Land Trust · Kalispell, MT
Flathead Land Trust
Named for Flathead
5 staff + 25 volunteers$3.4M revenue in 2023Founded 1985
Stand · Find your defenders
Who’s defending Flathead?
21 groups have it in their care
National forest in Montana, 2.4M acres, managed by the U.S. Forest Service, designated in 1897.
Likely to care
Groups likely to care about Flathead
These 3 groups are a guess from each group's stated mission and where it works, not a record of work on this fight. Give directly; nothing routes through us.
Coalition · Polson, MT
Flathead Lakers
Named for Flathead
5 staff + 60 volunteers69¢ to the workFounded 1958
Recreation · Whitefish, MT
Whitefish Legacy Partners
Flathead is written into their mission
6 staff + 197 volunteers91¢ to the workFounded 2006
18 more work nearby but are not tied to Flathead on the record
On the ground in Montana
Montana Conservation CorpsThey work only in MontanaStewardshipMontana Land RelianceThey work only in MontanaLand TrustFive Valleys Land TrustThey work only in MontanaLand TrustGallatin Valley Land TrustThey work only in MontanaLand TrustUpper Missouri Breaks AudubonThey work only in MontanaFriends GroupBob Marshall Wilderness FoundationThey work only in MontanaFriends Group
More ways in
Custer Gallatin Working GroupThey work only in MontanaFriends GroupWild MontanaThey work only in MontanaGrassrootsGlacier InstituteThey work only in MontanaFriends GroupVital Ground FoundationMontana is one of the 4 states they work inLand TrustCottonwood Environmental Law CenterMontana is one of the 3 states they work inLegalPacific Northwest Trail AssociationMontana is one of the 3 states they work inTrailsSonoran InstituteMontana is one of the 4 states they work inCoalitionBonneville Environmental FoundationMontana is one of the 4 states they work inFoundationWestern Values ProjectBased in Helena, close to the groundWatchdogRocky Mountain Elk FoundationBased in Missoula, close to the groundAdvocacyAdvocates for the WestTheir work includes forestsLegalContinental Divide Trail CoalitionTheir work includes forestsTrails
The situation
What’s happening to Flathead
The connective tissue between Glacier National Park and the Bob Marshall Wilderness, where grizzlies still roam in numbers sufficient to sustain a population. The Flathead’s forests are the spine of the Northern Continental Divide ecosystem, but only if logging and drilling don’t sever the links.
- 1897Established as forest reserve
Oil and gas leasing on forest lands
Source: Earthjustice · January 1, 2025
Timber sales in wildlife corridors
Source: Flathead Beacon
No public comment window is open on Flathead right now. A call script is ready on the Public Lands Action Network, and the groups above are how the fight gets funded and argued in the meantime.
In the courts
The cases over this place
The dockets we track that name Flathead directly. Active first.
ClosedAlliance for the Wild Rockies v. SavageMTD · filed 2018 · Docket ↗
ClosedFriends of the Wild Swan v. Chip WeberNinth Circuit · filed 2013 · Docket ↗
ClosedCottonwood Environmental Law Center v. United States Forest ServiceNinth Circuit · filed 2013 · Docket ↗
ClosedSwan View Coalition v. WeberMTD · Docket ↗
Your move
How to stand for Flathead
GiveGive to Flathead Land Trust
Straight to their own donation page. Your dollar never passes through us.
Their donation page ↗SpeakCall your representativesA ready call script on Flathead, plus any comment window as it opens.
Public Lands Action NetworkFollowWatch the mapEvery threatened place in the country, tracked, with who stands for each.
Threatened Lands MapBuild my lineup around Flathead: the leading group here opens it, and the other seats fill from this record.
Flathead has defenders. It needs more.
3 more likely to care, Flathead Land Trust with 5 staff + 25 volunteers. Find your way in.