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WINTER 2021 WHAT IT MEANS TO KEEP IT WILD
FROM THE BOARD PRESIDENT
Montana Wilderness Association works with communities MY MONTANA IS WILD MONTANA
to protect Montana’s wilderness heritage, quiet beauty, and
outdoor traditions, now and for future generations. When I came to Montana in 1979, I arrived with not
much more than a good friend, a backpack, and a
memory: my family had camped in Glacier National Park
BO A RD O FF I C ER S BO AR D OF DIRE CTO RS
when I was 10 years old. The park’s tall peaks and crystalline
Debo Powers, Polebridge Addrien Marx, Seeley Lake Larry Epstein, Essex Mark Connell, Missoula
President Immediate Past President Treasurer Camille Consolvo, Great Falls
waters were forever etched in my mind. I had to go back. It can be hard
Jeanette Hall, Bozeman work to fight for
Tim Lynch, Helena Patti Steinmuller, Bozeman Nora Hohenlohe, Missoula My friend and I pulled into the Polebridge Merc on a hot
President-elect Secretary John Larson, Kalispell what you love.
Andrew McKean, Glasgow day in July. Little did I know I’d still be here 40 years later,
H EL E N A O F F I C E
fighting for conservation from the solar cabin that took years to build.
80 S. Warren St. Laura Parr, Ext. 110 Bob Ronan, Ext. 101 Keely Damara, Ext. 112 It all started innocently enough. First I’d come for the summers, hiking and
Helena, MT 59601 Operations Director Database Manager Communications Manager
mwa@wildmontana.org lparr@wildmontana.org rronan@wildmontana.org kdamara@wildmontana.org backpacking every chance I got. North Fork legend John Frederick led me on
406-443-7350
Carl Deitchman, 406-422-3008 Kassia Randzio, Ext. 103 Darlene Hill, Ext. 111 my first Wilderness Walk into the Whitefish Range in the early 1980s, and I joined
Ben Gabriel, Ext. 104 Senior Accountant Interim Development Director Executive Assistant as an MWA member on the spot. I was hooked. Years later I’d lead Wilderness
Executive Director cdeitchman@wildmontana.org krandzio@wildmontana.org dhill@wildmontana.org
bgabriel@wildmontana.org Walks myself, introducing friends and friends-to-be to the places I love.
F I E L D S TA FF C H AP TERS And for the last decade since retiring fulltime to the North Fork, I’ve dedicated
To reach field staff by phone, BOZEMAN WHITEFISH Eastern Wildlands Chapter
my time and energy to the wild – not simply getting outdoors, but as a
dial 406-443-7350, plus their mwaewc@wildmontana.org grassroots champion for the wild. I participated in our local Whitefish Range
extension. John Todd, Ext. 107 Matt Bowser, Ext. 120
Deputy Director Stewardship Director Flathead-Kootenai Chapter Partnership, and after 13 months of talking and listening, stakeholders
MISSOULA jtodd@wildmontana.org mbowser@wildmontana.org mwafkc@wildmontana.org unanimously agreed to new conservation protections. The result? About
Kayje Booker, Ext. 106 Ted Brewer, Ext. 108 Sonny Mazzullo, Ext. 121 Southwestern Wildlands Chapter 80,000 acres of Recommended Wilderness in my beloved Whitefish Range.
Advocacy and Communications Director Stewardship Manager mwaswc@wildmontana.org
Engagement Director tbrewer@wildmontana.org smazzullo@wildmontana.org
kbooker@wildmontana.org Island Range Chapter It’s easy to fall in love with Montana, but it can be hard work to fight for what
Noah Marion, Ext. 119 Allie Maloney, Ext. 116 mwairc@wildmontana.org
you love.
