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Ag Land Network of Montana |
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Conserving Montana’s working farm and ranchlands through local
voices, local government, and local community planning.
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... Now, signing up Montanans across the state. To learn more or join the Network, please email
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What is the Ag Land Network of Montana?
The Ag Land Network serves as a state-wide collaborative of Montanans who care about their community's legacy of working farms and ranches. Through discussions and webinars, network participants will have the opportunity to learn from one another about the effective strategies they have used to engage their local governments in land use planning that conserves agricultural heritage.
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What is the purpose of the Ag Land Network?
- Identify solutions to the loss of agricultural land.
- Learn from fellow Montanans about community planning for working farms and ranchlands.
- Develop a Montanan's guide to conserving agricultural land through land use planning.
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Sprawl takes many shapes and forms, but no matter what the final outcome looks like, when farmland is gone it's gone, taking our agricultural heritage with it.
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Why join the Ag Land Network?
Agricultural communities are stronger united and divided, because they can:
- Share resources with fellow network participants,
- Organize and hold state and local governments accountable.
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Ag Land Network of Montana Webinar Series!
Wednesday, February 29th 12:00-1:00 PM - We reviewed survey results from network participants and discussed how the Montana Subdivision and Platting Act gives your local government the authority to conserve agriculture. Click here for a recording of the webinar, includes audio and slides.
Wednesday, March 28th 12:00-1:00 PM - Dean Williamson (Gallatin), Paul Hubbard (Missoula) and Dan Huls (Ravalli) shared examples of ways they have communicated the importance of agriculture to both elected officials and the public. Click here for a recording of the webinar, includes audio and slides.
Wednesday, April 11th 12:00-1:00 PM - Examples of local policies across Montana that better plan for working farms and ranches. Rick Hartz from Beaverhead County discussed various county ordinances that plan for agriculture; Paul Hubbard talked about policy initiatives in Missoula County that mitigate for the loss of farmland; and Warren Vaughan walked through the development of the Amsterdam/Churchill Neighborhood Plan. Click here for a recording of the webinar, includes audio and slides.
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Shared Resources
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To learn more about the Ag Land Network and get involved please contact:
Kascie Herron at
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Annie Heuscher at
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, 406-721-0543
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