Search our stories.
PCEC has been working to protect and preserve Park County’s vast natural resources since 1990. PCEC works with residents to safeguard and advocate for the county's world-class rivers, diverse wildlife, landscapes, and outstanding natural beauty, while protecting the health and wellbeing of people who live and work here.
Read MoreIt behooves us all to understand the immediate and future costs of development and to advocate before our city leaders for something different. Sprawl is not inevitable. It is time to write letters, attend planning board and city commission meetings (virtually or safely masked) and influence the future of our community.
Read MoreWe’re encouraging you to show your support for community planning through a donation to PCEC through the Give a Hoot Giving Challenge.
Read MoreThis week, the Crazy Mountain Project, an informal coalition of locals representing ranching, recreation, Crow Nation, hunting and conservation interests (which includes PCEC), announced a new land exchange designed to help consolidate public land and enhance public access in the Crazy Mountains: The East Crazy Mountains and Inspiration Divide Public Access Improvement Land Exchange.
Read MoreDuring the month-long challenge, all donations to PCEC will be partially matched by the Park County Community Foundation. This makes right now a great time to donate.
Read MoreComments on Livingston’s future growth survey are due tomorrow, Wednesday, July 8, at 7 p.m. If you haven’t already, please take the time to submit comments on how and where you think Livingston should grow.
Check out our comments on the Livingston Growth Policy Update based on our bike audit and other research.
Read MoreThe city is asking for your opinion “about development in the extra-territorial jurisdiction,” i.e., land outside Livingston city limits where the city could eventually grow. The survey is open until 7 p.m. on Wednesday, July 8th.
Read MoreJoin us at the Livingston Farmer Market every Wednesday of the summer.
We will have masks available at our table, and will give them to anyone who wants one.
PCEC is proud to join the Livingston Parks and Trails Committee’s call to action to help with a safe and healthy trail clean-up.
Read MoreWhat is it about Livingston that makes our community unique?
Read MoreFor me, Mother’s Day is a celebration of life, kinship and our shared responsibility to care for one another and the future.
Read MoreStatewide survey shows unanimous support for public lands by Montanans.
Read MoreOur Executive Director Michelle Uberuaga shares her thoughts and reflects on what Earth Day means to her and PCEC on the 50th anniversary of it’s creation.
Read MoreThe theme of this year’s events was “Earth Day, Every Day”—an appropriate message considering now we really ought to continue to celebrate throughout the year, rather than just focusing on the events during this one week.
Read MorePCEC's amazing Boomerang Bags sewing team -- along with many other generous sewing groups and individuals in the community -- have participated in a tremendous local effort to sew cloth masks for Livingston Healthcare.
Read MoreOne year ago, the Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act was signed into law, permanently banning mining on 30,000 acres of Custer Gallatin National Forest.
Read MoreResults from the Growth Policy Survey were released Friday! With almost 1,200 responses, the survey helps provide information about some of the community’s priorities.
Read MoreFor the past two years at the request of Park County, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Western Federal Lands Highway Division conducted a comprehensive study of the Old Yellowstone Trail South (OYTS) corridor, from Point of Rocks to Gardiner. This study looks at the feasibility and costs of repairing and improving the OYTS to make a multi-use road and trail, and an alternative means to access the Park.
Read MoreLivingston’s current 2017 growth policy doesn’t say much about housing. In fact, it’s just 27 words: “Given the relatively stable population the overall housing stock seems to be adequate. Some 276 housing units, or 8.2% of the housing stock, were vacant in 2000.” —However, discussions with community members, business leaders, nonprofits and service providers tell a different story: One where housing prices are going up, and there are fewer cheap places to live.
Read More
