The 2018 General Meeting will be held at the BCRFD community room, June 12th.

Music by Da Skekklers at 6:30, meeting starts at 7pm.

Agenda

• Adopt the Agenda
• Minutes of 2017 Annual Meeting
• Treasurer’s Report
• Introduction of current board members
• Review of Year
  • Zoning Updates
  • Variance Appeal Settlement
• New Business
• Elections
  • Retiring Board members
  • Review of Board work and meeting times, dues requirement for voting
  • Board Chair election
  • Election of new Directors
• Canyon Groups
  • BCRFD, BCHPA, and more
• Budworm spraying protocol reminder
• Other Business

Members unable to attend the general meeting in person may vote by proxy.

Good news from our fire department!

Due to the dedication and hard work by the Chief and volunteers at the Bridger Canyon Volunteer Fire Dept., the Department’s ISO rating has been lowered to a 6 from an 8b effective December 1, 2017.  Some insurers utilize this rating in determining the cost of Homeowner’s Insurance.  If they do, the new lower rating may result in a reduced rate effective as of 12-1-2017.  Individuals should discuss this possibility with their insurance agent.

Sincerely,

Gary Andrews

Board Chairman

Bridger Canyon Volunteer Fire Department

ISO letter, pg.1 ISO letter, pg.2

The Bridger Canyon Women’s Club’s Canyon Cookery cookbook is live on the Montana Memory Project in the Community Cookbook section! It’s far more than a cookbook–it’s a history of Bridger Canyon, with pictures, from prehistoric times, accompanied by vintage recipes. It’s a real treasure! And it’s now available to anyone who wants to know more about the history of the canyon and the families who formed the Bridger Canyon Community.

It is now available to anyone who wants to know more about the history of the canyon and the families who formed the Bridger Canyon Community. Although they had lots of help from the women of the club, the families of the canyon, and many others, the writers were Linda Peavy and Sally Babcock. It was published by the Bridger Canyon Women’s Club. You can see it in the Community Cookbooks collection: http://mtmemory.org/cdm/search/collection/p16013coll70

On October 3, there will be a meeting at the BCRFD community room, to discuss the Forest Service’s proposed North Bridgers Forest Health Project.

In brief, the project concerns vegetation management (with logging, burning and temporary roads) on 2560 acres of the Bridgers and Bangtails, roughly adjacent to Bridger Bowl, Fairy Lake and Grassy Mountain. The USFS page for the project is https://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=48493

North Bridgers Forest Health Project Open House – October 3, 2017, at 6:00 p.m.

Hosted by the Custer Gallatin Working Group

You are invited to an Open House to discuss the North Bridgers Forest Health Project on Tuesday, October 3, 2017, at the Bridger Canyon Rural Fire Department, 8081 Bridger Canyon Rd, Bozeman MT  59715. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and the presentations will begin at 6:00 p.m.  The Forest Service will provide an update on the North Bridgers Forest Health Project and Forest Service resource specialists will be on hand to answer questions.

For more information about the North Bridgers Forest Health Project, including a preliminary proposed action, please visit http://data.ecosystem-management.org/nepaweb/nepa_project_exp.php?project=48493

In addition, Justin Meissner, District Conservationist of Montana’s Natural Resources Conservation Service, will make a presentation to residents describing opportunities for landowners to apply for technical assistance, conservation planning, and financial assistance to help defray the cost of weed spraying, forest stand improvement, fence building, stock water, etc. through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP).  This funding is unrelated to the above North Bridgers Forest Health Project.

Please note that parking is not allowed in front of the fire station. Park only on the right of the station or in the rear.

Questions? Contact Custer Gallatin Working Group representative Hilary Eisen: heisen@winterwildlands.org

DNRC has announced a timber sale on School Trust land in School Gulch. This is on the east side of the Canyon, north of Jackson creek and the Tepee Ridge subdivision. See the letter, map and photo below.

The project will involve about 1.2 million board feet on 208 acres, with 2.7 miles of new road. There may be simultaneous logging on private lands adjacent and across the canyon, but

Evidently this is a “fast track” process, with just 2 weeks to comment (deadline June 15th). Comments can go to Chuck Barone – see the letter below for contact information.

School Gulch LA Timber Sale map
School Gulch photo
School Gulch_ScopingLetter

Update:

The project is moving ahead. An Environmental Assessment has been performed:

School Gulch LA_FinalEAC_signed_062317

Next, the project will be considered at a state Land Board hearing in Helena, July 18th. We’ll post information on how to comment as it becomes available.

The BCPOA General Meeting will be on Tuesday May 23rd at the BCRFD Community Room, 8081 Bridger Canyon Road, with music at 6:30 and the agenda beginning at 7pm. See you there!

The agenda is in the annual Newsletter:

BCPOA newsletter 2017

The following is a link to a petition to establish a speed limit on Kelly Canyon. It turns out that the speed limit on an unposted road defaults to 70 mph, which is obviously not compatible with the road’s design and recreational traffic mix.

This petition would go to the County Commission; if they approve (which is apparently likely), they’d direct an engineer to assess the road and establish a limit.

If you agree, please sign!

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/437/761/217/request-to-establish-speed-limit-on-kelly-canyon-road-gallatin-county/

The county’s speed limit procedures are documented here.

We’ve published the results of BCPOA’s surveys on accessory dwellings and short term rentals on the Zoning Advisory Board’s site:

Accessory Dwelling Survey

Short Term Rental Survey

This document merges presentations from the last three public meetings on the forthcoming zoning update:

zoning updates 2016 PUD + general standards

See bczoning.wordpress.com for more details.

And here’s a sandhill crane from this morning, just for the glory of it:

Look for it in your mailbox soon!

Here it is in electronic format (pdf):

bcpoa newsletter 2015 v3

dues notice 2015