Annual Report - Montana Wilderness Association

Tony Bynum, www.tonybynum.com
2012 ANNUAL REPORT
MISSION
The mission of the Montana Wilderness Association is to
work with communities to protect Montana’s wilderness heritage,
quiet beauty, and outdoor traditions now, and for future generations.
VISION
MWA’s vision is for a Montana where pristine public lands
are permanently protected as federally designated wilderness,
thus ensuring biodiversity, clean headwaters, and sustainable
economic opportunities for nearby communities to thrive
in co-existence with abundant wild places.
Ian Cameron
VALUES
Tenacity. Thoughtfulness. Innovation. Collaboration. Courage.
The values you cherish are our values, too.
THANK YOU FOR BEING PART
OF MWA’S GEOGRAPHY OF HOPE.
Dear Friends,
The native home of hope. That’s how famous writer and wilderness champion
Wallace Stegner described the American West. Wilderness, he wrote, is an essential part
of our “geography of hope.”
At the Montana Wilderness Association we feel the same way. I know you do, too.
In fact for more than 50 years friends like you have stood beside us, helping MWA
defend and protect Montana’s last wild places. Places you and I love. Places that
renew and sustain our hope for the future.
The Rocky Mountain Front. Whitefish Range. Stemple Pass. East Pioneers.
Gallatin Range. Chalk Buttes.
To you — to MWA — these places are more than names on a map. These places mean clean
water. Critical wildlife habitat. The chance to hunt, fish, hike and horseback in primal quiet.
They offer tangible economic benefits to our communities. In a rapidly changing world, they
ground us. Simply put, these are the places that give us hope — for ourselves and for our
grandchildren — the wild heart of our Montana home.
And 2012 found us working harder than ever to permanently protect these
very places. Thanks to your support this past year, MWA’s
amazing staff and volunteers were able to:
Abundant wild country. Vibrant communities. Tenacious citizens.
At the Montana Wilderness Association, that’s the geography of
hope — the vision — toward which we aspire. A brave vision
that your steadfast support is helping make real.
Thank you, today and always, for being part
of our geography of hope.
Scott Friskics, President
Jennifer Smith
• Mobilize grassroots support for the Forest Jobs and
Recreation Act and the Rocky Mountain Front Heritage Act;
• Build and repair sections of the Continental Divide Trail;
• Engage the next generation of wilderness leaders on college
campuses across Montana;
• Lead Wilderness Walks;
• Inventory prairie wildlands; and
• Educate voters on the value of Montana’s great outdoors.
THE WHITEFISH RANGE
A WAY TO
PROTECTION
Just outside the western edge of
Glacier National Park sits the Whitefish
Range. With 8,000 foot mountain peaks
that pierce the sky, deep forest drainages
and steep cirque headwalls, the Whitefish
Range is home to a robust population of
grizzly bears, moose, elk and whitetail deer.
And in the northwest corner — inside
the Kootenai National Forest — is the
34,000-acre Ten Lakes Wilderness Study
Area (WSA).
Officially designated as a WSA in 1977
until Congress could decide its future,
Ten Lakes remains vulnerable.
Right now on the Kootenai National
Forest, a planning process is underway to
determine oil and gas development zones,
the areas to be open to motorized vehicles
(or protected as wildlife safe havens),
and the landscapes recommended for
wilderness designation.
This includes the Ten Lakes WSA and
it’s subject to ample discretion by the
local or regional agency administrators
of these management plans. But Montana
Wilderness Association Wilderness
Campaign Director Amy Robinson is
seizing this as an opportunity.
Thanks to your support of MWA in 2012,
Robinson has been building relationships
with other public land users in the area —
including long-standing adversaries over
wilderness. If successful, this thoughtful
approach will form the foundation of
consensus and trust so essential to crafting
a community-supported conservation
proposal that will protect the wild beauty
of the Whitefish Range.
Wilderness
Campaign
Director Amy
Robinson is building community
consensus to safeguard the
Whitefish Range.
MEMBER PROFILE
John Larson
MWA member
John Larson at home
on the trails he’s
helping to protect.
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Carol Barnes
With his degree in wildlife biology and long
career with the Environmental Protection
Agency, it’s no wonder member
John Larson was tapped
by MWA to help build
support for wilderness
in Montana.
“I really appreciate the way MWA
embraces a collaborative approach to
protecting Montana’s wild places,” says
Larson, a member of MWA’s FlatheadKootenai Chapter. “Their
innovative approach is at
the forefront of today’s
conservation movement.”
Today Larson is a
MWA representative in
the Whitefish Range
Partnership, a collaboration of loggers,
backcountry horsemen, mountain
bikers, offroad vehicle enthusiasts and
conservationists. Together they’re finding
common ground to shape the future
for the area.
“It’s a way to show my appreciation for
the land around me,” explains Larson.
“Hopefully I’ll have helped protect some
very special places for the next generation
to enjoy.”
MEMBER PROFILE
THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT
VICTORY AT
THE FRONT LINES
A glorious collision between rolling
prairie and east-facing cliffs of the
Continental Divide, the Rocky Mountain
Front is a rare and wonderful place that
sustains everything from the delicate
harlequin duck to the mighty silvertip
grizzly.
But “the Front” unites more than a wealth
of wildlife. Here, ranchers, outfitters,
business owners, hunters, conservationists
and tribal members all passionate about
the Front are working together, to
safeguard it for future generations to
experience and enjoy. And as an active
member of the Coalition to Protect the
Rocky Mountain Front, the Montana
Wilderness Association is relied upon
for its proven ability to build and rally
grassroots community support for the
preservation of this majestic landscape.
Kerry Neils
That’s precisely what we were able to
do in 2012. Looking to back his claim that
public support for the Rocky Mountain
Front Heritage Act was “manufactured”
Pausing to rest on the Rocky
Mountain Front, a place where
MWA members, ranchers, hunters,
tribal members, conservationists
and more united in 2012.
by conservationists, former U.S.
Congressman Dennis Rehberg (R-MT)
hastily organized a listening session in
the ranching community of Choteau.
