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OUR COMMITMENT TO PLACE

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MISSION The mission of the Montana

Wilderness Association is to work with communities

to protect Montana’swilderness heritage,

quiet beauty, and outdoortraditions now, and for future generations.

VALUESTenacity. Thoughtfulness.Innovation. Collaboration.Courage. The values you

cherish are our values, too.

VISION The Montana WildernessAssociation envisions

a future where from therugged mountains to

the vast prairies Montana’swild places are protected, connected, and restoredbecause Montanans valuewildness as essential to ourheritage and way of life.

Dear Friends,

Montana’s natural heritage and way of life are defined by wild places. They provide for values that are essential to life—values such as clean air and water that replenish our bodies and vast open spacesthat renew our spirits. They sustain us. They inspire us. Montana’s wild places are strongholds for wildlife such as grizzly bears, wolverines, wolves, lynx, elk, bighorn sheep, and native trout. For people and wildlife,Montana’s wild places sustain a community of life.

Because our wild places are far too valuable to be lost to entrenched ideologies and the politics of division, the Montana Wilderness Association is committed to bringing people together from all walks of life to craft place-based solutions that result in the permanent protection of our wild natural heritage. By reaching out and engaging people from all walks of life, we are building community.

Thanks to your generous support the Montana Wilderness Association has built a growing community of wilderness advocates by engaging businesses, recreationists, churches, hunters and anglers, ranchers,students, and recent war veterans. This diverse community finds common ground based on a sharedcommitment to the lands that define a way of life.

In 2013 the Montana Wilderness Association stood arm in arm with this diverse community of advocates to:

• Significantly advance the Rocky Mountain Front Heritage Act and the Forest Jobs and Recreation Acttoward passage in the U.S. Congress;

• Garner considerable recognition from the U.S. Department of Interior’s Bureau of Land Management for the protection of vast stretches of prairie wildlands;

• Guide local residents toward a vision for the protection of the northern extension of the Yellowstone ecosystem—the Gallatin Range;

• Engage more volunteers than ever before in stewarding the Continental Divide Trail—a trail that ensures solitude for people and safe passage for wildlife such as grizzly bears and lynx;

• Lead a community partnership to unanimously support the protection of over 83,000 acres of wilderness in the Whitefish Range;

• Deepen local residents’ connection to the Scotchman Peaks and Cabinet Mountains; and• Help students and recent war veterans experience Montana’s wild places and become a voice for the protection of those lands.

Protecting wilderness by building community is the Montana WildernessAssociation’s commitment to place. Thank you, for your commitment to place—a commitment to protect the very lands that make Montana, Montana.

Brian Sybert, Executive Director

Scott Friskics, State Council President

WILDERNESS AND COMMUNITYOUR COMMITMENT TO PLACE

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PROTECTED, CONNECTED,RESTOREDThis year, MWA defined our values andcrafted a bold vision that requires us tolead with hope and passion, to bringtogether our fellow citizens and establishan enduring wilderness ethic that isresilient to changes in technology,demographics, and politics. SUMMER

OF LEE Celebrating was a perfect way to connect thebroader GallatinCounty communitywith wildlands’ vital role inproviding clean air and water, wildlife habitat, and recreation. Events emphasizedhow the Lee Metcalf Wilderness came to be protected, and urged participants to complete the legacy/vision of SenatorLee Metcalf.

WHITEFISH RANGEPARTNERSHIPThis unprecedented agreement between very diverse interests could be the basis ofsolution-oriented legislation that designates83,000 acres of wilderness in the WhitefishRange, opening doors that protect placeslike Mount Hefty and Thompson-Seton.

PRAIRIE WILDERNESSINVENTORIESMWA worked with students from RockyMountain College to inventory prairie lands for their wilderness characteristics.The surveys results were put into maps and pictures and presented to the Bureau of Land Management to be considered in their management plans.

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RENEWED INSP IRAT ION & COMMITMENT

The Montana WildernessAssociation envisions afuture where from therugged mountains to thevast prairies Montana’swild places are protected,connected, and restoredbecause Montanans valuewildness as essential to our heritage and way of life.

2013 HIGHLIGHTS

CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TRAILThe CD trail projects in Montana built greaterawareness in local communities as well asthroughout the nation. We had significantlymore participation this year, as more peoplerecognize the importance of the spine of thecontinent and the lands that shape this trail.

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From left, landowners and friends John Frederick, Larry Wilson, FrankVitale, and Bob Brown take in the views form atop Mt. Thompson-Setonin the Whitefish Range.

