Wild berries, deep forests and crystal lakes at stake

 

If you’ve ever been to Big Sky Country, and even if you haven’t, you might know that large parcels of land are very hard to come by. You can find a few dozen acres here or a few hundred acres there. But the 114,000 acres we are so close to saving as part of the Montana Great Outdoors Project are a rare jewel indeed. Completing the Montana Great Outdoors Project will greatly advance our aggressive five-year conservation goal to save one million acres of land, protect 1,000 miles of rivers, and connect or build 1,000 miles of trails across America by 2025. That’s why we hope you’ll accept this exclusive invitation from Trust for Public Land to join our Monthly Giving Society. For just 67 cents a day—less than a cup of coffee—you can help us save and ensure permanent access to an area that is half the size of Grand Teton National Park. Can we count you in to help us meet our goal of 100 new monthly donors this month? By becoming a monthly donor, you can help us seize this rare opportunity to save and ensure permanent access to an area that is half the size of Grand Teton National Park. Over the past two years, this land has become almost too popular for its own good. A relatively uncrowded recreation mecca for decades, tourists have been flocking to northwest Montana in record numbers in recent years. The national forests are in great demand, and the adjacent state park to the tracts of the land we seek saw a 40 percent increase in visitation year-over-year in 2021. The rural setting and new remote working opportunities have also resulted in record numbers of new residents moving to this part of Montana from urban areas across the country, making it even more important that we protect these treasured places for all to enjoy. Your donation of 67 cents a day can help us ensure a nearly 200-square-mile landscape available to residents and visitors to hike, bike, fish, and even pick berries. And upon completion, we will also have protected 207 miles of streams, 896 acres of waterside habitat, and 2,065 acres of wetlands—and provided a huge, needed boost for the local economy. If we can finish this massive project—and with you beside us as a monthly donor, I know we can—we will bring about big change for pocket change. But none of it will happen without the monthly support of friends like you. Please help TPL finish this important project and our many other efforts across the nation by becoming a monthly donor today. Sincerely, Barry Hirsch Director of Membership Photo: Christopher Boyer/Kestrel Aerial 101 Montgomery St., Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94104 800-714-5263