Articles written by Paige Cohn


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  • BLM acquires Upper Gold Creek land from The Nature Conservancy

    Paige Cohn, The Nature Conservancy|Nov 14, 2024

    MISSOULA, Mont.- The Bureau of Land Management and The Nature Conservancy (TNC) are announcing the first completed land acquisition within the Gold and Twin Creeks area of the Blackfoot River Watershed. The recently purchased parcel, known as the Upper Gold Creek East Parcel, placed 3,264 acres into federal public ownership on Nov. 6, 2024, using funds from the Land and Water Conservation Fund. This sale marks the first phase of the Gold and Twin Creeks land acquisitions, which aim to transfer...

  • Forest products industry and local mills are a vital partner for forest restoration, conservation goals

    Paige Cohn, The Nature Conservancy|Jul 11, 2024

    The Nature Conservancy (TNC) has been doing forest conservation in the Blackfoot and Seeley-Swan Valleys since the mid-1970s and when we heard the announcement of the Pyramid Mountain Lumber mill closure this spring, like for so many in the community, it was a gut punch. Local Montana mills and all the contractors they support are a vital part of reaching our collective forest restoration and conservation goals, and we recognize that the economics of running a mill in Montana have gotten harder and harder. There has been nearly no change in...