American Prairie

American Lands has supported this national conservation organization’s acquisition strategy and assisted in acquisitions of key additions that have grown the American Prairie Reserve.

Lost Trail National Wildlife Refuge

American Lands facilitated the acquisition and creation of the 519th Refuge in the National Wildlife Refuge System to help meet a corporation’s wetland mitigation requirement in northwest Montana. American Lands also facilitated an adjacent Wetland Reserve Easement.

BLM Madison River Exchange

American Lands facilitated a multi-party BLM land exchange and the acquisition of the last parcel of private land adjoining the Madison River and BLM’s Bear Trap Canyon Unit of the Lee Metcalf Wilderness Area near Ennis, Montana. The exchange enhanced public recreation opportunities on the Madison River.

Bridger-Teton National Forest Exchange

American Lands facilitated a multiparty land exchange that resulted in the consoli­dation of the Mount Leidy highland area adjacent to Grand Teton National Park, in the Bridger-Teton National Forest of Wyoming.

Giant Springs Heritage State Park and Lewis & Clark Heritage Greenway

American Lands designed a combined sale, trade and donation of private lands to the Montana Department of Fish Wildlife and Parks which added 3,000 acres and 14 miles of Missouri River to the Giant Springs Heritage State Park and Lewis and Clark Heritage Greenway near Great Falls, Montana.

Gates of the Mountains Private/Public Land Consolidation

American Lands designed and implemented a series of eight land conveyances, which included the State of Montana and BLM to consolidate a 10,000-acre Wilderness Study Area at the Gates of the Mountains on the Missouri River near Helena, Montana.

Disposal of Corporate Non-Performing Assets

American Lands designed and implemented an exchange that allowed a corporation to trade out 21,000 acres of corporate land in exchange for coal bidding credits in eastern Montana. The 21,000 acres were made part of the Rattlesnake National Recreation Area and Wilderness near Missoula, Montana.

BLM Missouri Wild and Scenic River Exchange

American Lands facilitated exchanges with the BLM, enabling private landowners to buy scattered BLM parcels with low public resource values, and allowing the BLM to secure several miles of frontage on the Missouri Wild and Scenic River in Montana.

Disposal of Corporate Non-Performing Assets

American Lands facilitated a land exchange between a private corporation, the Forest Service, cabin site lessees, and the Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation, resulting in Mesa Falls being placed into public ownership. Mesa Falls is the highest waterfall on the Henry’s Fork of the Snake River near Yellowstone National Park in eastern Idaho.

City of Missoula Open Space Acquisition

American Lands represented Missoula, Montana in the acquisition of land and conservation easements under several of the City’s Open Space Bonds.

Public Access – Montana Private Ranch Exchange

American Lands assisted the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks in fee acquisition and subsequent design of a conservation easement on a 17,845 acre eastern Montana ranch, and then traded the ranch for a conservation easement on a second ranch providing access to the C.M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge in eastern Montana.

Superfund Mitigation

American Lands facilitated the following transactions in relation to mitigation of a Superfund site in western, Montana: negotiating with over 30 landowners for the acquisition of a 15-mile, 2,500-acre greenway corridor; acquisition of a parcel of land on Georgetown Lake for a public recreation and access site; acquisition of a parcel of land which was added to a Montana Wildlife Management Area; represented a non-profit organization in the acquisition of several ranches, the placement of conservation easements and public access easements on ranches, and then subsequent sale of the ranches on the open market.

Indian Tribes

American Lands has represented several Tribal Nations in the acquisition of lands and conservation easements in Idaho and Montana for wetland mitigation and other conservation purposes.

Grant Teton National Park – Conservation Easement Exchange

American Lands facilitated the exchange of a 1,100-acre conservation easement on a private ranch in Grand Teton National Park for coal rights in Wyoming, resulting in the permanent protection of over half of the remaining private land within the Park.