MWA staff in the LeeMetcalf Wilderness.

STRONG YOUNG LEADERSHIPNexGen helped young people becomeeffective citizen advocates by fulfillingtheir civic duty of voting. MWA’s MontanaOutdoor Heritage Project amplified ourvoices through nonpartisan voterengagement designed to increase support for Montana’s Great Outdoors.

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We face formidable challenges fromthose who would drill, develop, and overrunexisting wildlands. We stand firm in theconviction that Montanans with diverseinterests can find significant common groundand support policies that protect our cleanair and water, wildlife habitat, and wildessence that makes Montana, Montana.

BADGER-TWO MEDICINEOil and gas developers are trying to force energy drilling in the Badger. MWA has partnered to intervene in the legal challenge, and is reaching out to theBlackfeet Tribe in an effort to craft a long-term vision for protecting the pricelessBadger-Two Medicine region.

BEARTOOTH FRONTChilling words from an oil and gasexploration company compared theBeartooth Front to the Bakken oilfields. With our new office in Billings, MWA is uniquely positioned to mobilize members,locals, and partners to prevent energydevelopment from impacting the wildlands of the Beartooth Front.

DIVIDED NO MOREMany positive indicators point to developinga strategy to permanently protect theroadless areas that stretch from Butte to thesouthern end of the Scapegoat Wilderness.Connected landscapes are essential forwildlife to thrive, and MWA is fully engagedin the Helena and Lewis & Clark forest andtravel planning processes.

ISLAND RANGESDecades of work and upcoming forestplanning provides an important vehicle todefine and protect the ecological integrity ofour island ranges. MWA’s outreach to localsand landowners will help craft a vision for long-term conservation of theseirreplaceable, isolated roadless areas.

STUDENT VETERANSASSOCIATION AT UM–MISSOULAThis was our first year of leading small groups of young war veterans on safe,guided backpack trips, in hopes theymay find wildlands to be a place ofhealing and restoration.

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Veterans on a picture-perfect day in the West Big Hole.

TRISTAN PERSICOMWA is reaching out to veterans, to connectthem with wild places as a source of realhealing and solace, goodwill, and positivepolitical strength.

Tristan went into the military right out ofhigh school. This combat veteran now liveswith his growing family in Missoula, wherehe took on MWA’s fledgling veteransoutreach for his college internship. “Thisprogram gives everybody a chance to getout with other veterans, with somebodythey can relate to,” he said. “Wilderness is a perfect place to do that.”

Tristan helped build their family cabin in the Garnet Mountains and goes to the mountainsthroughout western Montana as often aspossible. “One of the coolest things I’ve ever seen was a golden eagle running andhopping along the ground, chasing a smallmammal under a heavy forest canopy.” (It got it.)

“Wild land in Montana is Montana,” hecontinued. “That’s where all the tourismmoney come from. It’s our watersheds, our pulse, the carotid artery for the state.”

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NEXGEN WILDERNESS LEADERSOUR COMMITMENT:

From the ridges of the Gallatin Range to the halls of the Montana State Capitol,the NexGen Wilderness Leaders Program is connecting Montana youth with wildplaces and harnessing new energy for our campaigns.

Passion for wild country begins with quiethorseback rides through the woods, canoetrips on placid lakes, and cross-countryskiing through winter wonderlands. Our innovative partnership, the OutdoorExplorers Mentoring Program, is introducingunderserved and underprivileged youth tothe joys of outdoor recreation on 30 trips in Missoula, Helena, and Bozeman, and it is rapidly becoming a national model.

Meanwhile, MWA’s University of Montanaand Montana State University WildernessAssociations have hit their stride. Throughthe Montana Outdoor Heritage Project, a nonpartisan collaborative effort tomobilize voters in support of Montana’sgreat outdoors, MWA student volunteerseducated thousands of Montanans by

canvassing door-to-door and targeting large events. Their efforts turned out 72 percent of voters contacted between theages of 18 and 29 to the polls, far exceedingthe statewide average of 40 percent. Thetrend-setting UM W.I.L.D. Haus (WildernessIntegrated Living Dormitory), founded bythe UM Wilderness Association, is the firstwilderness-themed dorm in the nation,attracting 50 students to weekly meetingswhere they foster a campus-wide culture of wilderness stewardship, advocacy, and adventure.

We may be educating young people tocarry the torch forward, but the reality is that they are already on fire.

