.5 Bear River 2006
Flying Elk Conservation Easement 282 Portneuf River 2009
Harris Conservation Easement* 113 Bear River 2009
Henderson Family Preserve* 212 Bear River 2008
Mink Creek Conservation Easement 600 Bear River 2007
Robert Lehman Cedar Creek Preserve 37 Blackfoot River 2006
Two Creeks Conservation Easement 100 Bear River 2007 |
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*Projects funded by the Bear River Environmental Coordinating Committee and PacifiCorp Energy Corporation. The Cove Riparian Area Easements include McCurdy, Olsen, Harris, and Hansen conservation easements and are part of the larger Cove Conservation Easement that includes Kackley and Cove Preserves, the Cove riparian easements, and the Harris CE.
Our conservation work protected working farms and ranches, riparian forests, natural areas, wildlife habitat and recreational access as follows:
- All 15 projects protect habitat for the plant and wildlife species in SE Idaho
- 6 active farm and ranch parcels
- 1 parcel with public access to the Bear River
- 1 parcel is public access to the Mt. Naomi Wilderness area
- 14 parcels that protected wildlife habitat and riparian areas
- 11 projects that protect important habitat for Bonneville cutthroat trout
- 2 projects that protect critical winter range for elk and mule deer
- 2 project that enhances and protects important habitat for Yellowstone cutthroat trout.
