EBS STAFF
On Oct. 3, the Big Sky Community Library will host Stephen Capra, executive director of Bold Visions Conservation, for a presentation about a possible national monument near Big Sky. According to a Sept. 4 press release from Bold Visions, the Madison Gallatin Wildlife National Monument could protect 1.6 million acres in the Madison and Gallatin ranges and in the area of Island Park, Idaho. The monument wouldn’t be a statue or structure and instead conserve wildlife habitat in the two regions.
The land would be under the Biden administration’s Antiquities Act, according to the press release.
“This much needed monument will be the first of its kind,” Capra stated in the release. “It will prioritize protection of wildlife in this critical part of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.”
The Thursday, Oct. 3, event will happen at 5:30 p.m. at the Big Sky Community Library.