But MWA Wilderness Campaign Director
Holly Baker recognized this listening
session as a way to show the breadth and
depth of support for the Heritage Act. She
rallied the public to attend the meeting.
Attend they did. Nearly 300 people filed
into the local high school auditorium on a
sunny Saturday afternoon, many sporting
lapel stickers that read “Made in Montana.”
Still others held signs proclaiming, “This
is OUR Homeland Security Bill”— a
reference to the Heritage Act’s intent
to preserve both land and culture.
In the end, supporters outnumbered
opponents by a two-to-one margin...
proving yet again, with you by our
side, when there is a threat to Montana’s
last wild places, MWA will be there.
The mountain west lured Texan Sara
Walsh to Montana. So when friends
mentioned a small cabin along the
Rocky Mountain Front,
Sara thought it might
be an ideal place
for her and
faithful canine
companion,
Bonnie, to rest
for a day or two.
Nicholas Evans
Sara Walsh
Two days became
two weeks. Walsh
Local hero and
breathed the
MWA member
clean mountain
Sara Walsh (with
air. Listened to the
husband Frank
music of Ford Creek Hagel), standing
as it ran past the
before the Front
cabin. Connected
she tirelessly
with hardy souls in
defends.
the nearby ranching
community of Augusta. It wasn’t long
until she purchased a cabin of her own,
and with partners from town established
Latigo and Lace, a successful art gallery.
“The Rocky Mountain Front is a living,
breathing character in my life,” says
Walsh. “The Front has taken care of me,
provided me with a place to call home
and run a successful business. I feel an
obligation to take care of it.”
MEMBER PROFILE
Rising gently between the Smith River
and Judith Gap, you’ll find the Little Belts.
These mountains are a 900,000-acre
“island range” of grassy meadows, forested
ridges and U-shaped canyons. And as
a direct result of your generosity, the
Montana Wilderness Association is
the only conservation group in Montana
working to preserve these one-of-a-kind
characteristics.
It started in 2007, when the Lewis and
Clark National Forest settled on a travel
plan to handle the increasing number of
powerful off-road vehicles. But before
the dust settled, vehicle advocates filed
a lawsuit challenging the decision.
That’s when MWA intervened to defend
the plan — and preserve the Middle Fork
Judith Wilderness Study Area and other
remaining Little Belts wildlands.
Willie Rahr
Even when a district court judge sided
with off-road vehicles groups, MWA stood
strong. We successfully appealed to the
U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
And when the U.S. Supreme Court denied
a request to hear the case in 2012, it
was over. Five years after it began, the
2007 plan can finally be put into place.
Thank you for your unwavering
commitment to the MWA, and the
fight to save the Little Belts.
Fly fishing on the Smith River.
In 2012, you helped protect
“real cowboy country,” the iconic
lands that roll away from the
Continental Divide and open to
the eastern prairie. Thank you!
From the time he was a boy, Norm
‘Dodger’ Newhall has been part of the
Little Belts. First traveling with his family
to the Circle Bar Guest Ranch, he later
became a wrangler there, working seven
days a week and guiding horseback
rides into the mountains.
An active member of the MWA since
making Montana his home in the 70s,
Newhall advocates for the Little Belts,
Big Snowies and other island mountain
ranges east of the Divide. He was also
instrumental in creating MWA’s Island
Range Chapter in Great Falls and
served as the first chapter president.
You can still find Newhall volunteering
with the Island Range Chapter today,
working to see the last wild places
of the Little Belts forever
protected
for future
generations.
Jack Davant
PRESERVING
COWBOY COUNTRY
Norm Newhall
“Much of the
Middle Fork
Judith wilderness
has been lost since
I was first there in 1956,” explains
Norm ‘Dodger’ Newhall (shown
with his wife, Sally). “It was all
that time on the ranch and in the
mountains that I learned about
caring for the Little Belts and the
importance of preserving wild
spaces before they are lost forever.”
Patrick Colleran
THE LITTLE BELTS
CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TRAIL
COMING TOGETHER
FOR THE GREAT DIVIDE
Shannon Freix
It stretches 980 miles along the crest
of the Northern Rockies. Links 14 proposed
wilderness areas... eight roadless
conservation areas... three designated
wilderness areas... and Yellowstone and
Glacier National Parks.
Thanks to people like you, the Montana
Wilderness Association has invested in the
Montana leg of the Continental Divide
National Scenic Trail (CDNST) since its
1978 designation. Your generosity built
new sections of trail, maintained existing
sections and conserved wildlands all along
the Divide. Until recently, activities were
coordinated with the Colorado-based
Continental Divide Trail Alliance (CDTA).
That changed in early 2012. The CDTA
suddenly closed its doors, leaving
42 percent of the northern CDT unfinished.
Guided by our longtime commitment to
this critical corridor — and with an eye to
the future — MWA took a bold step: we
adopted, as our own, the Montana portion
of CDTA’s programs and projects.
Reborn as MWA’s CDT Montana Program,
it’s now led by Program Manager Shannon
Freix. In 2012, our inaugural season,
70 hardworking volunteers helped CDT
Montana complete a dozen projects along
the Continental Divide Trail! This earned
praise from the U.S. Forest Service and
the public, a strong vote for your support
of MWA’s move to preserve this historic
treasure for all to enjoy.
When MWA adopted the Montana
leg of the defunct Continental Divide
Trail Alliance in 2012, members rallied:
12 trail projects are now completed!
Meg Killen
Meg Killen is the stuff of legend. Often first
up in the morning and last to bed at night,
Meg oversees volunteers on MWA’s trail
restoration and construction projects.
And she shines at every turn, from lining
up volunteers to making sure equipment,
food and supplies are in place.
The makings of greatness began when
Killen took a seven-day backpack through
the Grand Canyon—at the ripe old age of
six! (To this day, she credits her mom for
her love of the outdoors.) After
earning her degree in forestry
from the University of Montana,
she eventually teamed up with
Shannon Freix at the CDTA...
and the rest is history.
On the trail, Killen is quick to say
it’s the “smiles on the faces of the
volunteers at the end of a project” that
mean the most to her. “Knowing they
had a great time, knowing they feel good
about what they accomplished. That’s
what makes me most proud.” Almost as
proud as we are of her... thank you, Meg!
