HomeMy WebLinkAbout10-21-21 Public Comment - N. Schultz - Peets Hill Wildlife Chet Work,Executive Director
Gallatin Valley Land Trust
P.O.Box 7021
Bozeman,MT 59971
EJ Porth,Associate Director
Gallatin Valley Land Trust
P.O.Box 7021
Bozeman,MT 59971
Jeff Mihelich,City Manager
121 North Rouse
Bozeman,MT 59715
Mitch Overton,Parks Director
121 North Rouse
Bozeman,MT 59715
Mayor Cyndy Andrus
121 North Rouse
Bozeman,MT 59715
Deputy Mayor Terry Cunningham
121 North Rouse
Bozeman,MT 59715
As you are aware,the attempt to purchase 12 acres of land adjacent to Burke Park on Peets Hill by
the city of Bozeman and GVLT has been in the local news lately. As a result, I have concerns over
wildlife within the proposed project area.
I applaud the attempt to purchase these lands for protection and save them from development;
there is a concern over the wildlife which inhabit these 12 acres and the surrounding area.
I recognize there have been problems in the past over unleashed dogs and visitors of Peets Hill and
Burke Park not adhering to designated trails, but recent observations and knowledge of marauding
dogs unleashed by their owners and off-trail mountain bikers and hikers have raised new concerns.
1 urge you to put up signage requiring leashes.
The area is important habitat for wildlife.The following maps show FWP's Critical Habitat Ranking
of the Peet's Hill area.Crucial Habitat Rank depicts relatively ranked areas containing the resources,
including food,water,cover,shelter and"important wildlife corridors,"that are necessary for the
survival and reproduction of aquatic and terrestrial wildlife and to prevent unacceptable declines,
or facilitate future recovery of wildlife populations,or are important ecological systems with high
biological diversity value.The darkest are the most valuable for wildlife
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Please take measures to protect important habitat for wildlife.
Nancy Schultz
420 N.10th Ave
Bozeman,MT 59715
nancyanaconda@msn.com