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May 15, 2009

Montana hotel guests enlisted in conservation effort

  • A new program invites innkeepers to raise funds that will be used to limit development
    • By SUSAN GALLAGHER
    Associated Press Writer

    Photo courtesy of Gallatin Valley Land Trust [enlarge]
    The 160-acre Thirteen Mile Ranch near Bozeman, Mont., was the first ranch to be conserved under the Gallatin County Open Lands program. Montana’s 1,400 or so conservation easements on private land cover some 1.8 million acres.

    HELENA, Mont. — People checking in at some Montana hotels and other lodging establishments will be asked whether they care to contribute a dollar or two to help conserve part of the landscape that draws tourists here by the millions.


     
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