Salmon Prairie

Montana Freshwater Partners collaborated with Vital Ground Foundation to place a conservation easement on a 30-acre property containing 25-acres of wetlands, including a rare forested spruce/ skunk cabbage wetland type.

Montana Freshwater Partners also assisted the landowners in completing a restoration project on a portion of the property that had been invaded by invasive reed canarygrass. Restoration treatments included the construction of a series of sod-plugs and willow-brush trenches intended to check-up water and shift the hydrology to favor native wetland species like sedges and rushes. Protecting this property in perpetuity and restoring native vegetation communities will create lasting benefits for a wide variety of wildlife species.