The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and The Nature Conservancy (TNC) completed the first land acquisition in Montana’s Blackfoot River Watershed, securing 3,264 acres of the Upper Gold Creek East Parcel as federal public land on Nov. 6.
Funded by the Land and Water Conservation Fund, this acquisition marks the initial phase of the Gold and Twin Creeks project, aiming to transfer an additional 17,000 acres. The agency also recently signed a co-stewardship agreement with the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, strengthening their ongoing collaboration with TNC to restore and manage the historic landscape.
