Greater Yellowstone Area, ID

The rushing tributaries and shimmering streams of the Upper Snake River watershed and Greater Yellowstone area support world-class trout fishing as well as one of the nation’s largest concentrations of bald eagles. In 2005 the Fund and the Teton Regional Land Trust placed conservation easements on more than 1,900 acres, including more than five miles within the rugged canyon of the Snake River’s South Fork. Now managed by the Bureau of Land Management, this corridor along the South Fork supports the largest concentration of wintering and nesting bald eagles in the region. The Fund and its partners, with assistance from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, have protected nearly 12,000 acres of agricultural land and wildlife habitat within the Greater Yellowstone Area.

Henry’s Fork

In 2003, using the first funds from USDA’s Farmland Protection Program available in Idaho, The Conservation Fund and Teton Regional Land Trust placed an easement on 318 acres of farmland along Henry’s Fork of the Snake River.

Clark Farm

In 2002, as part of its Greater Yellowstone Initiative supported by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, the Fund acquired an easement on the Clark Farm—home to numerous wild species including elk and mountain lion. The Bureau of Land Management will incorporate the easement into its South Fork of the Snake River Management Corridor.

Gallup Farm

In 2001, the Fund negotiated a conservation easement—which includes more than 1.5 miles of South Fork frontage—on the 186-acre Gallup Farm near Yellowstone National Park. The bureau of Land Management will incorporate the easement into the South Fork of the Snake River Management Corridor.

Eagle Rock Ranch

In 2000, the Fund, in partnership with the Bureau of Land Management, negotiated a conservation easement, protecting from development approximately 545 acres on the South Fork of the Snake River.