Category: Livingston MT Real Estate

Raich Montana Properties LLC Named one of the Best Brokerages by the Land Report

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Raich Montana Properties LLC is proud to be among Land Report’s Best Brokerages for the ninth straight year. This recognition is a high honor for my company which specializes in quality ranch, recreational and residential Montana real estate. Without question, the spectacular public lands surrounding our community give the region a natural competitive advantage. Our mission is to conduct business that will not negatively impact our agricultural heritage, clean flowing waters, wildlife habitats, economy, and quality of life. Our economy continues to grow in sustainable, enduring ways, with many aspects of the economy tied to the high-quality area amenities, and proximity to Yellowstone National Park. We are truly grateful for our success.

If you are interested in Montana Real Estate, Montana Ranches for Sale, Montana Fly Fishing Properties for Sale, Paradise Valley Montana Real Estate, or Livingston Properties for Sale, please Contact Raich Montana Properties LLC Today.

Despite shutdown, Yellowstone National Park records High Visitation

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Lower Falls, Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone National Park

Though all but a handful of Yellowstone National Park employees were furloughed for the last 10 days of 2018, the park’s December and yeartotal visitation was high.

According to an end-of-the-year count released Wednesday by the park, Yellowstone saw a total of 4,114,999 recreation visits in 2018, making it the third busiest year on record.

In December alone, the park counted 22,380 recreation visits — 2,700 more visits than it saw in December 2016, the park’s busiest year on record. In fact, this December was Yellowstone’s busiest since 2001 — the year the Park Service limited snowmobiles in the park.

Park entrance stations went unstaffed for much of the shutdown, so the Park Service used data collected by an automated counter that recorded vehicle traffic at the North Entrance and reports from oversnow concessioners to calculate visitation numbers, according to a park press release.

Unlike during some past shutdowns — notably the October, 2013 impasse, which lasted 16 days, and the December, 1995-January, 1996 shutdown that lasted 21 days — Yellowstone remained open to visitors during the recent funding lapse.

Under its shutdown contingency plan, Yellowstone allowed private concessioners to pick up the government’s tab for road maintenance.

“We’ve had very solid winter numbers,” Mike Keller, general manager of Xanterra, the concessioner that operates Yellowstone National Park Lodges, told The Enterprise. “We had great weather and snow conditions, which helped a bunch.”

After seeing more than 29,000 visits in December, 1994, Yellowstone recorded only 7,814 visits in December, 1995 — a drop Keller said was due to the park closing during the shutdown.

He is glad, he said, that rule changes made it possible for the park to stay open through this shutdown so visitors could come to the park.

Source: Livingston Enterprise, February 7, 2019 By: Joseph Bullington — Enterprise Staff Writer

Raich Montana Properties LLC named one of America’s Top Brokerages by The Land Report.

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We are proud to be among Land Report’s Best Brokerages for the 7th straight year. This recognition is a high honor for our company, which specializes in quality ranch, recreational and residential Montana properties. Without question, the spectacular public lands surrounding our community give the region a natural competitive advantage. Our mission is to conduct business that will not negatively impact our agricultural heritage, clean flowing waters, wildlife habitats, economy, and quality of life. Our economy continues to grow in sustainable, enduring ways, with many aspects of the economy tied to the high-quality area amenities, and proximity to Yellowstone National Park. We are grateful for our success.

Yellowstone Visitation Tops 4 Million for the First Time

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In 2015, there were 4,097,710 “visits” to Yellowstone National Park, up 16.6% from 2014, making it the highest visitation year on record. The number of “visits” is always greater than the actual number of individuals who came to the park because people may enter and leave the park repeatedly during a stay in the area.
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42.5% of the total visitation came into Yellowstone through the park’s West Entrance in 2015, which also saw the greatest percentage increase in visits among the park’s five entrance gates, up more than 21.2% from 2014 levels.

The National Park Service’s “Find Your Park” public awareness campaign, marketing and tourism promotions by the states of Montana and Wyoming, and lower gas prices contributed to the record number of visits.

The increase in visitation to Yellowstone this year brought an increase in demands on park staff, facilities and resources. Long lines to enter the park, traffic jams, and the resultant frustration of visitors and staff undoubtedly affected the visitor experience.

“Last year’s visitation tested the capacity of Yellowstone National Park,” said Yellowstone Superintendent Dan Wenk. “We are looking at ways to reprioritize in order to protect resources, to provide additional ranger programs, and to keep facilities clean.”

Congress just provided an increase in funding for national parks in 2016, and that is going to help meet some needs related to increased visitation. Congress is also considering separate Centennial legislation which could provide additional temporary increases and permanent authorities that will encourage philanthropy, volunteerism, and allow us to directly improve services.

“We will be asking park visitors to pack their patience for the upcoming summer season, as we expect more record breaking numbers in 2016, the National Park Service Centennial year,” said Superintendent Wenk.

Detailed park visitation information and additional information on how these statistics are calculated is available online at https://irma.nps.gov/Stats/Reports/Park.

SOURCE: http://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/news/16002.htm

Livingston makes the “10 Safest Cities in MT” List

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The SafeWise Report Announces the 10 Safest Cities in Montana and Livingston MT made the list!

The SafeWise Report recently released its “10 Safest Cities in Montana” report. To compile this report, SafeWise used the most recent FBI crime data from 2012 to analyze and rank these cities, which all have a minimum population of 5,000 people.

We look at crimes from part 1 of the FBI Unified Crime Report (UCR) reported crime data, which focuses on violent crimes (aggravated assault, forcible rape, murder, and robbery) as well as property crimes (arson, burglary, larceny-theft, and motor vehicle theft). From there, we calculate the chances of these crimes happening out of a thousand in order to level the playing field for cities of varying populations. From all the cities in Montana, we narrowed the list down to 10 and assigned rankings according to data provided by the FBI’s UCR report.

See the full Safest Cities in Montana list here: http://www.safewise.com/blog/10-safest-cities-montana
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661 Acre McAlister Ranch

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McAlister Ranch For Sale Livingston MTMcalister ranch for sale - Hunt, Horseback Ride, Fly Fish_YellowstoneRiver

McAlister Ranch is a stunning ranch for sale in Montana located in the coveted Paradise Valley, just 20 minutes south of downtown Livingston. The ranch serves as an exceptional recreational retreat for the horse enthusiast, hunter, hiker or cross country skier. The 661+/- deeded acres extend to the Gallatin National Forest lands adjacent to thousands of acres of Absaroka Beartooth Wilderness that leads all the way to Yellowstone National Park.

Water amenities include a natural spring located up in the private and striking mountain meadow, near the beautiful old hunting cabin moved to the ranch years ago. Barney Creek flows through the southern boundary of the ranch for approximately 1100 feet, and irrigation water rights out of Pine Creek flood irrigate approximately 40 acres of pasture and 40 acres of hay ground.

Improvements include a charming 1917 farm house, a historic 1920s barn, small guest cottage, indoor and outdoor outdoor riding arenas, a wilderness cabin, and various agricultural outbuildings. Exclusive access to public lands, along with populations of elk, mule and whitetail deer, mountain lion, moose and bear, provide year-round recreational opportunities.

The Ranch is surrounded by three mountain ranges with stunning vistas of the Yellowstone River basin and the nearby wilderness area. Celebrated fisheries and Yellowstone National Park are a short distance away. Airport access is convenient for both private and public flights.

Priced at $4.795 Million – One of the best buys in Paradise Valley today.

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