“It’s really about the passion young peoplebring to us. Our dedication to inspiring,training, and mobilizing tomorrow’swilderness leaders is, hands down, what makes MWA such a unique andeffective advocacy group.”–Zack Porter, NexGen Wilderness Leaders Program Director

NEXGEN P RO F I L E

Ford Creek near the Benchmark camping area west of Augusta.

Outdoor Explorers participants hold acutthroat trout on the Blackfoot River.

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The Continental Divide Trail programgrew this year. More 20- and 30-somethingsstepped up their volunteering (50% ofvolunteers were under the age of 40),adding zest and youthful humor to theband of experienced volunteers.

Three elements kept this program thriving:unequivocal support from the MWACouncil, enthusiastic volunteers, and apartnership with the U.S. Forest Service,which, despite federal cutbacks, kept intact most of the CDT funding.

Montana currently has the greatestshortfalls in trail linkages, but also the moston-the-ground activity compared to otherCDT states. When complete, the northern

CDT will be nearly a thousand miles ofnon-motorized trail and provide safepassage for wildlife.

At-risk youth from the Salish-KootenaiUpward Bound program and youth fromDillon’s Montana Youth ChallengeAcademy amazed the CDT staff andvolunteers. “It’s unbelievable to hear where they were in life and the strugglesthey have overcome,” said Shannon Freix. “I’m glad CDT Montana has the chance to offer them additional life skills beforethey head out on their own.”

CDT volunteers are young, they are old.They backpack, they dayhike, They lovehorses, they love bicycles. Together, theycreated miles of new trails, salvageddamaged trails, posted signs, divertedrunoff, moved rocks, built fences, and ateevery single thing offered. Boy howdy, did they eat.

“Every place on the Divide has a differentpersonality. This year I really started tolearn more about the Big Hole, thatquintessential Montana landscape whereour waters begin, where the animalsmigrate, where people live off the land.It’s what I think Montana really is.”–Shannon Freix, CDT Program Manager

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JEN DOWNING“Being in the wild is being surroundedby everything that’s right with ourworld. I feel a calmness I can’t getanywhere else. When you’re given a gift, and wilderness is a gift, you should say thank you, and give back.”

And so Jen went online and foundMWA, found the CDT projects, andsigned on. This Great Falls native builtswitchbacks, built a barrier to keepATVs off the path and, with threeothers, moved a huge boulder to keeppeople on the trail at a tight corner. “It was all about working together, and perseverance,” she said. “What a great memory.”

A complete CDT will provide safe passage for wildlife including elk.

CDT Montana crew members put up a blockway for motorized vehicles that still allows foot, bike and horse travelers to enter.

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This was a year of focused attention on thetwo thirds of Montana that is not mountains.The Bureau of Land Management (BLM)released three draft Resource ManagementPlans (RMPs) spanning 5.6 million acres, andMWA was ready to participate. Our newstaffer in Billings, Cameron Sapp, hit theground running, helping Rocky MountainCollege students who—undeterred by the

greatest downpour seen in decades—bravedthe gumbo to add significantly to the 2011prairie inventories. MWA members wroteletters to the editor, testified at hearings, and organized to help in numerous ways.

MWA had a deeply rewarding momentwhen BLM’s Hi-Line staff held up ourwilderness inventories as an example of“substantive new information” necessary to

the RMP process, which will help determinehow these areas will be managed in thefuture. As a result of MWA’s advocacy and inventory work, the acreage of landsidentified as having wilderness characteristicsis likely to increase in all three districts.

Mark Good, MWA Field Representative,“Next we’ll focus on inventorying wild lands in the BLM Lewistown district. RockyMountain College students will again help,but we also will partner with students at the University of Great Falls.”

MWA staff is also spearheading a multi-partner geotourism project that promotestourism in southeastern Montana byhighlighting the little-known wild lands,history, culture, and recreationalopportunities of this diverse landscape.Equally important, this collaborativeundertaking will help foster local alliances.

“I was staffing our table at the FarmersMarket in Billings when someone stoppedby to say what he thought about our “big anti-hunting, lock-up-the-land” group.I told him we’re actually about preservingtraditional uses across our landscape, andwe talked some more. And some more.And then he joined MWA.”–Cameron Sapp, Prairie Wildlands Outreach Coordinator

PRAIRIE WILDLANDSOUR COMMITMENT:

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Sunset over Frenchman Creek, one of the prairie wildlands identified as having wilderness characteristics.

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P RA I R I E P RO F I L E

BERNARD QUETCHENBACHBernie teaches at MSU-Billings, a cityhe notes is “connected not only toYellowstone and to major ranges of theRockies, but to several island ranges, to badlands, and to the prairies.”

