Preserving Primm Meadows

POTOMAC - The Montana Conservation Corps (MCC), together with The Nature Conservancy (TNC), has been working on a restoration project at Primm Meadows, north of Highway 200 up Gold Creek. The project involved thinning of smaller trees and will be logged after the ground freezes with the goal in mind of promoting rapid tree growth in the remaining trees.

Originally the homestead of Charles and Mahala Primm, the parklike meadows are not an official campground, however the public is welcome to camp there. The ground has been owned by TNC since 2014 through the Blackfoot-Clearwater Project.

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