Blanchets leave legacy in donated farmland
Richard and Grace Blanchet left their farm to the Montana Land Reliance, in hopes of preserving more agricultural land in the Flathead Valley. The 320-acre property is believed to be the largest land donation the organization has ever received in the Flathead Valley. (Courtesy the Montana Land Reliance)
This 320-acre property, owned by brother and sister Richard and Grace Blanchet, was gifted to the Montana Land Reliance. (Courtesy the Montana Land Reliance)
Flathead Valley residents Richard and Grace Blanchet ran their 320-acre farm on the Creston Bench south of Columbia Falls for more than 50 years before turning that land into a legacy by gifting the property to the Montana Land Reliance.
In their decades of farming, the brother and sister duo witnessed significant changes in the valley — most notably the rapid increase of development and ensuing loss of farmland...
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