In March, volunteers from GFP partner Wild Montana led a late-winter snowshoe adventure up the Porcupine Creek drainage southeast of Big Sky. Porcupine Creek leads into the heart of the Hyalite-Porcupine Buffalo Horn Wilderness Study, which is important to wildlife and human recreators alike. Close to Yellowstone, the Porcupine-Buffalo Horn are provides important habitat for...
London Bernier – The Greater Yellowstone Coalition It’s finally April, which means a few things here in Gallatin Valley. First, it means mud season is nearly upon us (though with this onslaught of new spring snow, we might be waiting longer than usual to see bare ground!). Springtime also means we are starting to see...
Photo of Cowboy Heaven by Christian Sawicki/Wild Montana This piece was adapted from an article originally written by Wild Montana Deputy Director John Todd. The last time Wilderness was designated in Montana was in 2014. That was when Congress passed the Rocky Mountain Front Heritage Act. It happened because a group of Montanans, united under...
Note: This piece was co-written by advocates from Wild Montana, the Greater Yellowstone Coalition, and The Wilderness Society. Stretching between the iconic, wild splendor of Yellowstone and the bustling community of Bozeman, Montana, lies the Gallatin Range. These pristine mountains are studded with diverse habitats and wildlife, and saddled with environmental change. Despite the full...
Note: This piece was written by Alex Blackmer of Wild Montana and published by the Bozeman Daily Chronicle as a guest column on May 20, 2022. — Folks are rightly passionate about protecting the incredible Madison and Gallatin ranges, and of course there are disagreements about how best to do it. I just wish we’d...
Earlier this week, the University of Montana released its biennial Voter Survey on Public Lands. Commissioned by the University of Montana’s Crown of the Continent and Greater Yellowstone Initiative and conducted by a group of bipartisan pollsters, the survey asked a randomized sample of 500 registered voters what they thought about a variety of public...
Thank you to all who joined us for a virtual presentation about the Custer Gallatin National Forest Plan. You can find a recording of the presentation on YouTube as well as embedded here: The presentation provides a place-by-place breakdown of all the forest plan details and gives a sneak peek into what may come next...
Gallatin Forest Partnership cites historic progress for water quality, wildlife, and recreation Bozeman – Today, the U.S Forest Service released the record of decision for the final Custer Gallatin National Forest plan. Representatives of the Gallatin Forest Partnership shared their satisfaction that the plan takes historic steps to protect clean water, wildlife, recreation, and wild...
Update: The New Forest Plan is Here There’s been a radical new development 34 years in the making: the new Custer Gallatin Forest Plan is out! We’re psyched that the plan takes historic steps to protect clean water, wildlife, recreation, and wild places across the Madison and Gallatin ranges, and that it closely follows the...
Later this fall, the Custer Gallatin National Forest will release its final forest plan. To inspire us for the road ahead, we wanted to take the chance to remember just why the Madison and Gallatin ranges are so special, and why the Gallatin Forest Partnership’s proposal is so important for their future. In honor of...