Meg Killen
STAFF PROFILE
The “smiles on the faces of the
volunteers at the end of a project”
are what make CDT Montana
legend Meg Killen most proud.
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SOUTHWEST MONTANA
A SHIFTING
LANDSCAPE
Zack Porter
In 2012, your support of MWA helped
John Todd, wilderness campaign director
for southwest Montana, and Gabe
Furshong, senior campaign director,
continue their work to expand public
support for a truly collaborative approach
to land management.
U.S. Senator John Tester’s (D-MT) Forest
Jobs and Recreation Act (FJRA) promotes
forest stewardship restoration projects
while permanently protecting one million
wild acres on the Beaverhead-Deerlodge,
Lolo and Kootenai National Forests.
Passage of FJRA will result in long-awaited
additions to southwest Montana’s Lee
Metcalf and Anaconda-Pintler Wilderness
areas, and new wilderness designation
for the Blacktail Mountains, East and
West Pioneers and Humbug Spires,
to name just a few.
Drafted in part from MWA’s BeaverheadDeerlodge Partnership proposal, the
2009 bill sets aside years of gridlock —
replacing distrust with cooperation among
Montana’s timber industry, sportsmen
and conservationists.
You’re at the heart of this sea change,
making possible Todd’s and Furshong’s
In the Italian Peaks’ blue-sky splendor, MWA stars John Todd, Gabe Furshong
and Zack Porter are all smiles. Thank you for helping them shine!
outreach to community leaders and
advocacy groups, public presentations,
and more. And this shift in the political
landscape towards preserving our
wilderness heritage has been confirmed.
In two bi-partisan polls conducted in
2012, more than seven out of ten
registered voters from across Montana
supported FJRA.
After college, he worked for nearly two
decades as a U.S. Forest Service district
ranger in the Beaverhead-Deerlodge
National Forest. Now retired, he rightly
feels one of his greatest accomplishments
was “preserving the integrity of
the land and protecting the
high-value wildlife habitat
found throughout
my district.”
than 100,000 roadless acres, it’s home to
large numbers of elk migrating in and out
of nearby Yellowstone National Park. At
Petroni’s insistence, the Snowcrest and
other areas were recommended for future
wilderness — areas now included in the
Forest Jobs and Recreation Act.
Through MWA, you’re uniting hearts and
minds for southwest Montana. Thank you!
MEMBER PROFILE
Mark Petroni
As a U.S. Forest Service
district ranger, “preserving
the integrity of the land”
was among MWA
member Mark Petroni’s
greatest achievements.
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Jonathan Klein
Born in the shadow of Butte’s
Berkeley Pit, Mark Petroni’s father and
grandfather worked in the underground
mines nearby. But Petroni embraced
a different future.
One of those areas
was the Snowcrest
Range. Spanning more
Today Petroni is an important voice for
MWA, urging everyone that loves and
appreciates the untrammeled landscapes
of his former district to “stay strong and
stay the course” until passage of the FJRA
is complete.
MEMBER PROFILE
THE GALLATIN RANGE
HOPE FOR A
FRAGILE HEART
At its heart lies the Hyalite-PorcupineBuffalo Horn Wilderness Study Area
(WSA). Popular with hikers, mountain
bikers, equestrians and motorized
recreation enthusiasts, the area is now the
focal point of how to manage the impacts
of increasing numbers of people seeking
access into this delicate alpine country.
John Gatchell
In 2012, after half a decade of litigation to
protect this wild ecosystem, the Montana
Wilderness Association and its community
partners put aside past frustrations and
started moving forward building public
demand for permanent protection of the
Gallatin Range including the WSA.
As the last unprotected roadless
area adjacent to Yellowstone,
the still-vulnerable Gallatin Crest
benefited from your 2012 support
of MWA.
Using the accomplishment as a springboard
for the next step in our campaign, and
due to your incredible support, MWA
re-opened a Bozeman-based field office in
early 2012. It’s now staffed by hardworking
Wilderness Campaign Director John
Todd — who also oversees the Montana
Forests Campaign.
Leveraging MWA’s experience working
with quiet trail users to preserve mountain
trails and wildlands along the Continental
Divide, Todd is now leading a similar effort
in the Bozeman area. He’s bringing
together a broad coalition of stakeholders
to establish a shared vision for the future
of the Gallatin Range. And thanks to your
help, the stage is being set
for a community-supported
conservation initiative
that will permanently
protect the fragile
alpine heart of the
Gallatin Range.
Sarah Boomer
Home to grizzly bears, lynx, wolverines
and other important species, the Gallatin
Range is one of the largest unprotected
landscapes within the Greater Yellowstone
Ecosystem. A jawdropping ridge of snowy
peaks — many topping out at more than
10,000 feet — the Gallatin Range is the
critical north-south wildlife corridor linking
America’s first national park to adjacent
wildlands.
Roger Jenkins and
Susie McDonald
Their “day” hikes often end well after
dark. And backpacking treks are
weeklong. Always up for adventure,
Roger Jenkins and Susie McDonald
share a passion for wild places.
Yet after more than two decades
exploring Montana, they still recall their
first hike along the Gallatin Crest. “There
we were,” recalls Jenkins, “hiking along
this stunningly beautiful stretch of trail
that meandered through meadows filled
with alpine flowers, only to come across
fresh motorcycle tracks that had
churned up the path ahead of us.”
Concerned this fragile ecosystem
couldn’t sustain the damaging impacts
of off-road vehicles, the couple found an
outlet for their determination to protect
the Gallatin by supporting MWA.
“We like that MWA has a purity
of purpose,” McDonald explains.
“They’re focused on wilderness
designation for Montana’s
remaining wildlands—and
we like the assurance that
wilderness provides for
future generations.”
Longtime MWA members
Susie McDonald and
Roger Jenkins on a
sun-soaked ridge.