Jacob Foster, Ext. 102 State Policy Director Northwest Montana Madison-Gallatin Chapter
Development Manager nmarion@wildmontana.org Field Director mwamgc@wildmontana.org
jfoster@wildmontana.org amaloney@wildmontana.org I’m proud to continue the fight as President of MWA’s board of directors. This is
Emily Cleveland, Ext. 114 Shining Mountains Chapter
Erin Clark, Ext. 117 Conservation Director BILLINGS mwasmc@wildmontana.org an exciting era, with new opportunities at the national level, and new paths
Western Montana ecleveland@wildmontana.org
Field Director Aubrey Bertram, Ext. 115
forward for state land conservation. Yes, there are unknowns ahead. But what
Wild Divide Chapter
eclark@wildmontana.org Alex Blackmer, Ext. 109 Eastern Montana Field Director mwawdc@wildmontana.org I know is this:
Communications Manager abertram@wildmontana.org
Kate Geranios, Ext. 105 ablackmer@wildmontana.org
Development Manager Wildlands are more important today than they were when my diesel Rabbit
kgeranios@wildmontana.org GREAT FALLS
rolled into town in 1979. There are more roads and more people impacting
Zach Angstead, Ext. 118 wild places and the wildlife that depend upon them. Our growing communities
Central Montana Field Director
zangstead@wildmontana.org have greater demand for clean water, outdoor recreation, and the solitude
of wilderness.
Wild Montana is a publication of Montana Wilderness Association. There’s work to be done. Huge swaths of Montana’s grasslands and forests,
Excerpts may be reprinted with permission. high peaks and deep canyons aren’t yet protected. Many areas that are
Design and layout: Real World Design. Wild Montana is printed WINTER 2021
on recycled paper. protected are isolated, and plants and animals need better connectivity
WHAT IT MEANS 4 from one island to the next, especially in the face of a changing climate.
Montana Wilderness Association is a proud member of TO KEEP IT WILD
Montana Shares and sends a huge thanks to everyone who A glimpse into the science
contributes to MWA through workplace giving. Montana Shares To achieve our vision of protecting wild Montana, we’re going to need
behind wild Montana
provides MWA with a reliable and consistent source of income every tool in our toolbox, and some new tools we haven’t come up with yet.
from participants in workplace giving campaigns.
We’re going to need to welcome more people into our movement, building
Montana Shares, PO Box 883, Helena, MT 59624
WOLVERINES AND 8
WILDERNESS an increasingly inclusive and adaptive approach to conservation.
800-823-2625 • shares@montanashares.org
www.montanashares.org Montana’s first wilderness area
in nearly 40 years is within view Thank you, as members, for your enduring commitment to wildlands, and
for joining in this journey together.
MWA has earned Charity Navigator’s highest UPDATES FROM 12
possible rating, outperforming 94% of charities THE FIELD
in America.
The latest from MWA’s on-the- Keep it wild!
ground work around the state
wildmontana.org
–Debo Powers
On the cover: Elk in winter.
facebook.com/wildmontana
Photo by Carol Fowler
instagram.com/wildmt
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Gordon Whirry
WILDNESS
Tanner Saul
SPECIES INTACTNESS
Roland Taylor
CONNECTIVITY
Zack Porter
CLIMATE PATHWAYS
WHAT IT MEANS TO
Mike Rooney
Betsy Rogan
KEEP IT WILD! Hiking along the Rocky Mountain Front. Photos on this
UNIQUENESS
page are some of the hundreds submitted to our Picture Wild Montana contest.
See the winners at wildmontana.org/photocontest.
How can we ensure the “Mommy, where do you work?” She’s wondered at the way stars what it looks like when our work
mysteriously multiply with each step to keep it wild is successful. The
full richness of Montana’s “Montana Wilderness Association.” away from a campfire. She’s the first near unanimous response? Free
landscapes – mountains, to notice the loon’s evening call. from development, thriving wildlife,
She carefully repeated back all 11 She knows wild. and some unnamed essence of
waterways, grasslands,
syllables, stumbling as she tested out wildness, perhaps freedom.
and badlands – are each sound in her small 4-year-old But how does wild, so vividly felt by Conversations ranged from praise
forever wild? voice. Then proudly, confidently, easy hearts young and old, translate into for the wild places Montana enjoys
on the tongue: “Keep it wild!” on-the-ground work to keep it wild? today – alpine lakes, deep forests,
and unbroken prairies – to concern
Despite stumbling through “wil-der- Over the course of a year, our staff for the future: What will wildlife
ness” and, even harder, “as-so-ci-a- sat down with people in the MWA need to adapt to a changing
tion,” she knows the feeling of the wild community – including volunteers, climate?
