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A Mission Valley land trust and the Salish and Kootenai Tribes won $8.2 million to protect farmland
$8.2 millionin federal funding for Mission Valley farmland conservation
The partnership will use it for conservation easements on working farmland.
Sources: The Missoulian, NBC Montana
A Mission Valley farmland project just landed $8.2 million. The Mission Valley Conservation Partnership, led by Flathead Land Trust, will use the money to permanently protect working farmland through conservation easements. The Missoulian reports the land trust teamed up with the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes to win the grant and head off the sprawling development that has come to define the mountain valleys to the north and south.
It's one of 42 projects in the USDA's Regional Conservation Partnership Program. The agency says 75% of the money nationwide goes directly to farmers or covers the cost of conservation practices.
- Led by: Flathead Land Trust
- Partner: Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes
- Protects: farmland, water quality and wildlife habitat
- Also benefits: the Flathead River corridor
The USDA is sending more than $325 million to 42 projects
- 42
- projects funded nationwide
- $325 million
- or more in federal funding across them
- 75%
- of the money goes to farmers or conservation practices
Source: NBC Montana
