Name
|
Year
|
Acres to Public
|
Acres to Private
|
Total Acreage
|
Gallatin I
|
1993
|
37,752
|
16,278
|
54,030
|
Gallatin II
|
1998
|
54,000
|
29,000
|
83,000
|
This land exchange has had many positive effects: ( Land Exchanges )
The specific areas of development are also
designed to be as low-impact as possible by their cluster formations (see
figure). High-density patches of human areas surrounded by undeveloped land
are more favorable than a low-density development that covers the entire
landscape. Unfortunately, Gallatin Peaks’ ownership of this land is
in square mile segments due to the checkerboard pattern of land distribution.
This decreases the effectiveness of all of the above measures by interspersing
this wildlife friendly development plots with other plots that will most
likely be developed in a more traditional manner of division into 5, 10,
or 20-acre lots. Fences, bird feeders, and plant species from these segments
of land undermine the good intentions of Gallatin Peaks.
References:
Draffen, George and Janine Blaeloch. May
5, 2002. The Gallatin Land Exchanges.
http://www.landgrant.org/gallatin-lx.html
.
Gallatin Land Exchange. Source: http://www.greateryellowstone.org/ gallatin_ exchange.html . May 5, 2002.
Gallatin Range Consolidation and Protection Act of 1993. Source: http://www. yellowstone -online.com /history/GallatinAct93.html . May 5, 2002.
Gallatin Land Consolidation Act of 1998. Source: http://www.yellowstone-online.com/history/GallatinII98.html
McAtee, Deborah. 2002. Personal Communication.