Wild Montana

We'd say Wilderness Walks are back, but they never really went away. Thanks to the hard work and dedication of Wild Montana volunteers, we’re now hosting Walks year round! In the last year, we’ve hosted over 120 all across the state. And while snowshoeing, cross-country skiing, and low-elevation spring hikes all have their charms, nothing quite beats hiking in Montana during the summer. This is our 64th summer hosting Wilderness Walks, and we’re offering over 50 Walks across the state. You can learn to identify wildflowers, peer into the cosmos, ramble to alpine lakes, summit peaks, and get to know all the wild landscapes Wild Montana’s incredible community works so hard to protect. Learn more and register: https://lnkd.in/gZKZMHyY

Celebrate National Trails Day on June 1 https://lnkd.in/gETh_CJB

We're hiring an organizing director to join our team. Here are some of the perks of working at Wild Montana: → 32-hour workweeks with Fridays off → 15 paid holidays per year → 20 paid personal days per year → 12 paid sick days per year → Paid three-month sabbatical after five years → Remote, in-person, and combo work opportunities → Health and dental insurance → Annual three-day paid staff trip to hike, camp, float, fish, and hang at one of Montana’s coolest locations https://lnkd.in/g_EcAGPX

This year we’re excited that Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative is supporting our work to advance conservation efforts in Montana's High Divide region. Each year, Y2Y funds local community work across the Yellowstone to Yukon region that supports their mission to protect and connect habitat so that wildlife and people thrive. ____ Ruby River flowing from the Snowcrest Mountains (photo by Emily Cleveland)

"Healthy, accessible public lands are vital to Montana’s economy. Their role in attracting and retaining talent and sustaining diverse businesses and the reliable customer base that relies on them is key to our state’s economic opportunities," says Marne Hayes, director of Business for Montana's Outdoors. "Thanks to recent actions by the Department of the Interior, we can now better protect our cherished public lands than ever before." https://loom.ly/WlYEibg

Come see Anne and Kelly this morning until 10:30 a.m. at Scenic Brew for Greater Helena Gives! Wild Montana will also be outside Big Dipper from 5-7 p.m. tonight. Talk to us about how we keep Montana Wild! #greaterhelenagives #keepitwild

We have some exciting news 🤩 – Wild Montana will be a beneficiary of the 2024 Wildlands Festival – happening Aug. 2 & 3 in Big Sky – along with the Greater Yellowstone Coalition and Gallatin Valley Land Trust. From our executive director, John Todd: “We are honored to participate in the Wildlands Festival. This celebration of Montana's iconic landscapes, fittingly on the eve of the 60th anniversary of the Wilderness Act, aligns perfectly with our commitment to conserving our state's public lands and waters. The festival will provide a unique opportunity to connect with friends who are equally passionate about the outdoors, and to raise funds and awareness for protecting our wild places for future generations.” You can learn more about this year's beneficiaries and how you can support our collective work at https://lnkd.in/gPCHXqjp. We appreciate Outlaw Partners for giving back to our wild public lands and waters through their annual Wildlands Festival. Now in its fourth year, the festival celebrates and supports wild and scenic lands through musical performances, fundraising, and education. Learn more at wildlandsfestival.com.

It’s here! It’s here! Last Friday, the BLM released the final Fluid Mineral Leases and Leasing Process rule, modernizing the federal onshore oil and gas leasing program. It’s hard to overstate how overdue this rule is. In a statement, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland said: “These are the most significant reforms to the federal oil and gas leasing program in decades, and they will cut wasteful speculation, increase returns for the public, and protect taxpayers from being saddled with the costs of environmental cleanups.” This new rule addresses the shortcomings the Government Accountability Office and others have identified, closing loopholes that have allowed private companies to use and abuse our public lands to feed their ever-expanding profit margins. The new oil and gas rule reforms our outdated leasing program to ensure taxpayers receive a fair return for using our publicly owned resources. The reforms will also hold oil and gas companies accountable for cleaning up their wells after production has ended so that Montanans aren’t left with a million-dollar bill to clean up messes that threaten our world-class wildlife and public lands. Learn more about what this rule will accomplish: https://lnkd.in/gtkVGb6s

We're hiring a field organizer in Bozeman! Here are a few perks of working at Wild Montana. → 32-hour workweeks with Fridays off → 15 paid holidays per year → 20 paid personal days per year → 12 paid sick days per year → Paid three-month sabbatical after five years → Remote, in-person, and combo work opportunities → Health and dental insurance → Annual three-day paid staff trip to hike, camp, float, fish, and hang at one of Montana’s coolest locations https://lnkd.in/gaKMx9CJ

The Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness celebrates its 46th anniversary this month! The A-B Wilderness was established by Congress on March 27, 1978. Most of the 944,000-acre Wilderness is managed by the Custer Gallatin National Forest in Montana. About 22,000 acres are managed by the Shoshone National Forest in Wyoming. Located north of Yellowstone National Park, the A-B is a critical landscape in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Read part II of Sean Jansen's recent trip in the A-B Wilderness. On the trip, Sean and his partner Heather took 248,992 steps, burned 26,972 calories, climbed 14,010 feet, and trekked 94.53 miles! https://loom.ly/5DYxFfQ