| | The Prairie Star: Updates (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26) |
 | | Funding for the purchase includes $437,500 from the Gallatin County Open Space Program, $537,500 from the federal Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program and $100,000 from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation as part of its Greater Yellowstone Land Protection Initiative. |
 | | The conservation easement, which significantly limits the future development potential of the property while allowing traditional farming and ranching activities to continue, will be held by the Gallatin Valley Land Trust for long-term monitoring and stewardship. |
 | | As Gallatin County Commissioner Bill Murdock said, "this project is another good example of what we had in mind when we put the bond on the ballot three years ago. |
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