forwards and backwards. She knows staff and partners – and asked them continued
the cozy warmth of a sleeping bag. what “Keep it wild!” means and
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How can we ensure the full richness decade that will be even hotter yet,
of Montana’s landscapes – mountains, we know wildlife will need to adapt.
waterways, grasslands, and badlands Many may go up in elevation, but
– are forever wild? mountains are only so high. Plants
and animals will also need to go up in
To help answer these questions, we latitude, so we identified CLIMATE
turned to some of conservationists’ PATHWAYS: The most likely routes
dearest friends: sound science and wildlife could take to find suitable
good maps. habitat in a changing climate.
First, we put words to the definitions Finally, where does Montana fit in
we know in our hearts, beginning with nationally? When the Wilderness
WILDNESS: Places that have high Act passed in 1964, it ushered in The science is just one piece
John Todd
ecological integrity, and minimal protections for mountains and forests, of the conservation puzzle.
human modifications like roads, yet overlooked colorful buttes, bone- We also must take into account
buildings, and other development. dry badlands, and high plains. And and attend to the complex web
still today, aside from a handful of of human values and history Signs of past use within the ancestral
´ and Blackfoot.
We also evaluated SPECIES National Monuments, Wildlife that overlays these landscapes. homelands of the Northern Cheyenne,
INTACTNESS: Places still home to Refuges, and Wilderness Study Areas, Crow, Metis,
animals like lynx, wolverine, and public lands east of the Rockies are
black-footed ferrets. largely unprotected. We’re calling
this UNIQUENESS: A measure of on the horizon. In far Northwest established recreation, and resource
But many species can’t thrive on how future protections could truly Montana, the Kootenai is off the extraction. And each place and each
a scattering of wild islands. represent all landscapes. charts for species intactness, but is community calls for different tools –
Pronghorns and wolverines, grizzly largely unprotected. from Wilderness to Conservation
bears and sage grouse, all need We partnered with ecologists and a Management Areas to Wildlife
CONNECTIVITY: Routes from one cartographer to leverage best available And in far eastern Montana, there Refuges – to generate the public
protected area to the next, allowing science, mapping these values on are incredibly unique areas with no support to enact forever wild
plant and animal communities to the land. Grounded in science, this protections at all, spurring work to policies.
move in response to stressors and data helps inform our work in new reform oil and gas leasing (see
changing conditions. landscapes and in new ways. Updates, p. 13). The Continental The reality is that no matter the
Divide is a critical climate pathway, conservation tool used, protecting
And on the heels of the hottest We’re already headed in the right but it’s entirely unprotected south of all we love about the wild takes
decade on earth, heading into a direction, with new opportunities the Bob Marshall and Scapegoat people – a movement of thousands
Wilderness. We’re working with speaking up for plants and wildlife,
people in and around Lincoln, MT, for thriving communities and healthy
to extend this critical corridor waterways. It’s up to each of us to
(see p. 8 for more). broaden that movement: Welcome
new voices and new perspectives to
Of course, the science is just one the table, invite your friends and
piece – albeit a critical piece – of the neighbors to join in the movement
conservation puzzle. In addition to for a wilder Montana.
the ecology, we also must take into
account and attend to the complex We’re doubling down on our
web of human values and history commitment to wild Montana,
that overlays these landscapes, as and we’ll need your support, your
well as social and political pressures. voice, and your commitment as
We can’t protect the natural we build the strongest wildlands
What will wildlife landscape without also taking into movement Montana has known.