EASTERN WILDLANDS
MEMBER PROFILE
Helen Stevens
John Lambing
Standing in one spot, you can watch a
single gust of wind sweep over native
grass from horizon to horizon. Or trace
the dark underbelly of an afternoon
thunderstorm as it drags shards of rain
across the landscape. Welcome to eastern
Montana’s high plains, home to some of
the world’s last remaining unbroken prairie.
conservation, recreation, grazing, and
most notably, oil and gas development in
the eastern wildlands, it opened a critical
door that your support allowed us to
walk through.
So during the summer of 2012, MWA
Campaign Director Mark Good worked
with an award-winning photographer and
his assistant to inventory unprotected
BLM-managed lands and determine their
wilderness character.
Encountering fierce winds, rutted two-track
roads, rattlesnakes, barbed wire wounds
and the occasional flat tire, the tenacious
trio explored countless drainages and
potholes, river valleys and badlands, creek
beds and animal trails.
When the Bureau of Land Management
(BLM) — the government agency
administering more than six million acres
of public lands in eastern Montana —
began updating plans to manage the
An afternoon thunderstorm
approaches the Chalk Buttes
near Ekalaka.
More than 50 separate areas were
explored. Among them, significant features
discovered in 17 areas met all BLM
standards to be considered for wilderness.
Each was documented using detailed
narrative, maps and photographs.
And ultimately, the precise
mapping you made possible
will chart a wise course for
BLM’s plan and conserve
the eastern wildlands far
into the future. Thank you.
Lisa Jourdan
Covering three-quarters of the state, these
vast high plains belie the fact that the
prairies are in urgent need of protection.
The scope is immense. Yet with courage
in our hearts and you beside us, it’s here
the Montana Wilderness Association
is working.
That Helen Stevens found MWA was
only natural. Raised in far eastern
Montana, Stevens cared for livestock on
the family ranch under an endless prairie
sky. In nearby fields, she often saw deer,
antelope, and coyotes.
Today she leads walks near her Ekalaka
home as a volunteer in MWA’s
Wilderness Walks program, which
celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2012.
“Many see eastern Montana as a desolate
wasteland only suitable for energy
development,” says Stevens, who also
serves on a local steering committee
dedicated to preserving prairie settings.
“But when you stop and take a closer
look, it’s teaming with flora and fauna.”
“We’re making progress,” she continues.
“People are beginning to see the value in
saving part of our heritage. Organizations
like MWA may be our only chance to
protect Montana's vanishing prairie.”
And thanks to wilderness champions
like Stevens, MWA’s work is surely in
good hands.
“Organizations
like MWA may be
our only chance to
protect Montana’s
vanishing prairie,”
reveals MWA
member Helen
Stevens.
Tony Bynum
MAPPING
THE FUTURE
NEXGEN WILDERNESS LEADERS
A PIVOTAL
YEAR
Gabe Furshong
Anticipating 2012 would be pivotal for
wilderness conservation, the Montana
Wilderness Association launched an
ambitious plan to educate citizens. Its
overarching election-year goal? Build
stronger, statewide nonpartisan support for
the preservation of Montana’s wildlands.
This included a particular emphasis on
reaching out to students on college
campuses through an effort called the
Montana Outdoor Heritage Project. Led
by NexGen Wilderness Leaders Program
Director Zack Porter, the aim was to make
sure those who cared about wild Montana
were heard at the polls.
Ever on the lookout for new NexGen
voices, Porter’s plan was ambitious.
Target both Montana State University
and University of Montana campuses to
find students committed to showing up
at the polls and making their vote count
for our great outdoors.
Porter recruited a squadron of students.
Together, they spent countless hours
canvassing, giving class presentations,
tabling student events and going door-todoor in key communities to raise public
awareness about the future of Montana’s
environment.
All told, your MWA membership supported
Porter and company as they registered
nearly 300 new student voters and
gathered more than 5,700 voter pledge
cards leading up to the primary and
general election. But it didn’t end there.
On election day they reminded pledge
card signers of their promise, then shuttled
said students to local polling stations —
new voices to echo long and strong for
Montana’s last wild places.
Thanks to your support of MWA’s
NexGen Wilderness Leaders program,
these student canvassers get out the
vote by “keeping it wild”!
A testament to the success of the
NexGen Wilderness Leaders program,
Rebecca Boslough is at heart of the
Montana environmental movement’s
bright future.
Rebecca Boslough
MWA’s NexGen Wilderness Leaders
program thrives by engaging smart,
passionate students to shape the wild
Montana of tomorrow. And Rebecca
Boslough stands tall among them.
A leader on the University of Montana
campus, Boslough was nominated for the
esteemed Udall and Truman Scholarships
for conservation leadership and promise
for future public service.
Camping and hiking for the Helena-based
Bosloughs was part of the family routine.
But it wasn’t until freshman year that
Boslough attended a University of Montana
Wilderness Association student group
meeting. “I met a great group of people
who were really invested in protecting
the environment,” she remembers. “I was
instantly hooked.”
Boslough put her considerable skills
to use in 2012, speaking at a rally in
support of U.S. Senator Jon Tester’s
Forest Jobs and Recreation Act (FJRA).
For an
encore, she
sponsored and
unanimously
passed a student
resolution calling for
public comment on HR
1581, a Congressional resolution that
would have opened to development
millions of acres of America’s best wildlife
habitat — including areas proposed as
FJRA wilderness.
Christy Moore
MEMBER PROFILE
Thank you for your fine work, Becca!
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Bernard Rose
LeRoy & Diana Schramm
Stephen & Cynthia Shevlin
Melanie Simmerman
Marianne Spitzform
Daniel Suman
Brian & Vanessa Sybert
Robert Thomas
Dennis & Michelle Tighe
Valley Bank of Helena
Gerrish and Gail Milliken
Julie Wood
& John Schieffelbein
Sherri & Dave Wood
$250–$499
The BaseCamp
Shelly Bermont
Bighorn Outdoor Specialists
Blackfoot River Brewing Co.
Elizabeth Blank
Craig & Jackie Mathews
Lee & Judy Boman
Kay Borst
Roger & Noreen Breeding
Henry & Martha Bryans
John Buck
& Deborah Butterfield
Buff, Inc.
