“The point of the program was to work with willing landowners to keep agricultural lands in agriculture, while also protecting water quality, open space, and wildlife habitat,” said Barb Cestero, who worked on the 2000 bond campaign.

Our community can feel extra jolly this holiday season because four conservation projects received approval for funding through the Gallatin County Open Lands Program.

Gallatin County’s Open Lands Program, and the property tax levy that helps fund it, will help achieve the goal of keeping as much of the area as possible free from development.

Every spring, our Stewardship team is preparing for a busy season of visiting with every landowner who has worked with GVLT to conserve land throughout our region.

A 160-acre piece of land in the West Bridger Mountains that was once private is now public thanks to a local family, a land trust and various donors.

GVLT reached its 50,000 acres-conserved milestone with the successful completion of a conservation easement in the Amsterdam-Churchill area of Gallatin County on the Madison-Gallatin Plateau.

It’s official: 12 acres off Bozeman’s iconic Peets Hill will be preserved as a city park.