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‘Land is life’: Springhill couple protects 138 acres with conservation easement
Bozeman

‘Land is life’: Springhill couple protects 138 acres with conservation easement

  • Emma Jane Jackson Chronicle Staff Writer

As development pressure mounts across the Gallatin Valley, Teyck and Barbara Weed have partnered with the Gallatin Valley Land Trust to protect their sprawling Springhill property north of Belgrade. The couple and GVLT recently completed a 138-acre voluntary conservation easement to keep the land clean, productive and accessible to wildlife, according to a Tuesday press release.

138 acres protected north of Belgrade
Bozeman

138 acres protected north of Belgrade

  • Belgrade News staff

Gallatin Valley Land Trust (GVLT) has partnered with local landowners to complete a 138-acre conservation easement along the western slope of the Bridger Mountains 12 miles north of Belgrade.

Let’s do it right | Opinion
Missoula

Let’s do it right | Opinion

  • MONTANA SPORTSMEN ALLIANCE

It would be hard to imagine a Central Montana property with greater potential public benefit than the Hannah Ranch. A 3652-acre property nestled against the northwestern corner of the Big Snowy Mountains, its diverse habitat supports an abundance of wildlife, including large numbers of the Snowies’ rapidly expanding elk herd. Perhaps more significantly, it could facilitate access to a large segment of mountainous National Forest terrain that is otherwise difficult or impossible to reach.