Mary & Peter Carparelli
Castlemaster Ventures LLC
J Edward Coleman
Terry & Sharon Copenhaver
Karen Davidson
Joseph & Elizabeth Davidson
Terry Deal
& Janice Munzke-Deal
Jerry DeSanto
& Karen Feather
David Dillon
Marie Dinwoodie
Joseph & Palmer Dorn
Dale Duff
Karl Englund & Marcia Hogan
Matthew Farwell
Doug & Melinda Ferrell
Richard & Joanne Fisher
Mary Frieze
Bradley & Deidra Fuller
Anna & Joseph Furshong
John & Lynn Garberson
Glacier Bank
Glacier Two Medicine Alliance
Maurice Glazer
James & Margaret Good
Good Food Store
Kevin & Kim Gordon
Barbara Gregovich
David & Nancy Grusin
Dexter & Alisa Hale
Marsha & Charles Hinch
Leroy Hood
& Valerie Logan Hood
Elisabeth Hudnutt
Sally & Robert Hughes
Cedron Jones & Sara Toubman
Harry & Sylvia Joslin
Pamela Kellogg
& Stephen Porter
Libby Knotts
Sidney Kurth
Carol & Sal Lalani
Terence Lammers
Juanita Lichty
Greg Lind
Bert Lindler & Kristi DuBois
Walter & Janet Mackin
Beverly Magley
Karen & Vann Manly
Kevin McClelland
Robert McKelvey
Michael McMahon
Robin & Theron Miller
Bonnie & Robert Minto
Barbara Moll
Montana Senior News
Colleen Moore
John Mott & Elaine Spino
Mountain Valley Foods
Loretta Mullins
Lawrence Neubauer
North Star Consulting
Group, Inc.
Alan & Rachel Peura
Albert & Debbie Randzio
Real Food Market & Deli, Inc.
Susan Redfield
Marilyn Reynolds
& Bruce Harris
Robert & Marcia Rider
John & Mary Robbins
Rocky Mountain Outfitters
Roscoe Outdoor, LLP
Thomas & Susan Roy
James Sadler
& Kathryn Ordway
Michael Sample
Peter Sellin & Evette Allison
Gene & Linda Sentz
Spencer Shropshire
& Susan Epstein
Arlo & Darlene Skari
Jeanette Smith
Edward Speights
Carol St. Helen
St. Peter’s Hospital
Alan Stacey
John & Susie
Stephenson-Love
James Stone
Robert Storey
Jamie Sullivan
Timber Trails
Nina Tomaszewski
Jacob Troyer & Lisa Crowley
C. L. Wainwright
Western Environmental
Law Center
Kathleen Wilke
Windbag Saloon and Grill
Thomas Winston
& Shasta Grenier
Richard & Janet Young
Andrew Zimet & Linda Farmer
$100–$249
Jose & Michele Acosta
Carolyn & Bob Adams
Barrett Adams
Mike & Irene Aderhold
Ellen Aiken & David Hunt
Ingrid Akerblom
Freeheel & Wheel, Inc.
George & Frances Alderson
James Allard
& Mary Bushing
Virginia Anderson
Lexmark International
Board of Directors
Clyde Aspevig & Carol
Guzman-Aspevig
Susan Augustson
Orville & Margaret Bach
Louis Bahin
Ralph & Jean Baierlein
Sandra Bailey & Kurt Wahl
David & Teri Ball
William & Lee Ballard
Bernie Balleweg
Johanna Bangeman
Joel & Emily Barker
Sara & Tom Barker
Kinsey Barnard
Patricia & Douglas
Bartholomew
Jerry & Sara Bartos
Iris H Basta
Guy Bateman
Mike & Lisa Bay
Christina Bean
Kris Beardsley & Sidra Stark
Marvin & Ellouise Beatty
Teresa Beck
Michael & Stephanie Becker
Timothy Began
Susan Benedict
Bruce & Lyn Benedict
Benny’s Bistro
Randi Berg
Kathleen Best
Bill & Juliette Bevis
Big Sky Appraisal
& Valuation Service, P.C.
Big Sky Resort
Barbara & Donald Bishop
Diana Blank
Albert Blank
Peter Blood
John & Judy Boehmke
David Boggs & Paula Thiede
Bruce Boody
Karen & D.M. Booker
David Booth
Brad Borst & Jill Forseth
Sherwood & Sharon
Boudeman
Jeff Bowen
Van & Susan Boyette
Nancy Braun
Cynthia Braun
James Brenna
Suzanne Bressler
Kenneth & Linda Briggs
Henry & Virginia Bright
Carole Bronson & Terry Barch
Matt & Jane Brophy
David Brown & Leea Pittenger
Thomas & Barbara Brown
Raymond & Joyce Brown
William Bucher
Sara & James Buley
Marcia Bull
Robert & Jeannie Burk
Chris Buslee
John & Pamela Buxton
BWAGS
David & Donna Byerly
C. Burt & Marty Caldwell
Bradley Cameron
Brent Campbell
Stephen & Ann Carlson
Clinton & Sally Carlson
Eileen Carney
Tom Carter
Donna Caruso-Hirst
John Case
Julie Dickinson
Robert M. Donner
Dan & Linda Donovan
Melvyn Douglas
James Doyle
Thomas & Mary Drake
William Drury
Robert DuBois
D. Ross Duffel
John Duffield & Kathleen Ort
Lisa Eby
Linda & David Eckhoff
Timothy Edwards
& Gayle Hudgins
Shelly Edwards
Helen & Donald Edwards
Jerome & Linda Elkind
Clay Boon Ellison
& Ingrid Gustafson
Arnold & Thelma Elser
Margaret Emerson
Karen Emerson
Larry & Callie Epstein
Jeff Erickson
& Mary Vandenbosch
Jay & Ann Erickson
Tenacious. Courageous.
Passionate. Dedicated.
Tough. Tender. Generous.
And giving. Here’s to you,
the magnificent members
who gave to the Montana
Wilderness Association
in 2012. Our state’s precious
remaining wild places are
safer, because you cared.
THANK YOU.
