Ski for Stewardship

Conservation and stewardship go hand-in-hand. Conservation is the momentous, one-time act that protects a place. Stewardship is the care that ensures that place will continue to be protected in perpetuity.

Five Valleys currently stewards over 86,000 acres of open land across western Montana. We do this by building strong relationships with our conservation easement landowners, providing them with stewardship resources and information, and visiting each of our nearly 200 conservation easements at least once per year. 

At its core, stewardship is a labor of love. While stewardship is a big commitment, it is achieved through everyday acts of caring for the land, big and small: every time you move a branch off a trail or pick up after your dog on a hike, that’s stewardship. Giving to the organizations that help protect and provide the lands you love? That’s supporting stewardship and helping to protect and preserve these special places.