Bozeman Build #70

Welcome back and hope everyone had a fun safe Independence Day Weekend. Today in the 70th edition of the Bozeman Build, we cover the Indian Law Portal, renting goats to mitigate fire and weeds, raising park fees for foreigners, Northwestern Energy AI smoke detector, Summer Drought Outlook Study, Sheehy estate for sale, Jimmy Buffett, 4th of July Rodeos all over, Bozeman ranks the most expensive city to rent a car, emission detector satellite lost in space, Kemmerer powerplant in need of over 400 electricians, and LDS temples.

Enjoy,

DZ

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Montana and Bozeman Trade Pulse

Montana trade pulse

July 01 2025 The Montana Department of Labor & Industry (DLI) announced today it will begin enforcing the Legal Employment and Government Accountability Law, a new state law that requires employers to verify the lawful employment status of all workers prior to hiring. (MT Dept of Labor and Industry)

July 2, 2025 Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte and U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Shultz on Monday formalized a shared forest management agreement the governor said was the first of its kind between the state and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. (Daily Montanan)

July 2, 2025 The Margery Hunter Brown Indian Law Clinic at the University of Montana has embarked on an ambitious project to create the Indian Law Portal – a comprehensive digital archive of legal documents from each of Montana’s tribal nations. (UMT News)

July 3, 2025 The updated property valuations that will be used to calculate this fall’s property tax bills are en route to homeowners and other Montana property owners, the state Department of Revenue said this week. (Daily Interlake)

July 3rd 2025 Ohana Goats LLC, based near Baker, is using its herd to help prevent the spread of wildfires and invasive weeds in an eco-friendly way. The company, owned by J.K. Kinsey, travels throughout Montana and beyond to provide its unique services. (NBC MT)

July 3, 2025 President Trump signed an executive order Thursday calling on the national park system to charge higher entry fees for foreign visitors. (CBS)

Jul 4, 2025 Northwestern Energy has begun installing smoke detector cameras throughout their service area in Montana. These cameras aim to identify wildfires as soon as they ignite, using advanced AI technology. (Montana Right Now) The smoke detection camera feed is open to the public and has surprisingly high quality image quality, check it out here.

DNRC and FWP News

Montana Drought Outlook Report Summer 2025 is available

July 02 2025 DNRC Modifies Recreational Use on State Trust Land Near Logan (DNRC)

Jul 2, 2025 Biologists with Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks are working in the Little Belt Mountains of central Montana this summer on research designed to estimate the abundance and density of black bears in the area. The study is the third year of a multi-year project to help FWP gain a better understanding of black bear populations in different regions of Montana. (FWP)

July 03 2025 Initial Proposal Checkerboard Timber Permit (DNRC)

Sen. Sheehy lists Flathead Lake estate for $10.25 million

U.S. Senator Tim Sheehy's seven-acre estate on Flathead Lake is now on the market for over $10 million. Check out the Zillow Listing 

Jimmy Buffett Montana Ties

I never put this together until someone from Livingston mentioned that Jimmy had a handful of songs inspired by Montana especially since his sister Laurie married Tom McGuane who resided in Paradise Valley. Some of Buffets Montana inspired songs are Ringling, Ringling, Cheeseburger in Paradise, Livingston Saturday Night, Miss You So Badly, and Come Monday. Song list and Jimmy facts from 94.9 KYSS FM article.

This aint my 4th Rodeo

Many rodeos that take place throughout the State of Montana over the 4th weekend, here’s a list of some sourced from Destination Montana /Rodeos.

• Bigfork Rodeo - July 5-8, 2025

• Brash Rodeo Series - Columbia Falls July 3 and throughout the summer

• Drummond Rodeo - July 6, 2025

• Ennis NRA Rodeo - July 3rd & 4th 2025

• Harlowton Rodeo - July 2-3, 2025

• Livingston Roundup Rodeo July 1 - 4 2025 -The Livingston Roundup Rodeo has been a tradition since 1925 and continues that tradition with some of the finest rodeo action that the West has to offer, and some of the best rough stock in the country.