like this Canada lynx account the human landscape:
need to adapt to community drinking water supplies, –Kassia Randzio, interim
a changing climate? Indigenous cultures and history, development director
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“Wolverines.” That single word 11 different carnivore species inhabit 25 miles northwest of Helena as the on draft management plans – we
was about all it took to entice more the area, including wolverine, grey crow flies. We were interested to were able to convince the Forest
than 100 Helenans to spend a wolf, Canada lynx, bobcat, red fox, know what species were using this Service that Nevada Mountain
Friday evening learning about pine marten, mountain lion, and area, given its close proximity to the deserved to be recommended as a
these magnificent carnivores. grizzly bears. Crown of Continent, a vast and wild wilderness area. The agency made
region in northern Montana that that recommendation in the final
The following day, several dozen of And in the coming years, we’re encompasses Glacier National Park draft of Helena-Lewis and Clark
those attendees volunteered to spend hoping to add one more reward for and the Bob Marshall Wilderness Forest plan revision, which should
a bluebird sky Saturday wading their determination – Montana’s Complex. be finalized this summer.
through feet of snow and scouring first new Wilderness area in
the land for tracks and signs. And nearly 40 years. Back then, the findings were cause That recommendation now gives
what did they find? Mostly deer. for elation. Today, they’re grounds heft to a proposal to protect Nevada
This 2014 and 2015 volunteer study, for a new wilderness proposal. Mountain as the first designated
But the committed few who co-organized by Montana Wilderness wilderness area Montana has had
persevered through additional Association, gathered on-the-ground With that study – along with in nearly 40 years. By permanently
frostbite cold mornings and days insights to document exactly which hundreds of Montana Wilderness protecting Nevada Mountain
of winter tracking were rewarded animals made their home on and Association members speaking-up in from any kind of development (as
for their efforts: they confirmed around Nevada Mountain, just public meetings and via comments wilderness designation would do)
continued
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we can ensure that the carnivores planned spaghetti bowl of logging
identified by volunteers years ago, as roads and led a citizen-movement to
well as elk and other big game, will permanently protect the area, now
continue to have the space and the Scapegoat Wilderness.
connectivity they need to flourish.
The Lincoln Prosperity Proposal The Lincoln
The proposal to make Nevada would designate a new wilderness in Prosperity
Mountain a designated wilderness the Nevada Mountain area, expand Proposal would
area – something for which the Scapegoat Wilderness by 16,000 designate a new
conservationists from around the acres, and permanently protect more Wilderness in
the Nevada
state, including MWA, have than 63,000 acres of Conservation
Mountain area,
advocated for well over 60 years – Management Areas, a designation just 25 miles
comes from the Lincoln Prosperity pioneered by the Rocky Mountain northwest of
Group. The project dates back Front Heritage Act. Together, the Helena.
to 2015, when a coalition of tapestry of protections would protect
conservationists, outfitters, ranchers, a crucial Continental Divide
firefighters, business leaders, hunters, migration corridor for wildlife.
John Gatchell
and mountain bikers from the Tracking lynx on
Helena and Lincoln area started Running along the spine of the the Continental
collaborating on a proposal for Rocky Mountains, the Continental Divide
managing public lands near Lincoln Divide provides vital space and
area and southward along the connections for wildlife to flow
Continental Divide. between larger wild regions, such as
the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem,
MWA has been a driving force of Central Idaho, and the Crown of the as plants and animals adapt to a or relocate to, neighboring
the coalition since the beginning, Continent. That kind of connectivity changing climate. That’s why MWA communities like Helena and Lincoln,
allowing us to build on the legacy is key to the long-term survival of has worked for decades to protect and a draw for area businesses to
of wilderness protection that goes many species, especially grizzly wildlands along the Montana portion recruit and retain a talented work
back to legendary conservationist bears and wolverines, and will of the Continental Divide from roads, force attracted to the wildness that
and former MWA president, become even more important motor vehicle traffic, and energy makes Montana so extraordinary.
Cecil Garland, a store owner development.
who saved his beloved Thanks to generations of
wildlands north of Nearly visible from MWA’s main advocates who came before us,
Lincoln from a office in Helena, the proposed and the volunteers who dedicated
40,000-acre Nevada Mountain countless hours searching for
Wilderness Area would be the wolverine tracks, Montana’s capital
second designated wilderness in has the chance to get behind the
Helena’s backyard (in addition to the Nevada Mountain Wilderness
29,000-acre Gates of the Mountains proposal – a chance to
Wilderness). ensure Montana at its
wildest will remain
Already, Nevada Mountain is a key at its doorstep.
part of Helenans’ wild backyard, close
enough to access on a day hike. It –Zach Angstead,
will further enrich local communities central Montana
when permanently protected as a field director
wilderness area, joining Gates of the
Mountains as another source of pride
for residents – a powerful incentive
To learn more about the
John Gatchell
for entrepreneurs to open shop in,
Lincoln Prosperity Proposal
Wolverine hind paw track, and to become a supporter,
actual size visit lincolnprosperity.com.
