Welcome to Prickly Pear Land Trust

Prickly Pear Land Trust is an association of community-minded individuals committed to protecting the open space in Lewis and Clark, Broadwater and Jefferson Counties in Montana. Founded in 1996, the Trust now has almost 700 active members with backgrounds reflecting the diversity of the area. As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation, we work cooperatively with willing property owners to conserve our region's most valuable natural asset…land.

"We knew from the very beginning of our love affair with this land that we'd want to preserve it. Obtaining a conservation easement with Prickly Pear Land Trust ensured that generations from now this piece of paradise will exist in as pristine a state as when we discovered it."

— Leonard Schonberg and Anne O'Leary