Land trust groups host conservation easement panel

KALISPELL — Property owners increasingly choose conservation easements to protect Montana land from development, prompting land trust groups to organize an educational panel.

From family ranches in the Bitterroot to thousands of acres in the Cabinet Mountains, more Montana property owners are turning to voluntary conservation easements.

The growing interest has caused organizations such as the Flathead Land Trust and Montana Land Reliance to educate the public through a conservation easement panel.

Watch to learn more about conservation easements in Northwest Montana: Land trust groups host conservation easement panel as Montana development pressure grows

"It's a way for people to learn about private land conservation in general, and why they might want to do a conservation ea