Email Updates
Friends of Park County wants to keep our neighbors informed of what’s going on and how they can participate.
To that end, we have been sending email updates to our subscribers which you can review by date below:
How to Make Park County Look Like the Gallatin Valley –
and How to Prevent It
Here is the headline and the first part of a story by Amanda Eggert from Tuesday’s edition of the Montana Free Press:
What will be the bird’s eye view of Park County in 2035?
Whoo, whoo, whoo is working to keep Park County unspoiled by sprawl,
wild and wonderful, lovable and livable?
Friends of Park County, that’s whooo!
On Water Rights and Citizen Action:
Guy Alsentzer's Address to Friends of Park County Supporters
Action Alert
(and other notable items)
First impressions count, and water counts even more:
County considers a commercial and industrial subdivision
at the east I-90 interchange.
State Legislation Threatens Water Supplies
Guy Alsentzer joins the Friends podcast again for another informative—and at times passionate—discussion about threats to our water - the rights of senior water rights holders, and our rivers and streams.
State Legislation Threatens Water Supplies, Water Quality, Wildlife & Local Control Over Development:
Make Your Voice Heard!
Friends of Park County Action Alert
March 2025 Supporter Update:
Local Development Proposals and Proposed State Laws
Check out this new podcast with Laurie Bishop of Livingston and Anne Hedges of the Montana Environmental Information Center.
At year’s end, we at Friends of Park County reflect on what we’re grateful for –
and look forward to meeting the challenges of 2025.
Check out this new podcast with Guy Alsentzer of Upper Missouri Waterkeeper. Guy and UMW are responsible for a smashing legal victory for ranchers and wildlife earlier this year.
If the proposed Suce Creek resort is "the tip of the iceberg",
and more development is looming on the horizon,
the County Commission must take action in 2025 to avoid sinking our quality of life.
On behalf of our Board of Directors and our Board of Advisors, I'd like to thank all of our Friends for your generous support during Give a Hoot. We are honored in your trust in us, and we pledge to continue to work hard, and smart, for the future of Park County.
Strix Nebulosa, the Great Gray Owl, is the largest owl in North America. It has a wingspread of up to 4 feet and domed head about the size of an adult human’s. We are very lucky that the habitat of this magnificent bird includes Park County.
Yes we are looking at you - in gratitude - or in hopeful expectation. If you have already donated to Friends of Park County and are part of the Park County Community Foundation’s Give A Hoot campaign, THANK YOU!
Our supporters have contributed $8,000 in the first week. Our anonymous donor still has money to match your $25 donations! Don't leave a dime in his pocket!
Anonymous donor will match every donation of $25 or less from a new supporter of Friends of Park County up to $1,000