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Starry Night Lodging is redefining travel with a commitment to sustainability and regenerative tourism. This small, family-owned business offers unique stays at campgrounds, hotels, and homes across the country while ensuring that their guests not only experience the beauty of nature but also leave their destination better than they found it.
The Gallatin Water Science Symposium was a day to inspire research that is driven by the challenges and needs of our community, and for our actions on the ground - from policy to restoration - to reflect best practices rooted in science.
GWC tagged along with MSUβs Environmental Science Capstone class while Russel Smith from the City of Bozemanβs Stormwater Division explored the function of these post-construction stormwater facilities. In collaboration with the Western Transportation Instituteβs Community-engaged And Transformational Scholarship initiative, GWC and the City of Bozeman want to learn from students how and if native plants may be effectively incorporated into stormwater facilities to further the Stormwater Divisionβs three goals: protect public safety, improve waterway health, and comply with state and federal regulations.
It's 9:00 a.m. on a chilly October morning, with snow threatening to fall, and Gallatin Stream Teams volunteers are gearing up for a day of stream monitoring. Journey into Gallatin Valleyβs rivers and streams with a βday in the lifeβ account of the volunteer program. The Gallatin Stream Teams is a partnership between the Gallatin Watershed Council and Gallatin Local Water Quality District.
Our community has been engaging in Gallatin Countyβs process of creating a Future Land Use Map for nearly a year now, and itβs almost to the finish line!
In early November, nearly 150 community members gathered to celebrate the Gallatin Watershed Council's 20th Anniversary, and what a celebration it was!
Jared Trilling, Project Manager and Ecologist, shares the full circle story of the Thompson Mine.
Katherine Berry, Water Policy Manager, toured irrigation ditches with Kevin Haggerty, longtime Gallatin Valley resident. Read Katherineβs story and how ditch infrastructure serves more than the agricultural producers of our watershed.
Read the first-hand account of an Eagle Scout who just wrapped up her planting project with GWC at McLeod Park.
Learn about the story behind the Lewis and Bark tree planting! This blog is written by Nancy Harris, a volunteer who is stewarding the trees.
Do you ever wonder what our future will look like? Gallatin County is in its first phase of community engagement for its Future Land Use Map (FLUM) project, which will produce a broad strokes picture of where and how we are developing in the County.

Stormwater is one of those things that we donβt often think about, but the pollution it carries has significant impacts on our local streams, rivers, ponds, and lakes. Most of this pollution is coming from our everyday actions, so letβs do our part to care for our watershed.