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Preserve rare habitat, critical for resident and migrating birds.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Replenish the East Gallatin watershed for the entire valley.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Once secured and restored, this low-lying area near the east end of Bozeman\u2019s Main Street will provide substantial benefits to the City of Bozeman and Gallatin County. This restored wetland will:<\/span><\/p>\n This river is a nationally recognized \u201cBlue Ribbon trout stream,\u201d which is currently listed as a Stream of Concern by the Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ).<\/span><\/p>\n Wetlands are an incredibly valuable and declining habitat. Less than two percent of Montana\u2019s lands are classified as wetlands, yet more than 50% of Montana\u2019s wildlife depend on wetlands. To date over 100 bird species have been identified within the preserve.<\/span><\/p>\n The Indreland Preserve is part of a larger remnant wetland complex, which Lewis and Clark described and mapped in their journals on July 14, 1806. <\/span><\/p>\n The restoration of this wetland and upland complex will offer a diverse array of habitats for wildlife within the Indreland Preserve and the greater landscape. Significantly, this property offers an opportunity to showcase multiple high-value types of wetland habitats, including rare forested wetland.<\/span><\/p>\n Through the vision of SAS and encouragement of many partners, the Indreland Preserve also offers the opportunity for creating a local wetland mitigation bank.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”http:\/\/bozemanwetlands.org\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/how-wetlands-work.png” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_slider _builder_version=”4.16″ header_text_align=”center” header_font_size=”35px” background_color=”#e09900″ custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_padding=”||||false|true” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_slide heading=”Site 1947″ image=”http:\/\/bozemanwetlands.org\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/aerialphoto-1947sm.jpg” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”][\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”Site 2017″ image=”http:\/\/bozemanwetlands.org\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/aerialphoto-2017sm.jpg” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”][\/et_pb_slide][\/et_pb_slider][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Preserve rare habitat, critical for resident and migrating birds. Replenish the East Gallatin watershed for the entire valley. Once secured and restored, this low-lying area near the east end of Bozeman\u2019s Main Street will provide substantial benefits to the City of Bozeman and Gallatin County. This restored wetland will: improve storm water filtration and retention, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":129,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n\n