Bear-Paw's primary focus is to identify landowners interested in land protection and to assist them in accomplishing their land conservation goals through the use of reliable, voluntary techniques such as conservation easements. Bear-Paw provides impartial, technical assistance to landowners and often serves as an intermediary between landowners, town officials, and other conservation partners (conservation organizations, grant programs, etc.).

Bear-Paw works with our member towns to promote conservation planning, to identify valuable natural resource areas, to expand protected land, and to locate funding sources for land conservation projects. We also encourage member towns to provide funding for conservation projects in their municipalities through a variety of ways (land use change taxes, warrant articles, bonds, etc.).

With our project partners, Bear-Paw has helped protect over 2,300 acres in our region and we hold easements on over 1,100 acres.