Darlene Cecil
David Charles
Steve Chastain
Susan Childs
Kit Clark & Sally Furrer
Lane Coddington
& Darci Thorsrud
Anne & John Collins, Jr.
John & Denise Conner
David & Jody Cooley
Del & Linda Coolidge
Joyce Coombe
Robert & Jacquelyn Cooney
Stephen & Barbara Cooper
David, Craig, & Brian Corbett
George Corn
Sherri & Steve Cornett
Ralph & Sheryl Costanzo
Lorna & John Coulthard
James & Virginia Court
Daniel & Kristy Crouse
Cal Cumin
Maxon & Kristina Davis
Todd Davis
Betsy de Leiris
Gerald Deboer
Peter Dech
R. J. & Terry DeGroot
Max Deibert
David Dellwo
Lorelle Demont
& Calvin Loomis
Tom Deveny
Diane Briggs
Marnette Falley
Mary Fay
Karen Filipovich
& Tony Roberts
Raymond Flaherty
& Lisa Larsen
Julie Flammang
Norman Fleet
Susan Fletcher
Dick Forehand
Robert Fox
Paul & Janet Fox
Grace France
Eliza Frazer & Barry Hood
Charles French
Bill & Kaki Friskics-Warren
Gabe Furshong
James & Barbara Gaffney
Kevin Galvin
Mark Gehan
Kalu & Douglas George
Stephen & Linda Gerdes
Kim Givler
Glacier Park Inn B&B
Jim Gleason
Anne & Frank Glickman
Kate Godfrey
Elizabeth & Jeff Goldes
Timothy & Susanne Goodman
Ann & Jim Gordon
Francis & Joyce Gottron
Gary & Carol Graham
Gayle & Robert Gregovich
Charles Grinnan
Robert & Cindy James
Gail & Bob Jamin
Chuck Janzen
Chris & Maureen Jenkins
Ellen Jennings
& Mark Corrales
Peter and Elizabeth Jennings
Winthrop & Minette Jessup
Peggy Jewett
Kent Johns
Patrick Johnson & Peg Hunter
Peggy Johnson
Stan Johnson
Dorothy & Glenn Johnson
Steve & Mary Johnson
Jim & Nancy Johnston
Robert Johnston
Joan Johnston
Norma Jones
Marti Jordan
Gayle Joslin
William Kamowski
& Magdalen Wojtowicz
Gregory Keating
Elizabeth Kellison
& Cristine Miller
Maurice Heidinger
Arthur Held
Hellgate Civilian
Shooters Assoc.
Susan Hellier
& Michael Raymond
Sandra Lynn Helton
Taylor Henning
Robert Hensler
Robert Hentges
John Hess & Lynn Stansbury
Kathryn Hiestand
& Neal Miller
Kenneth High
& Jennifer O'Loughlin
J. Edwin Hill
Lynn & Robert Hilten
James Hinde & Lynn O'Malley
Christina Hoe
Terri Hogan
Halgrim Hollo
Halford & Kathy Holte
Edwin Hooker
Robert Hopkins
George Howard
Charles & Sally Howe
Robert & Judith Hoy
Paula & Paul Hudson
David Hunter
Thomas Hunter
William Idema
Jeri Isbell
Paula Jackson
Susan Jackson
Joe & Temia Keel
Marilyn Kelly-Clark
& Dennis Clark
Robert & Caryl Kensinger
Charles Ketterman
& Ruth Kopec
Shannon & John Kimball
James King
Donald Klinko
Kristopher & Kathleen
Knaphus
Richard & Pauline Knatterud
Bob & Ellen Knight
Leonard Kopec
Kathryn & Tom Kotynski
James & Marion Kraus
Kirsten Krauss
Jonathan Krauss
Joseph Krawiec
Patricia & Warren Krott
Carlisle & B. Lynne Krusi
Richard Kuhl
& Marylane Pannell
Paul & Carol Lamberger
Kirby & Rebecca Lambert
John Lambing
Roger & Sue Lang
Fred & Susan LaRoque
Nancy & Jeffrey Larson
Larry Larson
Daniel Lass
Richard & Frances Latterell
Margaret Leblanc
& Gerald Burns
Meg Killen
Edward Gulick
Monty & Gayle Gustafson
Joel & Ann Guthals
Peter & Caroline Guynn
Morris Hall
Jean Halloran
John & Elizabeth Hamann
Marshall & Elizabeth Hamilton
Martin & Mary Hamilton
Doug Hammill
& Cathy Greatorex
Scott & Julie Hancock
Lynn Haney
Kathy Hansen Crawford
Rita Harding
Paul & Kathy Harms
Kathleen & Neil Harrington
Earl & Linda Harrison
John & Melissa Hart
Charles Hasskamp
William & Margaret Hayward
Virginia Hazen
William & E. Kirtland Heald
James & Pamela Heckel
C. Adrian & Constance
Heidenreich
Greg Lee
Karole Lee
Carol Lee-Roark
Peter Lesica
Robert Lewis
Debra Lewis
Land Lindbergh
Kate Lindner
& Michael DeGrandpre
C. Paul & Elizabeth Loehnen
Fritz Loewenstein
Fred & Karen Longhart
Jim Losey
Michael & Jaybe Luckett
Alfred Luebeck
Robert & Kathy Lundgren
Richard Lyon
Rande & Karen Mack
Susan Maclin
& John Whitmire
Teri Manley
David & Arlene Mari
Middleton Martin
Addrien Marx
Marshall & Karen Mathison
Jason Matz
Susan & Doug Mavor
B. Riley & Patricia McClelland
Tim McClure
Gordon McConnell
Marc McCurry
Gaines & Beth McFadden
Deborah McFarland
Michael & Katie McGrew
John & Sandra McInnis
Jonathan & Laurie McKinney
Deva McKnight
William McLaughlin
& Janelle Kuechle
Erik Meis
