Sagebrush Steppe Land Trust

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Sagebrush Steppe Land Trust Our mission is to protect, connect, and enhance wildlife habitat, working lands, and community spaces in Southeast Idaho, now and for future generations.

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ICOLT members went to Fort Hall last week to meet with leaders from the Shoshone and Bannock Tribes. Nolan Brown, Shosho...
10/21/2026

ICOLT members went to Fort Hall last week to meet with leaders from the Shoshone and Bannock Tribes. Nolan Brown, Shoshone-Bannock Tribes Original Territories and Research Program Manager discussed opportunities for tribal land trusts among other important conservation issues. Thank you ! and thank you ICOLT members!

Join us Dec. 5 for Sagebrush Steppe Land Trust's annual Holiday Party & Fundraiser!Let's celebrate another year of prote...
10/20/2026

Join us Dec. 5 for Sagebrush Steppe Land Trust's annual Holiday Party & Fundraiser!

Let's celebrate another year of protecting the places we love here in Southeast Idaho. Enjoy dinner and drinks, bid on your favorites in our silent and live auctions, and spend an evening with fellow conservation supporters. 💚

🍽️ On the menu: Herb-roasted chicken, whipped mashed potatoes, sweet potato salad, sautéed green beans, dinner rolls and apple pie for dessert. A vegetarian entrée of portobello mushroom stacks will also be available.

🎟️ Tickets are $30 and include dinner. We'd love to celebrate with you! Get your tickets today: http://weblink.donorperfect.com/CelebrateSagebrushSteppe

Helping the sagebrush steppe thrive, one seed at a time!We recently welcomed local Cub Scouts and their families to Cent...
10/16/2026

Helping the sagebrush steppe thrive, one seed at a time!

We recently welcomed local Cub Scouts and their families to Century Heights Preserve to harvest seeds from asters, rubber rabbitbrush and curlycup gumweed.

By collecting native seeds, we're helping set the stage for future habitat restoration and healthier landscapes for the wildlife that calls these places home. Thanks to these young conservationists for lending a hand!

Interested in bringing your class or youth group to one of our protected properties? Contact Carly at [email protected] to learn more.

Many thanks to everyone who recently came out to help plant antelope bitterbrush at our Century Heights Preserve! 🧤🪏Toge...
10/13/2026

Many thanks to everyone who recently came out to help plant antelope bitterbrush at our Century Heights Preserve! 🧤🪏

Together, SSLT staff and volunteers got 500 plants in the ground to help improve wildlife habitat. Bitterbrush provides valuable cover for birds and serves as an important food source for the mule deer that spend the winter on the preserve. 🦌

Want to join us for the next planting? On November 3-5, we’ll be putting 2,500 sagebrush plugs in the ground, and we’d love your help! For more info and to sign up, go here: https://ow.ly/Ymkx50ZXive

Or email our stewardship coordinator, Hannah Clawson, at: [email protected].

📸 Photos by Sarah Jackson

🦇 Get ready to learn about one of Idaho’s most fascinating nighttime creatures!We’re excited to host a class all about b...
10/07/2026

🦇 Get ready to learn about one of Idaho’s most fascinating nighttime creatures!

We’re excited to host a class all about bats in partnership with Marshall Public Library. In celebration of our new bat condo at Kackley Ranch — and just in time for spooky season — we’ll have family-friendly games, crafts, activities and plenty of fun bat facts!

Come learn, explore and celebrate Idaho’s bats with us! 🌙

📅 Tuesday, Oct. 13
⏰ 7–8 p.m.
📍 Marshall Public Library
113 S. Garfield Ave., Pocatello

Kackley Ranch has a new place to hang! 🦇Idaho Fish and Game recently installed a new bat condo at our Kackley Ranch Pres...
10/06/2026

Kackley Ranch has a new place to hang! 🦇

Idaho Fish and Game recently installed a new bat condo at our Kackley Ranch Preserve, giving local bats a safe, stable place to roost and raise their young.

Three species are likely to make themselves at home: Little Brown Myotis, Yuma Myotis, and Big Brown Bat. The first two are identified as species of greatest conservation need in Idaho.

We're excited to see who moves in!

A big thank you to Idaho Fish and Game for making this project possible, and to the state and federal funding partners who supported the purchase and installation of the bat condos.

Stay tuned for a full article about the bat condos, to come later this month!

📸 Staff from Idaho Fish and Game and Sagebrush Steppe Land Trust install the new bat condos.

Good things happen when people pitch in. 💚 🪏 🌱 🧤We’re so lucky to have a community of volunteers who are always willing ...
10/02/2026

Good things happen when people pitch in. 💚 🪏 🌱 🧤

We’re so lucky to have a community of volunteers who are always willing to show up and get to work. So many of our projects simply wouldn’t happen without you!

Recently, volunteers helped distribute plants for our native plant sale and prepped and planted our new native plant garden at the Marshall Public Library.

Every little bit adds up. Thank you for being part of the work! 🙌

And a big thank you to our partners at the Portneuf Pollinator Partnership and at the library who helped make these projects possible!



📸 Linda Popelka

Three cheers for our stewardship team! 👏 🥳 🎉 They just successfully wrapped up another monitoring season, which invol...
09/30/2026

Three cheers for our stewardship team! 👏 🥳 🎉

They just successfully wrapped up another monitoring season, which involves visiting and checking in on over 11,000 acres of permanently protected land in Southeast Idaho.

Thank you to the many landowners, partners, and volunteers who support this work and help us ensure that today's Idaho remains protected for tomorrow.

📸 1: Eric Pankau, stewardship manager, and Hannah Clawson, stewardship coordinator, monitor lands in partnership with Idaho Fish & Wildlife Foundation.
📸 2-5: A recent monitoring visit on lands Sagebrush Steppe helps protect.

We are thrilled to introduce our newest board member, Annette Herman! Annette brings extensive experience in organizatio...
09/29/2026

We are thrilled to introduce our newest board member, Annette Herman!

Annette brings extensive experience in organizational leadership, governance, and partnership-building to Sagebrush Steppe Land Trust’s board of directors.

“The only way meaningful things happen is by a group of well-intended people coming together to strive toward a common objective, and that’s what I see this board is doing, and I’m just pleased to be a part of it,” Annette said.

Annette's career was primarily in healthcare leadership, but she also has a background in conservation, having served on the board of the Swaner EcoCenter in Park City as well as becoming its CEO. Through that work, she gained experience in land restoration, conservation easements, and land preservation.

We’re so glad to have you on the team, Annette! Welcome to SSLT. 💚

Check out her full bio here: https://sagebrushlandtrust.org/team/annette-herman/

We always love connecting with fellow land conservationists and learning from the work happening across the country! Sev...
09/25/2026

We always love connecting with fellow land conservationists and learning from the work happening across the country!

Several members of our team recently headed to Denver for Rally, the Land Trust Alliance’s annual conference. It’s a great opportunity to share ideas, learn from our peers and bring new perspectives home to Southeast Idaho.

From left: Matt Martens, conservation easement project manager; Eric Pankau, stewardship manager; Heath Mann, executive director; and Matt Coombs, Bear River Watershed director.

Thanks to the Land Trust Alliance for bringing the land conservation community together! 💚

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Pocatello, ID
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