Montana Aquatic Resource Services recently released a white paper on Channel Migration Easements (CME). A specific form of conservation easement, a CME allows a landowner to continue to use their land while allowing the river to migrate across the floodplain within the easement boundaries. So far MARS has worked with conservation partners and thoughtful landowners to close Montana's first two channel migration easements (CMEs).
THE SHAPE OF A RIVER
The Ocean Media Institute (OMI) recently released the trailer of their upcoming film, The Shape of a River, produced in conjunction with Montana Aquatic Resource Services (MARS). The film features the famed Yellowstone River as partner and provider to the land and the lives of those along its path.