In 2005, a handful of local ranchers gathered to discuss the need for an organization dedicated to private lands conservation in central Idaho. There was no checkbook, no office and no funding, only a vision, passion and a hometown executive director working ten hours per week. At the time LRLT vowed to be your locally governed, founded and staffed non-profit organization dedicated to voluntary private lands conservation, a lofty goal for a new organization. In the early days, no one was quite sure how to accomplish this task, only that the working ranches, open spaces and wildlife habitat of Lemhi County needed protected. The same vision and passion that drove LRLT’s visionaries continues to drive us today. Today we have a checkbook and office of our very own in the heart of downtown Salmon. Our staff and board are privileged to live, work and play alongside you in the valley we call home. But most importantly we are accomplishing the goal of our founders, protecting the ranches, open spaces and fish and wildlife habitat of central Idaho.