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News from Gallatin Valley Land Trust
GVLT conserves southwest Montana's heritage of open landscapes, working farms and ranches, healthy rivers, and wildlife habitat; and creates trails to connect people, communities and the land. |
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SEPTEMBER/ 2009 |
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OKTOBERFEST to benefit GVLT
Montana Brewers Association Festival
The Montana Brewers Association announces its first annual Brewers Festival to be held October 23 at the Gallatin County Fairgrounds. With Oktoberfest in the air, come meet the brewers, enjoy good food, good music, and sample Montana's finest craft brews. 17 Montana Brewers will attend and over 40 Montana made brews will be available for your tasting pleasure. Proceeds will benefit the Montana Brewers Association, the Gallatin Valley Land Trust, and KGLT.
Music will be provided by Little Jane and the Pistol Whips, Skavocado, and The Dirty Shame. Food will be provided by Old Chicago and the Montana Fish Company. Tickets are $18 in advance, $20 at the door, and are available at the Bozeman Brewery, the Madison River Brewery, Old Chicago, the Montana Fish Company, Cactus Records, and online at www.montanabrewers.org (Buy Tickets Online!). Entry includes 3 samples, and an MBA pint glass. Additional samples are $1 each.
The Montana Brewers Association is a non-profit association devoted to the development of a strong and growing craft brewing industry in Montana. Support your local brewery! Think globally, drink locally!
* We, GVLT is organizing 20 volunteers to help make this Oktoberfest a success! Please contact annetyler@gvlt.org if you are interested (volunteer jobs will include: set up, beer servers, break down). |
| EVENTS- Save the Date |
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Make Tracks for Trails
Saturday Feb. 27 at Bohart Ranch
Be a sponsor or donate?
If you would like to sponsor the event or donate - please call 587.8404 - Anne Tyler will assist you or email annetyler@gvlt.org |
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Take photos on the trails - win Northern Lights gear
The Gallatin Valley Land Trust and the Bozeman Daily Chronicle are working together to bring attention to the trail system with a monthly photo contest.
Please click on www.chroniclecontests.com to learn more about the contest and to submit your photos. The winning photo receives a gift from our sponsor, Northern Lights Trading Company.
The photo theme for the month of September:
Pets on the Trails
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News from the field
GVLT has partnered with 73 private landowners over the years to permanently conserve more than 32,000 acres of land around the Gallatin Valley from development. And we're constantly working to conserve new lands too. But our work doesn't end there. We visit each of these properties every year to work with landowners and ensure that their land remains as valuable habitat, open space and productive farmland. It's takes a lot of time and effort but the rewards are evident with each visit. So far this season we've encountered black bears, a newborn pronghorn, innumerable waterfowl and even a mountain lion... much of this within sight of downtown Bozeman!
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News from the Community Trails
Get your dog a drink at the Snowfill - Thanks to a generous donor and the cooperation of the Bozeman Parks Department we installed a well with a hand pump this summer at the Snowfill on McIlhattan Road. Now on hot sunny days, there is water for all the dogs enjoying this 37-acre, off-leash recreation area.
Senska Conservation Easement Trail Access - With help from a Montana Conservation Corps crew, GVLT constructed a new access trail off of Sourdough road to the trail loop along Bozeman Creek on the Senska conservation easement. To enjoy this peaceful patch of cottonwood forest, walk or bike (there's no parking) to the southwest corner of the Church/Sourdough/Kagy intersection. The new trail access cuts down the Sourdough Road embankment at the telephone pole 170 feet south of the intersection.
Langohr Park Pollinator Garden - In partnership with the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and the national Pollinator Partnership, along with volunteer crews from NRCS, THRIVE and Ligocyte Pharmaceuticals, GVLT coordinated the creation of a pollinator garden with interpretive signage adjacent to the community gardens at Langohr Park off the Gallagator Trail. To learn more about pollinator-friendly gardening and land management and why it's important visit www.pollinator.org or visit the garden at Langohr Park. Note that we are seeking a donor to add a bench to the garden. |
| TRAVELERS FOR OPEN LAND |
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Click here to find out more about a unique and exciting program called Travelers for Open Land. This is the first statewide program of its type in the country, and it has the potential to provide new resources for private land conservation in Montana. |
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What Value!
Is it time to renew your membership? You always intended to catch up, but can't find an envelope? Well it has never been easier to support GVLT! All you need to do is go to our secure on-line donation page to make a contribution. You can even set your donation to recur each month! Break it up, make it automatic and you'll never notice. Those small monthly contributions will make a huge difference to GVLT. Try it now
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| News from August |
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Evening on the Land - THANK YOU
Saturday, August 15th 2009 the Gallatin Valley Land Trust hosted the first Evening on the Land.
As local stewards, GVLT strives to preserve a timeless landscape to enjoyed by all. The majority of the food for the special dinner was graciously donated by multiple growers (listed below) around the Gallatin Valley, many of whom have permanently conserved their family lands by granting a conservation easement. Our silent auction experiences offered special insights into activities in the valley and beyond. Our hope was for the Evening to inspire the guests to join in creating a strong, sustainable community. With the combination of amazing food, rock'in music, enticing auction packages, and great guest we had the good fortune of raising over 24,ooo!
EVENT SPONSORS
NORMAN C. WHEELER & ASSOCIATES
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WAYNE AND FANEE FREEMAN
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THE COLLECTION SOTHEBY'S INTERNATIONAL REALTY, VIVIAN BRIDAHAM, BROKER-OWNER
FOOD DONATIONS
Thirteen Mile Ranch (lamb)
Amaltheia Dairy (goat cheese)
Bozeman Brewing Company (beer)
Crema Roasting (coffee)
Dyk Family Farm (honey)
Gallatin Valley Botanical (produce)
Half Circle Ranch (beef)
Kimm Potato Farm (potatoes)
Madison River Brewing Company (beer)
Rocky Creek Farm (produce)
Visser Greenhouses (herbs)
Walla Walla Foundry Vineyards (wine)
VOLUNTEERS
A huge thanks to our many volunteers! The committee: Alison Totten (Chair of the committee), Becca Belou (recruited and organized all the servers), Anne Albright, Kay Ruh, Amie Carter, Sara Anderson, Courtney King-Levertt, and Sally King.
The servers: Becca Belou, Alicia Ward, Ross Franklin, Christina Anderson, Kaytie VanderVos, Anne Albright, Laura Sampson, Ashley Kuykendall, Bill Bartlett,
and Kay Ruh.
Bartenders: Tony and Adriane
Logistics the Evening of:
Steve Bracken, Ada Montague, Sara Anderson,
Jodi Rasker, Hillary Rasker, Scott Albright, and
Kathryn Williamson. | |
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