Eight environmental groups have submitted a petition to the Gallatin County Planning Board and Director requesting a more robust evaluation of a controversial development.
Eight environmental groups have submitted a petition to the Gallatin County Planning Board and Director requesting a more robust evaluation of a controversial development.
Opposition to a vacation rental development in Gallatin Gateway is growing.
Local landowners have partnered with several conservation groups to form Protect the Gallatin River, a new nonprofit that organized a petition against the Riverbend Glamping Resort and urged people to voice their opposition to the Gallatin County Planning Department.
The creation of Protect the Gallatin River came just before the planning department closed the public comment period on Monday for the floodplain permit.
The planning department received 334 comments as well as the petition from Protect the Gallatin River, which included 1,062 signatures and 255 comments, said Director Sean OâCallaghan.
Only a few of the comments were in support of the development.