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JOIN THE STATE LEGISLATIVE ACTION TEAM
The 2021 Montana Legislature looks a little bit redirect vital conservation funding from important
UPDATES FROM THE FIELD different, but one thing hasn’t changed: your voice
is still a crucial part of making sure legislators
projects. Legislators are eager to take advantage of
this window to pass laws that could cripple access,
protect our wild public lands. As we get closer to cost Montanans jobs, and weaken the safeguards
the business end of the session, chances to speak that protect our public lands, and we’re all going to
up are going to come fast and furious, and the need to work together to hold the line.
best way to stay in the loop is by joining our We’re standing ready to stop these efforts in
State Legislative Action Team. their tracks, but we won’t be able to do it without
Join the Action Team and you’ll receive your help. For decades, we’ve been strongest when
occasional text messages with information about we’ve joined voices to speak up for the places that
how you can act to defend the wild places you love. can’t speak for themselves, and 2021 is no
Better yet, you’ll only get messages when YOUR different. Thanks for being a committed
lawmakers are in a position to make change, so advocate for wild public lands and
you’ll only hear from us when your voice will be for standing strong alongside us
needed most. in this important moment.
And it will be needed. Lawmakers have already To join the Legislative
tried to push through dangerous and deceptive bills Action Team, visit
to lay the groundwork for land transfer, remove wildmontana.org/join.
protections from wilderness study areas, and
– Noah Marion, state policy director
IN PRAISE OF THE PAUSE
Our broken oil and gas leasing system has not acre – a rate that hasn’t been updated since 1987.
been updated in decades, and it’s depriving us Many leases not bid on were sold noncompetitively
of what we need to protect public lands from for $1.50 an acre. In fiscal year 2018 alone, the
mismanagement and neglect. BLM leased more than 262,000 acres of public
That’s why we applauded the executive order lands in Montana for that absurd amount.
that President Biden signed in late January, Though these leases serve no public good, the
pausing all oil and gas leasing on public lands. BLM has little choice but to sink taxpayer money
This will give the new administration and Congress into processing and administering them. That’s
time to enact new policy and pass laws that will government spending that could go towards
FIGHTING BACK AGAINST HELICOPTERS IN THE CENTENNIALS reform the country’s oil and gas leasing system improving wildlife habitat, monitoring water
and steer management of public lands towards quality, and maintaining and building trails,
Mt. Jefferson Deep in southwestern Montana, the Yellowstone Ecosystem in the winter bolstering conservation. trailheads, fishing access sites, boat ramps, and
in the Centennial Mountains Wilderness Study Area and have a negative impact on denning Currently, nearly 60% of all of all oil and gas other infrastructure that improves access and
Centennials is a critical habitat for moose, elk, deer, grizzly bears. leases in Montana, covering about 1 million acres supports our outdoor recreation economy.
wolverine, grizzly bears, and wolves. It’s not a Since we first heard about this proposal of public lands, are not being used. That’s primarily Montana is ground zero for a terrible national
place that should be the home of a helicopter back in January, many incredible grassroots because there is very little oil and gas potential on oil and gas leasing system, and MWA has been
skiing operation. advocates – people just like you– have public lands in Montana. Case in point: there at the forefront to reform that system.
