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July 29, 2014

Researchers looking for help to map and inventory Gallatin Range in Mont.

By BEN PIERCE
Bozeman Daily Chronicle

BOZEMAN, Mont. — The Gallatin Mountains are a remarkable place. Extending north from Yellowstone National Park to Bozeman's backdoor, the range consists of soaring peaks, alpine valleys and virgin forest — habitat important to the grizzly bears, elk and mountain goats that call the Gallatins home.

The Gallatin Range also represents the last large unprotected tract of mountain country bordering Yellowstone in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. In 1977, Congress designated 155,000 acres of the Gallatins a Wilderness Study Area.


 
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