Wildlife Conservation
Northern Rockies Carnivore Conservation Program — Montana
Mitigation of conflict between grizzly bears, wolves, and people, reintroduction of the swift fox on the Blackfeet and Northern Cheyenne Reservations, and assessment of the wolverine population in Glacier National Park.
Defenders of Wildlife: $50,000
Grazing Allotment Purchase Program
Negotiation of retirement of grazing leases subject to chronic predator/livestock conflict and provision of alternative grazing arrangements or other appropriate compensation.
National Wildlife Federation: $40,000
Community-based Ecological Monitoring — Montana
Implementation of long-term, community-based monitoring of carnivore populations in the Swan Valley and identification of wildlife corridors connecting the Mission and Bob Marshall Wilderness ecosystems.
Northwest Connections: $15,000
Golden Eagle Project — Montana
Monitoring of the fall migration, including banding, telemetry, and analysis of blood pathogens, ectoparasite and heavy metal levels.
Raptor View Research Institute: $15,000
Transboundary Grizzly Bear Project — Montana & Alberta, Canada
Assessment of grizzly habitat-use and ranging patterns to identify habitat corridors between the South Purcell, South Selkirk and Cabinet/Yaak Ecosystems.
University of Montana/US Fish & Wildlife Service: $22,000
Conserving Migratory Wildlife — Arctic Alaska
Field surveys and focal research to identify ecologically critical areas for shorebirds and assess potential impacts of oil development and climate change.
Wildlife Conservation Society: $100,000
Yaak Headwaters Restoration Project — Yaak Valley, Montana
Road and culvert removal and restoration of aquatic habitat to facilitate conservation of native redband rainbow and the westslope cutthroat trout in the upper Yaak River drainage.
Yaak Valley Forest Council: $25,000
Land and Resource Management
General Support — Montana
Production of Home Ground Radio, a weekly radio interview program addressing social, cultural, economic, and land-use issues in the West, and on-the-ground support for community-based conservation and land-management efforts in selected agricultural watersheds.
Artemis Common Ground: $44,500
General Support — Montana
Protection of private land conservation values in western Montana through conservation easements and public acquisitions.
Five Valleys Land Trust: $25,000
General Support — Montana
Building private and public sector support for private land conservation and securing supporting legislation and policies.
Montana Association of Land Trusts: $10,000
General Support — Montana
Protection of private land conservation values in critical watersheds and wildlife corridors through conservation easements.
Montana Land Reliance: $25,000
General Support — Interior West
Support for collaborative community-based efforts to conserve and restore important natural landscapes in order to ensure economic vitality and ecological health.
Sonoran Institute: $25,000
General Support — Swan Valley, Montana
Community outreach to engage local residents in land and resource management planning and decision-making.
Swan Ecosystem Center: $22,000
Advocacy
General Support — Clark Fork/Pend Oreille Basin, Montana
Oversight of Superfund programs to ensure restoration and protection of water quality and fisheries, and create a model for interdependent ecological restoration, economic redevelopment and cultural revitalization in the upper Clark Fork River watershed.
Clark Fork Coalition: $20,000
General Support — Lolo and Clearwater National Forests, Montana
Statewide advocacy and coalition building addressing protection of wilderness areas in the northern Bitterroot Mountains.
Great Burn Study Group: $28,500
General Support — Montana
Advocacy and educational outreach on behalf of wildlife conservation and effective game and hunting management/ regulation
Montana Wildlife Federation: $25,000
Forest and Travel Plan Campaign — Montana
Statewide advocacy and coalition building to ensure protection for Wilderness Study Areas and roadless lands is included in National Forest plan revisions and travel plans, and in resource management plan revisions for BLM lands.
Montana Wilderness Association: $75,000
Protection, Not Pollution Campaign — Montana
Advocacy and outreach campaign to protect environmental legislation and the regulatory system.
Natural Resources Defense Council: $37,500
General Support — Montana
Statewide advocacy and grassroots organizing focusing on protection of water quality and the regulation of mining and oil and gas development.
Northern Plains Resource Council: $25,000
Collaboration Models — Interior West
Policy analysis, technical support, advocacy, and public outreach in support of four model collaborative resource management initiatives.
The Wilderness Society: $50,000
General Support — Yaak Valley, Montana
Management planning, advocacy, and public education to secure permanent protection for remaining roadless areas in the Yaak Valley and to encourage economic development based on ecological restoration and production of value-added forest products.
Yaak Valley Forest Council: $27,500
Education
Headwaters News — Interior West
Collation and web-based dissemination of news reports and editorial commentary concerning issues and events affecting the Interior West.
Center for the Rocky Mountain West: $5,000
Red Lodge Clearinghouse — Interior West
Maintenance and development of the Red Lodge Clearinghouse website.
University of Colorado Natural Resources Law Center: $90,000
Curriculum Enrichment — Swan Valley, Montana
Development of model rural primary school curricula including preschool, gifted & talented, music, and drama programs.
Seeley Lake Elementary School: $107,000
Curriculum Enrichment — Swan Valley, Montana
Core support for music and Spanish programs.
Swan Valley Elementary School: $17,422
General Support — Montana
Statewide radio programming.
Yellowstone Public Radio KEMC/KBMC: $5,000