Bernie loves to hike, and hasvolunteered with MWA for aboutseven years. “MWA is working for theprotection of rare prairie ecosystemsand large stretches of wild mountaincountry; as the climate continues towarp, both are going to be crucial,” he said.

He recalled watching a huge prairiestorm during an outing to HalfbreedLake National Wildlife Refuge. “It wasimpressive,” he said. “The light wascoming in under the clouds andlanding on the sage and rabbitbrush. It was spectacular.” Unbeknownst to him, that same storm was busydropping a tornado that ripped theroof off the Billings Metra arena.

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Our work in northwestern Montana haseverything to do with meeting peoplewhere they are. We built more connectionsthis year, with mountain bikers, loggers,motorized users, and landowners, and triedto bridge gaps between opposing points of view. After working for months on aWhitefish Range Partnership subcommittee,talking and talking until we could find somecommon ground, our facilitator finallycalled for a vote. When it was positive, youcould feel the gigantic relief in the room.That’s 84,000 acres that we recommendstay wild, complete with lines on a map.

Wilderness is out of the basement innorthwestern Montana; we’re proud ofMWA’s practical, collaborative solutionsthat can help inform and influence theForest Service in land managementpractices. We moved the field office toWhitefish and opened a new part-timeoffice in Libby, partnering with Friends of the Scotchman Peaks Wilderness for the upcoming 50th anniversary of TheWilderness Act. Staffers organized fourbrewery tours to engage existing and newmembers and publicize the WildernessWalks. And, we sponsored high quality

educational programs. We saw all newpeople at Brian Baxter’s compass- andmap-reading course in Libby and Kalispell,offered a popular Wilderness First Aid 101class in Libby, and led an interpretive hike,“A Naturalist’s View of the WhitefishRange.” These really brought new peopleinto the fold, people who love to getoutside and learn.

We are keeping our members engaged,establishing allies, and attracting newadvocates. It’s good to work with diverse partners.

“The day after our Whitefish Partnershipvote I received all sorts of phone callsexpressing appreciation for all the hard work. One North Fork landownerdropped by the office and gave me ahistorical cookbook that was signed bynumerous people to show appreciation.What a sweet gesture!”–Amy Robinson, Northwest MontanaWilderness Campaign Director

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BRIAN BAXTERCurrently a writer and outdoor educationalinstructor, Brian Baxter believes humanlife, wildlife, and the ecosystems of wildplaces are fragile, and deserve delicatecare and good stewardship. He has spent many of his diverse careers in theoutdoors, about which he said, “I’ve beenvery fortunate to have sold most of mynine lives at a dear price, surviving a

standoff with a mountain lion, a close callwith death from heat exhaustion, beingtreed by a black bear, chased off an elk killby a grizzly, turned around in a blizzardwhile hunting, and a fall through the iceinto 40 feet of water while fishing, amongother adventures. Happily, my morenumerous encounters have been beautiful,magical, and soul-stirring moments!”

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The Ten Lakes area of the Kootenai National Forest has been a designated Scenic Area since 1964.

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THE GALLATIN COMMUNITY

The population here is booming, andMWA intends to create a booming publicdemand for wilderness in the GallatinRange. Residents already recognize thattheir cherished wildlife needs protectedhabitat, and that they themselves wantwide open spaces for their descendants.MWA is also emphasizing the critical issue of pristine watersheds: more than 85 percent of Bozeman’s drinking wateroriginates in the range we are working to protect.

We are building alliances with traditionaland nontraditional partners: hunters,recreationists, river enthusiasts, wildlifeadvocates, and more. Our support frombusinesses is growing, and we are engaging the community to emphasize that we work to protect wildlands and we work to enhance our communities.

The Summer of Lee was a grand success,with hundreds of people participating inevents and outings celebrating the 30thanniversary of the Lee Metcalf Wilderness,lots of media coverage, and thousandssigning on as Facebook fans in just a fewmonths. We are proud that former staff and

citizens who worked to get that bill passedwere finally provided a platform to tell their stories of past success. Many of thosestories had never been heard, addingdouble value for old-timers and the newgeneration of wilderness advocates whowere hearing them for the first time.

