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Commission approves $1.083 million open-lands purchase for Kent Spur conservation easement

Gallatin County Commission
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Summary

The commission granted final (level 2) approval to purchase a 190-acre conservation easement on the Kent Spur property, authorizing $1,083,000 from open-lands funds (30% of the easement appraisal) with nearly 3:1 federal NRCS matching and a substantial landowner donation.

The Gallatin County Commission voted Sept. 30 to grant level 2, final approval for a bargain-sale conservation easement on the Kent Spur property, authorizing $1,083,000 from county open-lands funds toward an easement appraised at $3,614,000.

Sean O’Callaghan, the county’s open lands coordinator, told commissioners the project would encumber about 190 acres of a roughly 200-acre property southwest of Bozeman and that the land is primarily irrigated…

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