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Bozeman officials pass codes improving protections for local wetlands

Bozeman officials pass codes improving protections for local wetlands

In an effort to strengthen protection for local wetlands, the Bozeman City Commission passed a set of development codes last week increasing the minimum buffer between wetlands and developments from 10 feet to 25. The legislation was passed Sept. 9 in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2023

Gallatin Watershed Council hosts seventh annual river cleanup

Gallatin Watershed Council hosts seventh annual river cleanup

Over the last six years, the Gallatin Watershed Council (GWC) has collected 20,000 pounds of trash from local waterways. Last Saturday, Sept. 6, the seventh annual Gallatin River Cleanup continued this tradition of conservation work. The GWC is a nonprofit organization that aims to sustain and protect the Lower

Raptor survey takes flight in the Bridgers

Raptor survey takes flight in the Bridgers

Every morning for the next two months, Isabel Masi, Oskar Robinson and Emily Quillen will hike to a concrete helipad perched high on the ridge of the Bridger Mountains to clock in for work. Their job? Counting migrating raptors as part of a decades-long effort to monitor their populations.