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Conservation easements are voluntary legal agreements between a land owner and a land trust that permanently limit development on a parcel of land in an effort to protect its conservation values.

Heres a roundup of some of the local stories Missoulian reporters put out this week.

"Being caught in a large wet avalanche today will be difficult to survive. The surefire way of not being caught, is to stay out of steep terrain."

The storms and atmospheric rivers that have been invading the entire northwest of the country, isn't skipping Montana mountain ranges. Avalanche danger has risen significantly and may continue to rise this week for several counties and their Montana mountain ranges.

Flathead Avalanche Center in Montana issued an avalanche watch on Monday night.

A ridge of high pressure is building over Montana bringing our temperatures up near record levels Tuesday. In addition, we'll see cloudy skies and strong winds along the Rocky Mountain Front.

The Flathead Avalanche Center in Hungry Horse has issued a backcountry avalanche watch for on and below steep slopes above 5000 feet in the Whitefish Range, Swa

The Flathead Avalanche Center in Hungry Horse has issued a backcountry avalanche watch for Flathead, Lake and Lincoln counties.

AVALANCHE WATCH is in effect until 7 a.m. Tuesday for Lincoln, Flathead and Lake Counties. The avalanche danger may rise to High by Tuesday morning as a warm an

A backcountry avalanche warning was issued for Northwest Montana on Monday as a freight train of Pacific moisture is set to deliver copious amounts of rain, ice and snow to the region.