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Top Five Largest Land Owners in Montana

Montana is a land of wide open spaces and large tracts of privately held land.  Just for fun, here is a list of the 5 largest landowners in Montana according to a February 2013 article by Brett French in the Billings Gazette.  http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/montana-s-top-landowners/article_b5bf98e7-c4eb-5cdb-8fc3-bb091db2e22d.html 1. 278,001 acres. Farris & Dan Wilks.  Billionaire brothers that sold their …

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10 Ways to Save Water at Home | June Sunset Mag

Bozeman and the Gallatin Valley are located in a Cold semi-arid climate.  These sort of climates feature dry summers and cold winters with snowfall during the winter months.  As a result, Montanans and those downstream of us, need to be thinking along the lines of conservation of resources.  Water conservation is becoming a bigger and …

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Bozeman planning department hits one day record – building permit submissions

There is a verifyable building boom going on in the Gallatin Valley.  The City of Bozeman Planning department hit the one day record for building permit submissions last week.  Reported by Erin Stauttaher in the Bozeman Daily Chronicle… Bozeman planning department sets one-day record for building permit submissions ERIN SCHATTAUER, Chronicle Staff Writer The city …

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