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Protecting western Montana’s water, wildlife habitats, agricultural lands, and community open spaces. Protecting the places you love since 1972.

10/30/2026

31 years ago, this fall, Missoula came together to save the one and only Mount Jumbo. 🐘

Back then, one subdivision proposal pictured 100+ houses climbing Jumbo’s saddle, right where the elk spend the winter, the wildflowers pop every spring, and so many Missoulians take in the view.

So Five Valleys rallied partners and led the push for an open space bond. On a snowy November election day in 1995, Missoulians showed up and passed it. The next morning, a smiley face made of bedsheets appeared above the L.

Still $1.2 million short, the community rallied again. Kids held bake sales, artists donated prints, and businesses set out change jars. By 1997, Jumbo belonged to all of us.

Every hike, every elk sighting from town, every time you look up from downtown- that’s this community’s doing.

Happy conservation birthday, Jumbo! 💚 Drop your favorite Jumbo memory below 👇

📷 by: Tom Robertson: night photo, Paul Queneau: rainbow & elk photo, and Five Valleys Staff

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation

10/28/2026

Ever wondered what a land trust actually does? Here’s the short version.

We own and care for places you can visit, like Mount Dean Stone Community Forest, Lincoln Community River Park, and the Rock Creek Confluence.

We protect land and work with partners like the city, county, and others to manage as public land, like Mount Jumbo and Marshall Mountain.

We protect land for the sake of the wider ecosystem, like our recent project near Bonner.

And we work with farmers and ranchers to place a conservation easement on their land, so it will stay working land forever.

We’re a nonprofit powered by the people who love this place.

Your western Montana, protected for good. Which place do you visit most?

📷 Anastasia Wilde , Bart Morris , and Tanner Rauk

10/21/2026

A will is one of the kindest gifts you can leave the people you love. When your wishes are written out, your family doesn't have to guess what you wanted, and it makes everything easier on whoever is handling your estate.

This National Estate Planning Week, consider making that appointment with a local attorney to update your thirty-year-old will, or to write one to begin with. Add two simple sentences to include gifts to the causes you cherish. Fill out the simple online form naming who will be the beneficiary of your bank accounts and retirement plan, and perhaps include a percentage for the nonprofits that have made a difference in your life.

Then look forward to the peace of mind that comes from making your wishes clear to those you love. Want details? Visit fvlt.org/give or send us a message.

10/19/2026

Whether you ran the 50K or the 25K today, you earned every step of City to Sky.

Huge congrats to every runner out there, and a big thank you to Run Wild Missoula for putting on such a great race. Our crew spent the day at an aid station on Mount Dean Stone, serving up snacks to hungry runners. Best seat on the mountain.

It’s always a treat to support runners up on a mountain that means so much to us, and to see so many people out enjoying the peak fall colors!

10/15/2026

Every acre, every trail, every volunteer workday in 2025 happened because of people like you.

Our board president, Allan Frankl, said it best: as you look through this report, we hope you will feel pride knowing these successes are yours.

Thank you for making a difference and helping us protect western Montana.

To view the full report visit: https://www.fvlt.org/blog/2025-annual-impact-report

10/14/2026

Rivers come together at the Confluence, and so did all of you!

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the grand re-opening of the Rock Creek Confluence. Whether you checked out the new trails, chatted with our staff, or just soaked in the view, you made the day feel exactly like it should: a community showing up for a place they love.

A huge thank you to Friends of Upper Rock Creek Historic District , Summit Independent Living , and University of Montana Bird Ecology Lab for helping make it all happen.

We hope to see you out there enjoying the area.

10/09/2026

How nice would it be to have an investment account just for the causes you care about most?

A Donor-Advised Fund works like an HSA for healthcare or a 401(k) for retirement, but for giving. You fund it with cash or stock (the initial gift can be as low as $5,000), it grows tax-free, and when you’re ready to make a gift, you email your fund administrator and they take care of the paperwork. You may also get a charitable tax deduction the year you fund it.

If you want to know more about a DAF, visit this link for more info: https://www.fvlt.org/blog/daf

Happy National DAF Day, and thank you to everyone who helps keep western Montana protected.

10/08/2026

Congratulations to the Boehmlers on the 2026 Missoula County Land Stewardship Award. We are so lucky to have such wonderful landowner partners!

10/07/2026

Thank you to everyone who got out for the Open Space Adventure Tour!

It was awesome to see photos of you out enjoying the land. Every selfie was someone standing on a place that’s protected today because Missoula voters said yes to City and County Open Space Bonds.

All the winners have been notified by email. Thanks for adventuring with us, and keep getting out there.

Thank you to our Adventure Tour partners at Missoula County Parks, Trails & Open Lands and Missoula Parks and Recreation.

Address

120 Hickory Street, Ste B
Missoula, MT
59801

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm

Telephone

+14065490755

Website

https://www.fvlt.org/, https://linktr.ee/fvlt

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