Gallatin Valley Sensitive Lands Plan | Public Draft

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The Deadline for Public Comment is November 5!

View interactive maps online here:  gallatinvalleyplan.bozeman.net

What's in the Plan:

Chapter 1: Our Planning Process presents an introduction to the planning process, GIS modeling, an overview of public outreach, and introduces the Sensitive Lands Themes.

Chapter 2: Our Community’s Sensitive Lands Values identifies common values across the Study Area based on considerations of a changing Gallatin Valley, results from the public and constituent outreach, values and recommendations of recently adopted policies and plans.

Chapter 3: Our Sensitive Lands outlines data collection, modeling process, and summarizes the outputs of the Sensitive Lands models.

Chapter 4: Our Solutions lists recommendations for development code updates, education, funding opportunities, incentives, policies, and legislative initiatives to guide future implementation of sensitive lands conservation and management.

Appendices include additional background on public outreach and data review.

Technical questions can be sent to Kristina Kachur at Logan Simpson. Additional comments or questions can be directed towards Jon Henderson.