Bozeman Build #61

Happy May and welcome back the Bozeman Build Report discovering Montana trade and business content from around the State and surrounding areas.

Today, around Montana were learning about a new Harlowton medical facility, MTech back out, cattle bills, Remsight water management solutions, Judith Landing State Park planning, new 170 unit senior home approved in Missoula, ground break of the 117 bed Deer Lodge prison expansion, 163 home subdivision in the works for Great Falls, flathead cherries in bloom, pond fees, wildfires starting up, Montana becoming more corporate by the day, Montana Mesonet weather data, meteors, Redbelt forest stunting, and Walleye habitat.

In Bozeman we bring up the Logan shooting range petition to close, PBS broke ground at MSU, a new masters program in manufacturing, Big Sky lift upgrades, Jack Rabbit storage, Hampton Inn, and I-90 cliff bank work.

Nearby we mentioned WyoTech’s $48M expansion, Western Welding Acadamy hosted a weld competition, and Idaho Water Supply Snow Water Equivalency.

Enjoy!

Daniel

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Montana and Bozeman Trade Pulse

Montana trade pulse

Apr 28, 2025 Construction underway on new medical facility in Harlowton, scheduled for completion in February 2026. (KRTV)

Apr 28, 2025 Dr. Karen Marrongelle has withdrawn from consideration for the position of Chancellor of Montana Technological University. (Mtech)

Apr 29, 2025 Eagle Bancorp Montana Q1 2025 Financial Results (Trading View)

April 29, 2025 Cattle bills ‘Moove’ forward in both legislative chambers. A resolution for a study into marketing Montana beef moved, as did a cattle bill in support of meat producers. (Daily Montanan)

• House Bill 356, which is on its way to the governor’s desk, added black bears to a predation list. It allows livestock producers, through the Livestock Loss Board, to receive compensation for animals killed by black bears. The list was previously grizzly bears, mountain lions and wolves.

• The House passed House Resolution 34, which is in support of Montana beef producers, while down the hall, the Senate moved House Resolution 52 forward, which continues the discussion of a checkoff, or marketing and education program, for Treasure State cattle products.

• As of January 2025, there were 1.2 million beef cows in Montana and, additionally, about 1 million calves in the state. Agriculture in Montana is a $6.5 billion industry.

April 30, 2025 Montana Startups to Watch 2025 – Remsight who provides an irrigation intelligence platform that captures real-time data to help ranchers and water managers make efficient and informed decisions about strategic water resource allocation. (Montana High Tech)

April 30th 2025 Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks will hold several public meetings in May to aid in the planning process for the new Judith Landing State Park. The 109-acre piece of land was acquired in February, and FWP wants to hear from people about how it can best serve visitors, the region, and the local community. (NBC Montana)

April 30, 2025 Missoula city councilors unanimously approved a plan to construct a 170-unit housing development on the northwest side of town for senior citizens. (MTPR)

Apr 30, 2025 Montana to add 117 beds to state prison in Deer Lodge with $200 million improvement project (State of Montana Newsroom)

Apr. 30, 2025 Krispy Krunchy Chicken Enters 48th State With Montana Debut (CSP)

Apr 30, 2025 A new housing development could soon take shape in southeast Great Falls. The city's planning board recommended annexation and zoning approval for Meadowview Village, a proposed 163-home subdivision. The 27-acre project is planned to include single family homes, located just east of 46th Street South. Miller says the medium home price in 2019 was $197,000 and has increased to approximately $342,000 today. Currently, Great Falls sees a high volume of rental construction, making this project focused on homeownership. (Montana Right Now)

May 01, 2025 Cherry trees in full bloom along Flathead Lake The cherry orchards along Flathead Lake will be in full bloom for the next five to 10 days. (KTVQ)

May 2, 2025 New law increases the costs of private pond licenses . House Bill 74, raises the cost of the application fee from $10 to $600, the renewal fee from $10 to $250 and requires a transfer fee of $250.   (FWP)

May 02, 2025 WISE RIVER — A wildfire continues to burn just south of the Big Hole River, one day after it was first reported burning just west of the town of Wise River. Some people in the area say it’s concerning to see a wildfire this early in the season. (KBZK)

May 2, 2025 Mountain Life Insurance Company announces Montana expansion (Lane Report)

May 2, 2025 Farmers interested in accessing planting data for their area, including soil moisture, humidity, precipitation and wind speed recorded every 24 hours, can do so via the Montana Mesonet, a network of weather stations monitoring Montana’s climate.

The Montana Mesonet (a combination of the words “mesoscale” and “network”) began in 2016 when the Montana Climate Office installed six weather and soil moisture monitoring stations as part of the Montana Research and Economic Development Initiative. The Montana Mesonet was designed to support decision-making for statewide drought assessments, precision agriculture, and rangeland and forested watershed management, according to the Montana Mesonet website, https://climate.umt.edu/mesonet/.

