Development of a controversial glamping retreat along the Gallatin River advanced last week after a county official approved a floodplain permit for the project.
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The Gallatin County Planning Department has approved a floodplain permit for NorthWestern Energy to place a natural gas pipeline under the Gallatin River as part of a larger project to construct a vacation rental destination on an island in Gallatin Gateway.
NorthWestern Energy plans to place a two-inch pipeline 10 to 15 feet below the riverbed about 225 feet downstream of the Mill Street bridge, according to the permit, which was issued on Friday.
The vacation rental project, called the Riverbend Glamping Resort, would use about half the natural gas capacity of the pipeline, according to documents NorthWestern sent to the county. The remaining capacity will be available to other NorthWestern customers.
Gallatin County is revising its floodplain regulations in response to a new federal study and updated maps of the Gallatin River and Bozeman Creek and its tributaries.
The Gallatin County Planning Department has declined a request from environmental groups and a fishing products company to complete a more extensive review of a contentious development in Gallatin Gateway.
Planning Director Sean OâCallaghan said in a letter dated Friday that the Riverbend Glamping Resort, a proposed vacation spot on the Gallatin River, did not need to be reviewed as a subdivision because the project did not meet the legal definition of a subdivision.
Upper Missouri River Waterkeeper, Montana Trout Unlimited, Fishing Outfitters Association of Montana, Simms Fishing Products, Protect the Gallatin River, Madison-Gallatin Trout Unlimited, American Rivers and Greater Yellowstone Coalition had asked OâCallaghan and the Gallatin County Planning Board in early January to determine whether the Riverbend Glamping Resort needed to be considered as a subdivision.