{"id":12,"date":"2023-07-12T03:15:13","date_gmt":"2023-07-12T09:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bpa.stilemas.com\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2026-03-30T15:13:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T21:13:41","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bpa.org\/montana\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"cs-content\" class=\"cs-content\"><div class=\"x-section e12-e1 mc-0 mc-1 mc-2\"><div class=\"x-row e12-e2 mc-9 mc-a mc-c mc-d\"><div class=\"x-bg\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><div class=\"x-bg-layer-lower-image\"><\/div><div class=\"x-bg-layer-upper-image\" data-x-element-bg-layer=\"{&quot;parallaxSize&quot;:&quot;150%&quot;,&quot;parallaxDir&quot;:&quot;v&quot;,&quot;parallaxRev&quot;:false}\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"x-row-inner\"><div class=\"x-col e12-e3 mc-h\"><span class=\"x-image e12-e4 mc-i mc-j\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bpa.org\/montana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2023\/06\/Regional-Map-e1687904739233.png\" 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