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The Montana Legacy Project is a three-phase purchase of more than 310,000 acres (1,300 km 2) of land owned by Plum Creek Timber in northwestern Montana for conservation protection. The land is within the counties of Missoula , Mineral , Lake and Powell .
The Montana Land Reliance (MLR) is a nonprofit land trust established to acquire and manage conservation easements in the State of Montana. [1] Headquartered in Helena, Montana, the organization holds 897 easements on 1,137,062 acres of private property across the state. It is the largest land trust in the State of Montana, the largest state ...
Montana State Flag. The Regional designations of Montana vary widely within the U.S state of Montana.The state is a large geographical area (147,046 square miles (380,850 km 2)) that is split by the Continental Divide, resulting in watersheds draining into the Pacific Ocean, Gulf of Mexico and Hudson's Bay.
Missoula is the largest city in Western Montana and the second-largest in the state after Billings. Western Montana, though faring better than much of the nation, was the portion of the state hit hardest by the current economic downturn. [6] [7] The closing of Smurfit-Stone Container in 2009 alone caused the loss of over 2000 jobs through 2012. [8]
This is a list of properties and historic districts in Montana that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The state's more than 1,100 listings are distributed across all of its 56 counties .
The American Prairie Foundation is a nonprofit organization located in the U.S. state of Montana.The foundation's objective is to build one of the largest [6] wildlife reserves in the continental United States through a combination of new land acquisition and public land integration into the project, called the American Prairie. [7]
Missoula is home to the University of Montana, which in 2024 had over 10,000 students. [13] Missoula is served by the Missoula Montana Airport. Missoula has a semi-pro baseball team, the Missoula Paddleheads. Downtown Missoula is a thriving area, and is known as the main shopping district of Western Montana. Missoula's nickname is the Garden ...
Areas of relatively intact grassland and wetland on the Rocky Mountain Front include the Pine Butte Swamp Preserve near Choteau, Montana, [4] parts of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, and a number of other hills and valleys of southwestern Montana including the Centennial Mountains, the Big Hole River and parts of the Madison River valleys.