05/03/25 evening around 930 pm, large meteor sighting seen in the South Sky across SW MT (Reddit)

May 4, 2025 Demand for electricity in the Northwest could double by 2046, according to a new energy forecast from regional experts. During the next two decades, demand could increase by between 1.8% and 3.1% annually, the Northwest Power and Conservation Council heard Tuesday. The projected growth will come primarily from companies building more data centers in the region, more electric vehicles on roads, electrifying buildings, computer chip manufacturing and the production of “green hydrogen” created by running an electrical current through water to split the molecules into hydrogen and oxygen. (Daily Montanan) & (Northwest Power and Conservation Council 9th Plan Demand Forecast)

MDT News

Montana Department of Transportation News (MDTNEWS.MT.GOV)

• 4/28/2025 MDT proposes a project that will rehabilitate or replace multiple culverts.

• 4/28/2025 MDT announces a project that will resurface I-90 near Wyola.

• 4/29/2025 MDT and Riverside Contracting will begin pavement preservation activities on 2 roadways near Wilsall.

• 4/30/2025 MDT announces the Glendive District Bridge Rehabilitation project.

• 4/30/2025 MDT announces an open house for the US 93 West of Whitefish project.

• 4/30/2025 MDT and Jeffery Contracting, LLC will be completing roadway and sidewalk improvements in Dillon this summer.

• 4/30/2025 The Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) will be conducting bridge inspections on Interstate 90 (I-90) during the month of May. Inspections will be conducted on 13 bridges near Alberton and Superior, between mile markers 53 and 70.

Red line elevation band

“Redbelt” is occurring around the Bridgers, Gallatin’s, and Yellowstone Valley. The elevation band of red trees is the give away for winter desiccation. The air gets warm enough that the needles start photosynthesis but the ground is frozen so they can’t replace the lost moisture. Beetle kill will start out as random pockets of red dead trees. It doesn't typically kill the trees. (DNRC Field guide to diseases & insects pests of northern & central Rocky Mountain) & Reddit Conversation)

Bozeman trade pulse

April 29 2025 DNRC has received a petition for permanent closure of the public shooting range south of Logan. (DNRC)

Apr 30, 2025 Montana PBS breaks ground on $31.5 million expansion of Bozeman station at Montana State University. Construction will start towards the end of the summer, with expected completion in the fall of 2027. (KBZK)

April 30, 2025 Montana State University has appointed Kevin Amende, associate professor of mechanical and industrial engineering, to oversee its new master’s degree program dedicated to manufacturing, which is set to admit its first students this fall. (MSU News)

May 1, 2025 The Belgrade Community Library and Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Montana State University will host a presentation Thursday, May 8, titled “Autonomous Vehicles: A Technology Driven Industry.” (MSU News)

May 2, 2025 Big Sky to be the North American launch customer for the Doppelmayr S-Line surface lift, replacing the Bear Back Poma and will also enclose the Lone Peak Tram‘s top terminal this summer. (Lift Blog)

Storage upon storage

Two large storage facility projects along Jack Rabbit in progress. Based on property ownership records, the project with the Harvestores in the background is Amerco Real Estate Company based in Phoenix, AZ providing real estate and development services to the U-Haul® System. The red and grey facility will be owned by Storage Rentals of America.

Hamper Inn

Another hotel going up in downtown Bozeman contracted by Langlas General Contractors, this will be a Hampton Inn.

Northern Rockies

April 29, 2025 WyoTech Growth Spurt Continues With $48.2 Million, 137,000-Square-Foot Expansion. WyoTech’s waiting list is out to April 2026 for some programs. The demand is fueling yet another growth spurt for the Laramie trade school — a $48.2 million, 137,000-square-foot expansion set to open in 2027. (Cowboy State Daily)

April 28, 2025 ENFORCING ENGLISH PROFICIENCY FOR SAFETY: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order to keep American families safe on the road by ensuring anyone behind the wheel of a commercial vehicle is properly qualified and proficient in English. With this Executive Order, President Trump is ensuring commercial drivers meet established English-proficiency standards to safely navigate roads, comply with regulations, and communicate effectively with authorities and employers. (WhiteHouse.gov)

Western Welding Acadamy of Gillette, WY hosted the 2025 weld competion on Saturday, a one-day welding competition featuring both an Open Division and a High School Division (WWA)

May 02, 2025 A uranium mining project in southwest Wyoming cleared its final regulatory hurdle this week after years of delays, marking the start of a new era with a former Wyoming legislator from Sheridan overseeing the regional Environmental Protection Agency office in Denver. (Cowboy State Daily)

May 04, 2025 Yellowstone National Park is using a 53,000-pound vibrator truck to create custom-made earthquakes to study the supervolcano the park sits on. It’s so far revealed that the magma chamber underneath the volcano is mostly solid. (Cowboy State Daily)

Idaho Water Supply Snow Water Equivalency

Montana Weather

Rainy/snowy start to the week warming up and clearing out mid week.

History

1936 city map of Missoula , MT showing additions.

Sincerely,

Daniel Zavadil

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