Fifty-one acres near Swan Lake preserved in conservation easement
A den of fox kits on Paul Johnson and Candace Greene’s newly preserved land on Swan Lake. (Courtesy/Hughes Goodwin and Flathead Land Trust)
Just before the Covid pandemic, Paul Johnson and his wife Candace Greene made the move to buy a plot of land near their cabin on Swan Lake. Part of around 260 acres previously owned by F.H. Stoltze Land & Lumber Co., the 51-acre parcel had been largely undisturbed since the logging company came through. But as the land around it was cut up into lots and developed, Johnson worried it would be turned into housing.
“It’s what we like about Montana, and what everybody likes about Montana, so I thought we’d try to do our share to preserve a very small piece of it,” he said.
“I figured if we didn’t buy it, it would soon be developed into lots like the other 200 acres and it’s such a beautiful spot ... I’d hate to have all that go away.”
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