Robert & Linda Merchant
Rick & Joan Meril
Terry & Kathryn Meyers
Heini Miettinen-Granger
& Bruce Granger
Deborah & Dennis Milburn
Bruce Miller
Chip Miller
Ken Miller
Don Miller
Jeffrey Mitchell
John Mitchell
& Marilyn Ryley-Mitchell
Michael & Cathy Moore
K. Kelly Moorse
Karen Moran & Michael Berg
Catherine & Robert Morris
Elliot Morris
Howard Morris
Michael & Paula Morris
Tara & Marc Morrison
Morrison, Motl & Sherwood
Mountain Press Publishing
Donna Murphrey
Laurie & Kerry Neils
Tia & Derek Nelson
Rick & Marilyn Nelson
Mike Nemacheck
Philip & Mary Newhall
David Nimick
Susan Nimick
Curtis & Kathy O’Brien
Dan & Mary O’Brien
Kathy Oligmiller Miles
William & Kathleen Olmsted
Rae Olsen
Maggie Olson
Lucas Osborne
Gregory Ouellette
Nancy Owens
Cynthia Owings
& Graham McIlwaine
Eleanor Parker
Chuck & Paula Paul
Gary Payton
John & Sue Pearson
Dr. Frank Pelfrey
& Samia Bull Pelfrey
Katherine Pellett
Caroline & Max Perkins
Fred & Molly Pessl
Nathaniel & Juanita Peters
Sukey & Tim Pfirman
Richard & Vivian Pharis
Christopher Phelps
& Margaret Hollow-Phelps
H. Wayne Phillips
Barbara Pistoresi
Austin & Pamela Platt
Juanita Polston
Robin Poole
Madeline & Christopher Pope
Robert & Pamela Porter
Douglas & Sonia Powell
Thomas Power
Daniel & Maureen Pugh
Jaakko Puisto
Alan Pulaski & Jane Grady
Robert Quam
Steven Quist
Robert Raffety
Weldon Rash
Robert Rasmussen
Eric & Kimberly Ravitz
Don Reiner
Gary & Joan Reysa
Gerald & Martha Rhoades
Sheila & Charlie Rice
Lindsay Richards
Gail & John Richardson
Lee Ricks
Gregory & Evelyn Rider
Susan Riedel
Richard & Helen Rietz
Mary Ringer
Donald & Sharon Riordan
Tom Robertson
R. Ross Rodgers
& Ellen King-Rodgers
Teddy Roe
Chris & Karen Roholt
Peter Romatowski &
Suzanne Bonner Romatowski
Richard Romeis
Paul Rooke
Marion Rosa
Fritz & Amy Royer
Michael Russell
& Sally Cameron-Russell
Todd & Kaye Russell
Les Rutledge
Robert & Erin Ann Saldin
Larry & Betty Salois
J. Douglas & Phyllis Sangster
Mary Sarumi
Deborah & Ronald Schaaf
Joyce Schaub
Stephen Schombel
James & Patricia Schroeder
Mick & Marie Seidl
Kathi Seifert
Jane & Stephen Senter
Curtis & Young Mi Settergren
Karel Shane
Karen Shankle Dooley
David & Genevieve Shea
Mark & Karen Sheets
Robert & Julia Sherrick
S. Kenneth & Ann Shesne
Patrice & Earl Shoaff
Dwight & Lois Short
Arvid & Helga Simmons
Nancy Singleton
Robert Korenberg
Stanley & Constance Skousen
James & Rosalie Sladek
William & Marcelyn Smale
David Smalley
& Krystina Thiel-Smalley
Kim & Will Smith
Ronald & Karin Smith
Maryminor Smith
Gladys Smith
Sara Smith
Patricia Smith
Richard Smith
Ronald Smith
Frank & Irmeli Smith
Kendall & Suzanne Southall
Stephen Speckart
& Patricia Forsberg
Gary Splittberger
& Mary Garrow-Splittberger
Laura Stafford
Judy Staigmiller
Richard Starke
D. Curtis Starr
& Charlotta Eaton
Ralph & Betsy Stephens
Karen Stevenson
Sharon Stevenson
Catherine Still & Charles Baxter
Kenneth Stolz
Tom Stonecipher
Porter Storey
Pete & Maureen Strazdas
Mark Striepe
Thaddeus & Margaret Su Suits
Thomas & Rebecca Sutton
Tim Swanson & Nancy
Steinbeck Swanson
Bruce Swenson
John & Suzanne Swietnicki
Katherine Sylvester
Steven & Annie Taylor
Randall & Rosanne Tetzloff
The Children's Clinic
Richard Thomas
Curt & Michelle Thompson
Donald & Virginia Thompson
Gordon Thompson
& Shelly Thompson-Rush
James & Leiana Thormahlen
JoAnne & James Thun
Richard & Suzanne Thweatt
Julie Toenyes
Kathy Tonnessen
Lee Trotter
Evie Ugrin
Marian Vander Ark
Hans & Chris Visscher
Diane Volkersz
Bob Waldron
Nettie Warwood
Willard & Nancy Weaver
Norman & Catherine Weeden
Aaron Weems
Tim Weill
O. Alan & Lynn Weltzien
Jerry & Lois Wessale
Laurie & Steve Whitton
Clarke & Sara Jean Wilhelm
Rebecca & Larry Williams
John & Jan Wilson
Cynthia Witman
Margaret Wolfe & Steven Lull
Richard Wolff & Janel Carino
Joe Woodward
Nancy Woolard
& Frank Bushell
Russell Worden
& Janette Lawrence
Jo Ann Wright
Ralph Yaeger
Heidi Yakawich
Jack Yeh
Yellowstone Track
Systems, Inc.
Chris & Leslie Yetka
Hugh & Karen Zackheim
Claire Zion
$1–99
Thanks to the 2,500 committed
members who are the
foundation of the Montana
Wilderness Association.