“I feel a lot of creative freedom to comeup with new ways to approach our work.We’ve launched mini-campaigns, bigcelebrations, and just showed up in asmany places as we can. Our persistenceis paying off. And, it’s fun.”–John Todd, Southwest MontanaWilderness Campaign Director

FAITH DOTYFaith Doty, MWA’s NexGen Wilderness Fellow for the MSU–Bozeman Campus,grew up near Flathead Lake, and now livesin Bozeman. She invites college students touse public lands and wild lands, and thenprovides opportunities to be involved inwilderness initiatives. She is proud of theMSU student group, saying that students areengaged and interested in advocacy. Forinstance, she hosts letter-writing parties ather house, where they have a potluck, lookat maps, and then write stories and collect

pictures of their times in the wilderness. As part of the Bring Them Togetherinitiative, Montanans statewide have written 450 letters, and at 500 the letters will be packaged and delivered toCongressman Steve Daines.

Why does she do all this? “Wildernessexemplifies the character of Montana,” shesaid, “it keeps our state alive and functioning.Knowing I can go to the great expanses of wildlands gives me peace of mind.”

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GA L L AT I N P RO F I L E

A hiker assesses the view from high in the Gallatin Range.

More than 85 percent of Bozeman’s drinking water originates in the Gallatin Range.

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Thanks to Montana SenatorsMax Baucus and Jon Tester, the RockyMountain Front Heritage Act and theForest Jobs and Recreation Act are movingthrough Congress, buoyed up via letters,testimony, phones calls, and letters toeditors. We are seeing tremendous supportfrom business partners, sportsmen,recreationists, and others who care deeplyabout these uniquely collaborative,Montana-made solutions. More and more,the business community is seeing the localeconomic value of wilderness, as well as itsessential role in a healthy ecosystem. Webelieve we have an excellent forecast ofdesignating the first new wilderness inMontana in three decades, of protecting1.3 million acres in various ways.

Meanwhile, we are not holding still. MWAcontinues to talk with new stakeholdergroups, always looking for new ways topartner. Here at home, in the 2013 session,a bipartisan majority of Montana legislatorsstopped—three times!—a proposal tooppose the Forest Jobs and Recreation Act.Those legislators understood thatMontana’s intact landscapes hold immense significance.

Our Rocky Mountain Front field officeestablished a solid relationship with theGlacier Two Medicine Alliance, sharing thegoal of permanent protection for theBadger-Two Medicine area. Staff is

reaching out more in Great Falls, buildingpartnerships across lines of interest. Weintend to earn respect from the BlackfeetTribe, hoping to partner with them onprotection efforts for the Badger-TwoMedicine, their sacred land.

“MWA looks through the eyes of acommunity, respecting the importance of sportsmen, ranchers, tourism, and businesses. We look at wholecommunities in order to plug intodifferent levels of problems—environmental, social, economic—to find out where it makes sense to build partnerships across lines ofinterest. I love it.”–Casey Perkins, Rocky Mountain FrontCampaign Director

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DANA GLEASONThere are certainly cheaper places tobuild backpacks than Montana, but incase you haven’t been paying attentionDana Gleason and Mystery Ranch aren’t in the business of building cheapproducts. “We got our start in 2000 with a handful of dedicated employees. Now we have over 100 folks working in Bozeman,” Gleason said. But therugged mountains of southwestMontana serve as more than a source of inspiration for Mystery Ranchproducts—it’s home to a growingworkforce that relishes wide-openplaces after they clock out.

Making quality outdoor gear requiresgreat skill, but the work of MysteryRanch and Gleason doesn’t end withbackpacks. The company is part ofBusinesses for Montana’s Outdoors, a new and growing movement that is recognizing how our public lands are providing Montana with a realbusiness advantage. Like Dana, otherentrepreneurs around the state arerealizing that access to recreationopportunities, including world-classhunting, hiking, and skiing, is attractive to potential employees.

Dana Gleason loves Montana’s Madison Range, “plain and simple.” In fact, it was the Spanish Peaks thatinspired him to brand one of his packs after the area’s namesake: TheMetcalf. Gleason reflects on his climbingand skiing adventures when askedabout his conservation ethos, “If wedon’t act now to protect access to clean water and land it will be too late.”That’s why Mystery Ranch is MysteryRanch is a strong supporter of the Forest Jobs and Recreation Act and theRocky Mountain Front Heritage Act.

MWA continues to build partnerships across lines of interest, sharing thegoal of permanent protection of special areas on the Rocky Mountain Front.

