Stucky Ridge

Protecting critical bighorn sheep and elk habitat in western Montana

Three miles northwest of Anaconda, Montana, Stucky Ridge is a series of grassy windblown benches, native grasslands, and timbered gulches providing critical winter range for elk, mule deer, and bighorn sheep and rutting and calving habitat for elk. This classic Montana landscape is also used by mountain lion, bear, coyote, fox, bobcat, and nesting songbirds.

Working in partnership with Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks and the Five Valleys Land Trust, ALC helped protect this outstanding habitat in the nick of time. Plans had already been made for an extensive residential subdivision, and road building and preliminary engineering had already begun.

Stucky Ridge is adjacent to the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest and lies within 10 air miles of five Wildlife Management Areas. ALC completed the project in two phases, first protecting 220 acres in July, 2008, and protecting another 76 acres in May, 2009. The site will managed by Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks and will be open to the public for hunting, hiking, wildlife viewing, and other activities.

Read the press release on Phase I
Read the press release on Phase II

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