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Teton Regional Land Trust

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A local family and Teton Regional Land Trust (TRLT) has permanently conserved 1,686 acres through the Flying A Bitch Creek Conservation Easement. This part of the farm has been in the family for more than 50 years and remains an active working landscape, where the family continues a long tradition of agriculture in Fremont County.

The family homesteaded in Fremont County in 1901, and four generations later, the family continues to work the land through ranching, dry and irrigated farming, and a seed potato business.

This is the fourth conservation easement Flying A Ranch has completed with TRLT. The project continues the legacy of Clen Atchley, an early board member of TRLT who was involved in the early efforts of the Fremont Heritage Trust, a local land trust that later merged with TRLT. Clen was a strong advocate for protecting eastern Idaho’s farmland to ensure that agriculture would remain part of the region’s future.

Clen passed away in 2024 while this project was still underway, but the completion of this project carries forward his commitment to keep this land in agriculture and protect critical wildlife for future generations.

“Our family first and foremost wants to thank everyone at the Teton Regional Land Trust,” said Laura Pickard. “This has been a multiyear project that has come to fruition through countless hours and significant effort. Their commitment to these projects exemplifies everything that makes this organization so important. We are so grateful to have been able to work with them to protect this very special part of our farm for many generations to come.”

Click here to read the full story: tetonlandtrust.org/flying-a-conservation-easement/

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