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$25,000 AND ABOVECampion FoundationLiz Claiborne & Art Ortenberg Foundation

Conservation Alliance Chuck & Gerry Jennings Kendeda FundMary StarrPEW Charitable Trusts State of Montana Dept. of Registration & Licensing

U.S. Forest Service Wilburforce Foundation Wyss Foundation

$10,000 – $24,999 Cinnabar Foundation Cross Charitable Foundation Mollie Kieran Solberg Manufacturing, Inc. Weeden Foundation

$5,000-$9,999 Anonymous Donation Christian & Nora Hohenlohe Jill Baumler & Robert Mannisto

Jerry Metcalf Foundation

$1,000-$4,999 Allegra Marketing Anonymous Donation Thomas & Currie Barron Bob & Shirley Bayley William & Kim Birck Cornelius & Angela Bliss Erik & Britt Bodtker CARS, Inc. Brenda & Swep Davis David DeBruin & Elizabeth Taylor

Linda & Shaun Deola Enterprise Holdings Foundation

Fanwood Foundation Charles & Anne Ferrell

Forest Fire Lookout Association

Michael & Cleo Gewirz Jorge Granja MD & Mary Maltese

Randall & Nora Gray V. Lee Harrison C. Christina Heliker Daphne Herling & Stephen Seninger

Roger Jenkins & Suzanne McDonald

Beth & Lynn Kaeding Kenneth & Barbara Kaufman Rosemary & Kim Keating Craig Kenworthy & Karen Larsen

Mary & Terry Kohler Carl Kravitz & Elizabeth Werner

John & Gale Kuglin Michael Lebwohl Lewis and Clark Community Foundation

Peter Markalunas & Linda Schmidt

Addrien MarxPeter & Kathleen Metcalf Christopher & Jan Moore and Family

Jim Munoz William & Linda Musser Patagonia David Philips William Rahr Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Laura & David Roe Bernard Rose LeRoy & Diana Schramm J. David & Jackie Slovak SmartWool Advocacy Fund Farwell Smith & Linda McMullen

Edward Sohl Timothy Speyer David & Patti Steinmuller Sharon & Richard Stewart William & Susie Taylor Sally & Richmond Thomason Tim & Kathy Crawford Wiliam & Kristina Udall Robert & Jacquinot Weisenbach

Peter White Donald & Bente Winston

$500-$999 David & Sandi Ashley Base Camp Jim Beeman Black Diamond Equipment Blackfoot River Brewing Co. Lex Blood The Boeing Company Lee & Judy Boman Bridger Brewing Company LLCGretchen Carrick S. Wayne Chamberlin Sheila Coy Kimberly Dale Joseph & Elizabeth Davidson Jo Ann & Bert Eder Jesse Feathers Norman & Sue Ann Fleet Scott Friskics & Jennifer Smith

Alan & Deborah Gill Barbara & Jerome Glickman Good Food Store Daniel & Marjorie Harper Charlie & Catherine Hasskamp

Daniel Bennett & Judith Hinderks-Bennett

M. Brooke & Maria Hunter Ann & Paul Jeremiassen Marthea Johnson Caroline & Willis KurtzJohn Larson & Carol Barnes

Thank you to each andevery member for yourcommitment to place—a commitment to protectthe very lands that makeMontana, Montana.

Marc Lee & Linda OlsonDavid Lehnherr Curtis & Rolane Meyer Joshua Meyer Michael Forsberg Galley Robin Tawney Nichols & William Nichols

Susan & Roy O’Connor Eva & Duncan Patten Karen Porter Timothy & Jennifer Redlin Peter Romatowski & Suzanne Bonner Romatowski

John Schieffelbein & Julie Wood

John & Katherine Schmid James Schrock Janet Sperry Marianne Spitzform Steele Wines, Inc. Brian & Vanessa Sybert Dennis & Michelle Tighe Valley Bank of Helena The Winky Foundation Sherri & Dave Wood Andrew Zimet & Linda Farmer

$250-$499 Rosalind & Robert Abernathy Susan Augustson Anne & Jim Banks Bruce & Lyn Benedict Don & Joan Bishop

Elizabeth Blank Albert Borgmann Rebecca Boslough & Elaine Samuel

Roger & Noreen Breeding Buff, Inc. C. Burt Caldwell & Marty SmithMary & Peter Carparelli Susan & William Carpenter Wendy & David Coggins Counter Assault Tom Deveny Helen & Donald Edwards Kim Ellis Doug & Melinda Ferrell Joanne & Richard Fisher Eliza Frazer & Barry HoodBradley & Deidra FullerJohn & Lynn Garberson Raymond Geyer & Jeanne Dussault-Geyer

Glacier Bank Kevin & Kim Gordon John & Joanne Gordon Green Hanger Barbara Gregovich Dexter & Alisa Hale William Hallinan & Marita Martiniak

