Montana Legacy Project Community Meetings Begin Tonight

By Matthew Frank, 7-23-08

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The Nature Conservancy and The Trust for Public Land will be making presentations this week and next in Missoula County communities on the non-profits’ purchase of 320,000 acres of Montana land owned by Plum Creek Timber Co., known as the Montana Legacy Project. The first meeting is tonight at 7:00 in Evaro. Here’s the schedule:

Montana Legacy Project Community Meetings:

• Evaro: Wednesday July 23, 7 pm, Evaro Community Center
• Swan: Thursday July 24, 7 pm, Condon Community Center
• Seeley: Wednesday July 30, 7 pm, Seeley Lake Community Hall
• Lolo: Thursday July 31, 7 pm, Lolo Community Center

(Links open PDFs from Missoula County Rural Initiatives.)

For more on the Legacy Project, dubbed “the largest land purchase, for conservation purposes, in American history” by Sen. Max Baucus, click here.