In-kind Goods, Services,
and Donations
4Imprint
Advanced Litho Printing
Allegra Marketing
Alpine Guides
Annie’s Pasta
Aunt Bonnie’s Books and Gifts
Badger Balm
Benny’s Bistro
Big Sky Cyclery
Big Sky Resort
Black Diamond Equipment
Blacktail Ranch
Craig Bredvold
Tim & Jo Campbell
Cascade Designs
Cascadian Farms
Chico Hot Springs
Paul & Gayle Clifford
Crazy Creek Chairs
Kimberly Dale
Donna & Daniel Deutsch
Dropstone Outfitting
Freeheel and Wheel
Friends of Scotchman
Peaks Wilderness
Shannon Freix
Scott Friskics
& Jennifer Smith
Gear to Grow
George’s Distributing
Bill Hallinan
Hammer Nutrition
Hurrah! Balm
Lara Bar
Lasso the Moon
Legacy Brands
Lewis and Clark Library
Lone Mountain Ranch
Terry & Katy Meyers
Montana Book Company
John Mott
Mountain Home
Vacation Rentals
Mountain House Meals
Tom Murphy
Ninkasi Brewery
Osprey Packs
Real Food Market & Deli
Red Ants Pants
Rockin HK Outfitters
Jeff Schmidt
Silky Saws
Frank & Irmeli Smith
Steele Wines, Inc
David & Patti Steinmuller
Leslie Stoltz
The BaseCamp
The Original Buff
Doug & Ethan Wheeler
Donations made
in memory of:
Fred Arnson
Suzanne Hinman Bateman
Fritz Behr
Jim Chamberlin
Joseph & Elizabeth Feathers
Jarryd Fields
Daniel Goodman
George & Betty Heliker
Merle Hoyt
William Moore
Amy Porte
Guido Rahr Jr.
Alice & John Schulz
Bobbie Jeanne Scott
Dan Scott
Peggy Smith
Ted Smith
Jim Stoltz
Lyall Stott
Tom Thode
Thank you to all who
support our work with
their payroll deductions
and pledges through
Montana Shares.
11
STATEMENT OF ACTIVITES for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2011 and ending September 30, 2012
4% 3%
REVENUE
5%
Individual Giving
$ 491,174
Grant Income
$ 790,740
Sales Income
$
70,256
Investment Income
$
62,253
Other
$
38,369
Total Revenues
$ 1,452,792
34%
54%
9%
EXPENSES
10%
Programs
$ 1,037,673
Administration
$ 132,849
Fundraising
$ 115,176
Total Expenses
$ 1,285,698
81%
John Lambing
The Montana Wilderness Association is a non-profit, tax-exempt
organization under the 501(c)3 of the Internal Revenue Service.
Eighty-one percent
of your support goes
directly to programs.
OFFICERS
COUNCIL MEMBERS
Scott Friskics,
President
Great Falls
Gerry Jennings,
Vice President
Great Falls
Doug Ferrell,
Immediate
Past President
Trout Creek
Steve Caldwell,
Treasurer
Livingston
Lex Blood, Kalispell
Lee Boman, Seeley Lake
Mike Brown, Helena
Bobbie Gilmore, Whitefish
Mark Hanson, Missoula
Sally Hughes, Livingston
Mollie Kieran, Libby
Tom McDonald, Pablo
Charlie O'Leary, Butte
Bernard Rose, Billings
Marianne Spitzform,
Missoula
Patti Steinmuller,
Gallatin Gateway
Alan Weltzien, Dillon
FIELD OFFICES
HELENA OFFICE
30 S. Ewing St.
Helena, MT 59601
406-443-7350
Brian Sybert
Executive Director
Ext. 104
[email protected]
Robert Allen
Deputy Director
Ext. 109
[email protected]
Brad Borst
Development Director
Ext. 102
[email protected]
Robert Allen
STAFF AND COUNCIL
John Gatchell
Conservation Director
Ext. 106
[email protected]
Cedron Jones
GIS Mapping Specialist
Ext. 101
[email protected]
Denny Lester
Communications
Coordinator
Ext. 105
[email protected]
Laura Parr
Operations Associate
Ext. 110
[email protected]
KALISPELL FIELD OFFICE
307 1st Ave E. #1
Kalispell, MT 59901
GREAT FALLS FIELD OFFICE
1400 First Ave N.
Great Falls, MT 59401
BOZEMAN FIELD OFFICE
321 E. Main St. Ste 418
Bozeman, MT 59715
Amy Robinson
Wilderness Campaign
Director
406-755-6304
[email protected]
Mark Good
Outreach Coordinator
406-453-9434
[email protected]
John Todd
Wilderness Campaign
Director
406-404-1000
[email protected]
Shannon Freix
CDT Program Manager
406-781-0627
[email protected]
CHOTEAU FIELD OFFICE
PO Box 37
Choteau, MT 59422
Holly Baker
Wilderness Campaign
Director
406-466-2600
[email protected]
MISSOULA FIELD OFFICE
127 N. Higgins, Ste 301
Missoula, MT 59802
406-541-8615
BILLINGS FIELD OFFICE
3318 3rd Ave. N Suite 204
Billings MT 59101
Gabe Furshong
Cameron Sapp
Senior Campaigns Director
Prairie Wildlands
[email protected] Coordinator
[email protected]
Zack Porter
NexGen Program Director
SEASONAL STAFF
[email protected]
Meg Killen
CDT Field Coordinator
Kassia Randzio
406-250-3439
Development Officer
[email protected]
[email protected]
CHAPTERS
Eastern Wildlands Chapter
PO Box 22045
Billings, MT 59104
[email protected]
Madison-Gallatin Chapter
321 E. Main St. Ste 418
Bozeman, MT 59715
[email protected]
Flathead-Kootenai Chapter
307 1st Ave E. #1
Kalispell, MT 59901
[email protected]
Shining Mountains Chapter
127 N. Higgins, Ste 301
Missoula, MT 59802
[email protected]
Island Range Chapter
1400 First Ave No
Great Falls, MT 59401
[email protected]
Wild Divide Chapter
30 S. Ewing St.
Helena, MT 59601
[email protected]
“We simply need that
wild country available to
us... for it can be a means
of reassuring ourselves of
our sanity as creatures, a part of
the geography of hope.”
– Wallace Stegner
YOU’RE INVITED...
Shannon Freix
to be part of something special. Whether it’s leading a Wilderness Walk,
volunteering on the trail, or attending our annual gathering,
Montana’s last wild places are calling you. And you can call back.
30 S. Ewing • Helena, MT 59601 • 406-443-7350
www.wildmontana.org
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