Bozeman Build #63

Hello and welcome back to the 64th edition of the Bozeman Build Report discovering Northern Rockies business and trade content!

Today, we will cover rural airport spending cuts, lab grown meats banned, Montana snowpack near normal this year, 47-acre film campus planned for Missoula, May manufacturing report, new State branding, bird scooters leaving Great Falls, Montana commodities paper, STEVE, flying horses, Interstate closure for rock blasting, BZN airport, growing things in Wyoming, and more.

*Next week we plan to post the 64th edition on Tuesday the 27th due to Memorial Day.

Enjoy the next 3 minutes of blue collar Montana updates.

Daniel

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Montana and Bozeman Trade Pulse

Montana trade pulse

May 12, 2025 Federal spending cuts could be coming to rural airports across the country, with a national program utilized by seven Montana airports facing a $300 million downturn. (Daily Montanan)

May 13 2025 Governor Greg Gianforte recently signed into law a bill (House Bill 401) to ban the manufacturing and sale of lab-grown meat in Montana. (State of Montana Newsroom)

May 13, 2025 Montana snowpack near normal for most regions. The Sun-Teton-Marias basin saw well-below normal snowpack this winter, while most summer streamflows are forecasted to be close to average year (Daily Montanan)

May 13, 2025 BLM enhances trail access in Billings area for outdoor users (BLM)

May 14, 2025 Calling it the first of its kind in Montana, a group of Broadway veterans and investors plan to open a 47-acre film and television campus in Missoula on the former Roseberg property, with a ribbon cutting planned this week. (Missoula Current)

May 14, 2025 May 2025 Montana Manufacturing News released by the Montana Manufacturing Extension Center.

May 14, 2025 MDT holds annual maintenance training academy, The Montana Department of Transportation is training 48 individuals on how to take care of our roads properly. 
(KBZK)

May 15 2025 MDA to Host Annual Western Association of State Department of Agriculture Conference (WASDA) on July 8-11, 2025, in Whitefish, MT. (MT Dept of Ag)

May 15, 2025 Lawsuit filed in Missoula over toxic metals found in aerial fire retardant (Daily Montanan)

May 16 2025 Today, Gov. Greg Gianforte joined the Montana Department of Commerce at the World Famous Miles City Bucking Horse Sale to unveil Montana’s new brand. The new brand is inspired by and created to represent Montanans by promoting the entire state, attracting and dispersing travel, celebrating and marketing Montana’s businesses, welcoming new businesses, uplifting rural communities and their stories and celebrating Montana’s heritage and character. (Commerce MT)

May 16 2025 The Montana Department of Agriculture (MDA) has partnered with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) to award $677,670 across ten projects through the Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure Program (RFSI) to build resilience across the middle of the supply chain and strengthen local and regional food systems. (MT Dept of Ag)

May 17, 2025 Bird scooters will end operations in Great Falls next week, leaving Bozeman as the only Montana city with the electric scooter service. The popular electric scooters that have been seen throughout Great Falls for nearly four years will soon disappear from city streets and sidewalks. (KBZK)

May 18, 2025 Montana’s growth depends on smart investment policy (Daily Inter Lake)

Montana Energy mapped out

A few weeks ago, I was interested in mapping out Montana’s mines and energy lines putting together this article dumbing down Montana’s commodities, energy, and mining industries.

Montana Department of Transportation News

• Orange Street off-ramp closed for two days

• Construction resumes on Dodson South Canal project

Advertised Bid Packages

Upcoming Lettings June 5, 2025 (MDT Business)

• 101 – FLATHEAD RIVER-3M-NW BIGFORK

• 102 –US 93-N VICTOR AND S RAVALLI

• 103 – HOMESTAKE PASS PARKING AREA

• 104 – SF 229 GUARDRAIL DIST 2 AND 3

• 105 – CLARK FORK-1M NE BEARMOUTH

STEVE in the Sky

Folks in Wyoming/Montana/Utah watching the Northern lightsreported seeing STEVE in the sky standing for Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement — is an aurora-like glow that often accompanies the northern lights, yet is a distinct phenomenon, according to the American Geophysical Union (AGU). STEVE was discovered between 2015 and 2016, not by professional astronomers or physicists, but by citizen scientists in Canada chasing the aurora, according to the first study published on STEVE in Science Advances in 2018. (Science on a sphere NOAA)

Unimaginable Vastness

By singingskyphotography Paul Holdorf

Horse rescued from Yellowstone River by helicopter

Posted on May 17, 2025 on KTVQ, super impressive and funny!

“Urbanite” Style Hardscaping

Recycling torn out concrete slabs and turning them into pavers/walls.

Bozeman trade pulse

May 15, 2025 The Montana Department of Transportation and CK May Excavating are set to conduct rock removal on Interstate 90 near Bozeman Pass during the week of May 19. This closure is scheduled for Tuesday, May 20, between 9:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. MDT. The exact time for the closure is uncertain due to nearby train activity on the BNSF railroad. (Montana Right Now)

May 16, 2025 Gallatin High students explore trade paths beyond high school with the help of Encore Electric. The company brought its mobile learning unit to the school for demonstrations, offering students hands-on experience in the electrical industry. (Montana Right Now)

Bozeman airport expansion

In addition to the Terminal and Runway expansion (bozemanairport.com/projects), there is more development surrounding the runway. I cant list everyone building however from the road, Transmedics has an impressive addition in the works. they specialize in lung, heart & liver transplantation.

Northern Rockies

WYOMING TOUGH - Congress established the USDA’s Cheyenne Horticultural Field Station in 1928 on more than 2,000 acres northwest of Cheyenne. It’s purpose? Test and propagate fruit, ornamental, shelterbelt and shade trees, shrubs, vegetables, fruits, and vines that were adapted to colder and drier climates Learn more about plants that grow well in Wyoming at University of Wyoming’s Barnyards and Backyards page.

A Trove of Ice Age Fossils Buried in a Wyoming Cave Is Rewriting Our Understanding of Prehistoric Animals

At a site known as Natural Trap Cave, a team of scientists are rappelling down to uncover the secrets of what the Earth was like during the Pleistocene. (Smithsonian)

April 14, 2025 Feds won’t analyze total impact of 3,224 oil and gas leases in our region (Wyoming Public Radio)

May 16, 2025 RIVERTON, Wyo. — The Wyoming Department of Corrections Wyoming Honor Farm and the Bureau of Land Management placed 45 gentled wild horses and burros that were available for adoption into new homes last Saturday. Over 350 people attended the adoption from throughout Wyoming and other states. (BLM)

Thanks for reading, have a lovely week!

Daniel

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