Park County Native Hired as New Agriculture Agent

Published: 2020
By Josh Bilbao

Hello, my name is Josh Bilbao and I am the new Ag/Natural Resources/Horticulture Agent for Park County MSU Extension. I am no stranger to Park County as I was born and raised in Livingston, graduating from Park High in 2001. After high school I attended college at Montana State University where I graduated with a Bachelor’s in Wildlife Management (05’) and a Masters in Range Management (08’). After graduate school, I took a job with Boulder County Parks and Open Space in Longmont, CO, where I worked with landowners and leasees on water resource/water rights issues, plant ecology and revegetation needs and wildlife-related issues. In 2011, I became the Agricultural Resources Manager for the City of Boulder Open Spaces and Mountain Parks in Boulder, CO. This position allowed me to work with agricultural leasees of the city’s open space properties on best management practices for multi-property use, where agriculture production ranged from traditional cow-calf operations to small-scale organic vegetables. In 2015, my family was able to move back to Montana where we hope to stay for the long haul. Since October 2017, I was the agriculture agent for Gallatin County MSU Extension before moving to Park County. I greatly look forward to working with producers and landowners of Park County.