Carol Haverlandt Susan Lynn Hawthorne & Adel Johnson

Ruth Hayward

James Hinde & Lynn O’MalleyTerri Hogan Halford & Kathy Holte Elisabeth Hudnutt Janet Hulme Jeffrey & Cristi Hunnes and Family

Ginger Hushka Judith Hutchins Gail & Bob Jamin Peter, Elizabeth, Seamus & Ruby Jennings

Winthrop & Minette Jessup Daniel & Nancy Jochem Pamela Kellogg & Stephen Porter

Dick & Kristi Kendall Terence Lammers Roger & Sue Lang Juanita Lichty Greg Lind Albert Lindler & Kristi DuBoisClinton Loomis & Mary FriezeJeanne Macpherson Beverly Magley Karen & Vann Manly David & Arlene Mari John & Marcia Maynard Gordon McConnell Robert McKelvey Deva McKnight Erik Meis Robin & Theron Miller

Bonnie & Robert Minto Colleen Moore Morrison, Sherwood, Wilson, & Deola

Mountain Valley FoodsLoretta Mullins Phil & Mary Newhall Susan Nimick Kevin Oliver Eric & Victoria Ossowski Alan & Rachel Peura Robin Poole Andrea Powers & Tammy Bugarin

Albert & Debbie Randzio John & Beth Repke Marilyn Reynolds & Bruce Harris

Riverbend Publishing Co. John & Mary Robbins Les Rutledge Gene & Linda Sentz Mark & Karen Sheets Spencer Shropshire & Susan Epstein

Mark Slovak Jeanette Smith June & Dale Sprout Carol St. Helen Alan Stacey John Stephenson John & Susie Stephenson-Love

Karen & Mike Stevenson Linda Stoll & Frank CotePorter Storey Richard & Suzanne Thweatt Terry Trieweiler Evie Ugrin Ronald & Kitty Ullman Bob Waldron Norm & Catherine Weeden Larry & Myrt Westphal Susan Whitmore Kathleen Wilke Thomas Winston & Shasta Grenier

Jeff Wongstrom Steven Woodruff Joe Woodward Jo Ann Wright Yellowstone Track Systems, Inc.

$1-$249Thank you to our committedmembers who are thefoundation of the MontanaWilderness Association.

Thank you to all who support our work with their payroll deductions and pledges through Montana Shares.

Thank you to the participants of the Wild Bunch, our monthly givingprogram.

Jose & Michele AcostaLaurie Yung & John AdamsRyan Augustine David & Teri BallGuy Bateman Mike & Lisa BayDaniel Bennett & Judith Hinderks-Bennett

Joanne Bernard Lex Blood

Linda Borton Raymond & Joyce BrownWilliam Bryson Sara & James BuleyRichard Canfield & Deborah Haydon-Canfield

Mary & Peter CarparelliPat & Beverly ClanceyNancy Clark Rebecca Collins Terry & Sharon Copenhaver

Karen Crogan Kimberly Dale Betsy De Leiris James Doyle Jesse Feathers Joanne and Richard Fisher Gabe FurshongMichael Geurin

Nick Grener Sherrill Halbe Jim & Tammy HelsperDaphne Herling & Stephen Seninger

Desiree Holm Walter Tingle & Thea HolmesDorothy & Glenn JohnsonRalph Knapp Leonard Kopec Sidney Kurth Jo Lamey Fred & Susan LaRoqueRichard Latterell Karen & Vann ManlyJudy Marshall Michael & Katie McGrew

Ken Miller Christopher & Jan Moore

Paul & Leslie MulliganLoretta Mullins Jim Munoz Terry Deal & Janice Munzke-Deal

Dan & Mary O’BrienWilliam & Kathleen OlmstedLaura & Darin ParrCaroline & Max PerkinsDavid Philips H. Wayne Phillips & Marilyn Schneider

Magda Podlipny Kassia Randzio & Zack Porter

Sheila & Charlie RiceLynda Saul Jennifer SevernsStanley & Constance Skousen

Janet Sperry Marianne SpitzformBruce Spring Alan Stacey David & Patti SteinmullerSharon Stevenson Jessy Stevenson Joe SwierkoszJames & Leiana Thormahlen

Jacob Troyer & Lisa Crowley

Peter & Laura WakemanNorm & Catherine WeedenJeannine Willison Larry Winslow Joe WoodwardCynthia Wrinkle

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Individual Giving $ 511,502

Foundation Grants $ 870,571

Investments $ 246,732

Sales $ 14,302

Other $ 15,757

Total Revenues $1,658,864

REVENUE

Conservation Programs $1,128,752

Administration $ 153,603

Fundraising $ 155,479

Total Expenses $1,437,834

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On September 30, 2013,the Montana Wilderness Association had:

• Total assets of $3,933,419, liabilities of $624,193, and net assets of $3,309,206.

