Programs and Projects

Restoring the Fire-Adapted Gallatin Watershed

Forest Health and Wildfire Risk Reduction Cost-Share Program operated from 2016-2018 on private lands in the Bridgers and Bangtails, all funds have been allocated.

Stream Restoration

MSU Extension received a 2014 and 2015 grant to help the State of Montana monitor aquatic invasive species in Gallatin, Madison, and Park Counties.

Big Sky Conservation Partnership

In 2016 MSU Extension in Gallatin County partnered with Montana Land Reliance on developing the Big Sky Conservation Partnership.  This effort was supported by the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative.

Whitebark Pine Management and Restoration

Gallatin County Extension received support from theYellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative and American Forests to provide education and outreach covering whitebark pine ecology and management.