GVLT lands $3.7 million grant for conservation
January 15, 2015 / Bozeman Daily Chronicle by Laura Lundquist
Land conservation efforts in the Gallatin Valley have received a financial boost of almost $4 million.
On Wednesday, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that the Gallatin Valley Land Trust was awarded a $3.7 million matching grant through the Natural Resources and Conservation Service to improve water quality, water quantity and soil health on private land in the Missouri Headwaters and lower Gallatin basins.