• $2,520,498 unrestricted and $198,854 temporarily restricted assets

• $724,987 in fixed assets, and• $589,874 in permanently restricted endowment funds

Revenues for the year were $1,658,864 and expenses were $1,437,834.

Notes: The Montana WildernessAssociation is a nonprofit, tax-exemptorganization under 501(c)3 of the Internal Revenue Code.

This financial information is drawn fromaudited financial statements by theaccounting firm Anderson Zurmuehlen.

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Eastern Wildlands ChapterPO Box 22045Billings, MT 59104mwaewc@wildmontana.org

Flathead-Kootenai Chapter750 2nd St. W, Suite AWhitefish, MT 59937mwafkc@wildmontana.org

Island Range Chapter1400 First Ave No Great Falls, MT 59401mwairc@wildmontana.org

Madison-Gallatin Chapter321 E. Main St. Ste 418Bozeman, MT 59715mwamgc@wildmontana.org

Shining Mountains Chapter127 N. Higgins, Ste 301 Missoula, MT 59802mwasmc@wildmontana.org

Wild Divide Chapter80 S. WarrenHelena, MT 59601mwawdc@wildmontana.org

FIELD OFFICES

BILLINGS FIELD OFFICE3318 3rd Ave. N Suite 204Billings MT 59101

Cameron SappPrairie Wildlands Coordinatorcsapp@wildmontana.org

BOZEMAN FIELD OFFICE321 E. Main St. Ste 418Bozeman, MT 59715

John ToddWilderness CampaignDirector406-404-1000jtodd@wildmontana.org

CHOTEAU FIELD OFFICEPO Box 37Choteau, MT 59422

Casey PerkinsWilderness CampaignDirector406-466-2600cperkins@wildmontana.org

GREAT FALLS FIELD OFFICE1400 First Ave N. Great Falls, MT 59401

Mark GoodWilderness CampaignDirector406-453-9434mgood@wildmontana.org

MISSOULA FIELD OFFICE127 N. Higgins, Ste 301 Missoula, MT 59802406-541-8615

Gabe FurshongSenior Campaigns Director gfurshong@wildmontana.org

Zack PorterNexGen Program Director zporter@wildmontana.org

Kassia Randzio Development Coordinatorkrandzio@wildmontana.org

WHITEFISH FIELD OFFICE750 2nd St. W, Suite AWhitefish, MT 59937

Amy RobinsonWilderness CampaignDirector406-730-2006arobinson@wildmontana.org

CDT PROGRAM

Shannon FreixCDT Program Manager922 2nd Ave W.Kalispell, MT 59901406-499-2309sfreix@wildmontana.org

Meg KillenCDT Field Coordinator1221 6th Ave W.Columbia Falls, MT 59912406-250-3439mkillen@wildmontana.org

HELENA OFFICE

80 S. Warren St. Helena, MT 59601406-443-7350

Brian SybertExecutive DirectorExt. 104bsybert@wildmontana.org

Robert AllenDeputy DirectorExt. 109rallen@wildmontana.org

John GatchellConservation DirectorExt. 106jgatchell@wildmontana.org

Cedron JonesGIS Mapping Specialist Ext. 101mwagis@wildmontana.org

Denny LesterCommunications CoordinatorExt. 105dlester@wildmontana.org

Laura ParrOperations AssociateExt. 110lparr@wildmontana.org

Sarah Shepard Development Director Ext. 102sshepard@wildmontana.org

OFFICERS

Scott Friskics,PresidentGreat Falls

Gerry Jennings,Vice PresidentGreat Falls

Steve Caldwell,TreasurerLivingston

COUNCIL MEMBERS

Lex Blood, KalispellLee Boman, Seeley LakeMike Brown, HelenaBobbie Gilmore, WhitefishMark Hanson, MissoulaSally Hughes, LivingstonMollie Kieran, LibbyTom McDonald, PabloCharlie O’Leary, ButteBernard Rose, BillingsMarianne Spitzform, Missoula Patti Steinmuller, Gallatin Gateway

Alan Weltzien, Dillon

STAFF AND COUNCIL

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