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.
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.
Missoula, Mont. — As wildfire season presses on across the western United States, forest experts say that they have several tools available to counter them ahead opf time.
Opinion:Â The Alliance for the Wild Rockies has taken the Park Service to court to require it to use the best available science and stop the pointless slaughter of our national mammal.
Seven long years ago the Alliance for the Wild Rockies, with the support of local residents, took the Forest Service to federal court to halt the Hanna Flats logging, road-building, and burning project on the Idaho Panhandle National Forest in northern Idaho. Through a long and winding legal saga the good news — for grizzly bears, old-growth forests, and the local populace which strongly opposed the deforestation — is that a federal appeals court just ruled for the Alliance.
Missoula, Mont. — The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation's first Big Game Days in Missoula this weekend paired public events with volunteer habitat projects across the area.
MISSOULA, Mont. — Missoula City Council during its July 13 meeting is set to consider a $2,254,381.01 contract for a new park on North Scott Street and nearby street upgrades.
BOZEMAN, Mont. — The Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP) recently acquired an 82-acre island near the upper Yellowstone River that will be used for fishing access and community recreation.
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Mont. – A wildfire near Whitehall is threatening at least one structure. Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office asked the public to avoid the area.
MISSOULA, Mont. – The Montana Tri-Forest Federal Sustained-Yield Unit (SYU) management plan was signed into effect by U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz on June 17.Â