Unfortunately, that’s exactly what some spoken up on behalf of the wolverines, currently isn’t a single operating oil rig in the state. If you’d like to know more about
interests are proposing. wolves, and grizzlies that would be affected But that low potential hasn’t stopped the BLM and join our effort to reform it,
The Caribou-Targhee National Forest is by heliskiing. All told, nearly 300 MWA from selling out our public lands to wildcat feel free to email me at
considering granting a temporary permit for supporters contacted the Caribou-Targhee speculators. During the Trump administration, the abertram@wildmontana.org.
heli skiing in the Centennials in winter of National Forest to explain why a commercial BLM offered up more than 442,000 acres of public
2021, with a view towards establishing a heli-skiing operation, on top of the existing lands in Montana for oil and gas development. – Aubrey Bertram, eastern
permanent operation. While this would be a problems with illegal snowmobile use around Thirty percent of the leases the BLM auctioned off Montana field director
boon for wealthy recreationists, it could be Mount Jefferson, would be imprudent for during that time went for the minimum bid of $2 an
catastrophic for the sensitive wildlife that call the Centennials.
the range home and human-powered users Once again, MWA members and
who treasure the wildness and solitude of supporters rose to the occasion. Now it’s up
the Centennials. to the Forest Service to do the right thing and
Helicopters would significantly keep helicopters out of this special area for NATIONAL SUPPORT FOR INCLUSIVE AND EQUITABLE CONSERVATION
disrupt the wild character in the good. We’re expecting a decision later this We’re honored to have been selected as one of work in partnership with Montana tribes, and
Centennials, part of which is also winter, and we’ll be sure to let you know the just 18 organizations nationwide to receive grants improve organizational infrastructure. This new
recommended Wilderness. It next steps as soon as we do. from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation to funding and national recognition is a testament to
could displace the wolverines support diversity, equity, and inclusion capacity the work we’ve done to date and our demonstrated
who range across the Greater – Emily Cleveland, conservation director building. Funds will help train staff and volunteer commitment to working towards a more inclusive
leaders, support opportunities to learn from and and equitable conservation movement.
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DONOR PROFILE
Jean & David
Schmidt
She was from Anaconda. He was from
Great Falls. She was an art teacher.
2021
WILDERNESS WALKS
We look forward to continuing Montana Wilderness Association’s
best loved program this summer, hosting more than 70 hikes
in July, August, and September, with a few adjustments:
He was an electrical engineer.
They loved fly fishing, travel, and food,
1 Preventative Covid-19 protocols will be in place to
Eric Healy
pop-up books and quirky souvenirs. keep participants safe recreating outdoors.
But most of all, they loved Montana.
2 inDetails for all walks and sign-up instructions will be
our Discover Wild Montana publication, mailed to
When Jean and David retired to members in early June.
Arizona in the 1980s, it had been most
of a lifetime since they lived in the Big Sky State. They’d come visit
whenever they could, but never often enough.
3 inWilderness
June.
Walk registration will open for members
When David passed away, Jean made the trip up alone, and said her
goodbyes from a favorite fishing hole along the Blackfoot River. And not
long after that, she joined Montana Wilderness Association as a member,
with just $20. Only members get our Discover Wild Montana book
and early Wilderness Walks sign-ups.
And she made plans to include Montana Wilderness Association in her
will, leaving a lasting legacy for Montana. She wanted to make sure the Double-check your membership expiration date above
Montana they knew and loved, complete with free flowing rivers and big your address on this newsletter. If your membership expires
open spaces, rich with wildlife and vast vistas, will be passed down to before 6/1/2021, renew now at wildmontana.org/renew
generations to come. or by returning the envelope in this newsletter.
When Jean passed away in 2018, she rejoined David along the Blackfoot
River. Their home, coin collection, napkin rings, more than 400 pop-up
books, car – a lifetime of places they loved and lived, things they’d
collected – were carefully curated and distributed, all to benefit Montana’s
history and wildlands.
We’re honored to carry forward our work for wildlands in memory
of Jean and David.
TRAIL STEWARDSHIP 2021
Volunteer Trail
Wilderness is forever. Crew Projects
If you’d like to talk about • Scapegoat
how you can have this • Pryors
• East Pioneers
kind of lasting impact
• Continental Divide
via a bequest or other Trail
planned gift, you can • Cabinets
reach interim development • Crazies
• Sapphires
director Kassia Randzio • Sluice Boxes
at (406) 830-6035 or • Snowcrests
Kevin League
krandzio@wildmontana.org. Projects are filling fast! Register or join • West Big Hole
! the waiting list: wildmontana.org/vtc • Pintlers
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