• Home of Champions Rodeo Red Lodge July 1-4, 2025

Bozeman trade pulse

June 20, 2025 Bozeman, Montana is the most expensive destination in the United States to rent a car this summer (CheapCarRental.com/Survey)

The survey compared rental car rates at 100 U.S. airports during the period from June to August 2025. At an average of $156 per day for the most affordable rental car, Montana's Bozeman Yellowstone leads the rankings. Prices shown reflect average rates for the most affordable rental car for the period June 1- August 31, 2025. Bozeman (BZN) $156, Anchorage (ANC) $154, Portland (PWM) $131, Boston (BOS) $112, and Spokane (GEG) $108. The least expensive was Tampa Tampa (TPA) at $40.

Bozeman Planning updates from last week

The Northern SDP - New 7-story, mixed-use mid-rise multi-family building with 81 units, ground floor commercial and structured parking below at the NE corner of N 7th Ave and W Mendenhall St. (Bozeman Planning 25234)

Develop site for Church of Christ and associated parking area - Ellis Street, west of Haggerty Lane Intersection (Bozeman Planning 25144)

Bozeman Sports Park Ph 2 - Site plan for Phase 2 of the Bozeman Sports Park- developing the southern portion of the park with 2 synthetic turf fields, a 119-stall parking lot and additional parking for 50 bicycles. (Bozeman Planning 25143)

Fireworks

As of June 2, 2023, the sale and discharge of fireworks is PROHIBITED in the city and county enclaves. Anyone found to be selling or discharging fireworks shall have their fireworks confiscated, is subject to a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, subject to a $500 fine. Handheld sparklers are the only firework allowed to be sold or discharged in city limits. (City of Bozeman)

I watched fireworks on the 4th from a point where you could see both Bozeman, Belgrade, and Manhattan, Belgrade and Manhattan were going off! They also did a great job with the Fairgrounds display.

Music on Main - Kalyn Beasley

Was checking to see whos performing July 10th for Bozeman’s Music on Main, its this group called Kalyn Beasley, looked them up on Youtube and found this music video called Ranchin’ Rich a parody of common farm/ranch struggles, looks like it was filmed near Red Lodge, they nailed this music video!

Northern Rockies

July 1, 2025 An $88 million satellite backed by billionaire Jeff Bezos that detected oil and gas industry emissions of the powerful greenhouse gas methane has been lost in space, the group that operates said on Tuesday. MethaneSAT had been collecting emissions data and images from drilling sites, pipelines, and processing facilities around the world since March, but went off course around 10 days ago, the Environmental Defense Fund, which led the initiative, said. (Reuters)

Jul 02, 2025 Trump's budget bill is 'bad news for America's clean energy future' (MSN)

• Tax credits for wind and solar farms end abruptly in mid-2026

• Tax credits for home energy upgrades will expire at the end of 2025.

• Credits for residential rooftop solar, EV purchases, and energy-efficient new homes will expire between late 2025 and mid-2026.

July 06, 2025 Employment Boom: Wyoming Unions Say Thousands Of Electricians Needed. Jerry Payne with International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 322 told Cowboy State Daily he has a project in Kemmerer that will need 540 electricians. His counterpart with Local IBEW 415, Truett Thompson, needs another 400 to 500 electricians. That's just the tip of the iceberg, they say. (Cowboy State Daily)

Latter-day Saint Temples

During a Wyoming/Idaho trip, I drove by two temples under construction (one in Montpellier, ID and another in Rexburg, ID). Was curious to see how many are going up across the country, according to the Church of Jesus Construction Status page, there are 56 Under Construction, 8 Under Renovation, 119 Temples Announced (Temples only (not including a Stakes or Wards)

Since becoming President of the Church in January 2018, President Russell M. Nelson has announced locations for 133 temples, beginning with seven identified during the April 2018 general conference. To achieve this goal, the church is working with a company called BLOX of Birmingham, Alabama using a DMI (Design Manufacture, and Install) building technique, they say in most cases it will reduce the time to build the temple by more than half.

Have a great week,

Daniel Zavadil - Author of bozemanbuild.com & blockbiome.com