HELENA, Mont. One of the country s oldest grassroots conservation groups is changing its name, and also broadening its mission. The Montana Wilderness Association, founded in 1958, announced on Thursday that it will change its name to Wild Montana. .
BRETT FRENCH
After 63 years of fighting to protect wildlands, the Montana Wilderness Association is changing its name to Wild Montana.
The home-grown organization, fostered by Bozeman couple Florence and Ken Baldwin in 1958 to protect the Madison Range, officially announced the name change to its membership on Thursday.
âThe name represents the breadth of the work we do as an organization,â said Ben Gabriel, executive director of Wild Montana.
âI look forward to building a more inclusive organization,â he added.
The group has 4,415 members, 80% of which live in the state. Wild Montana also counts 13,000 people as active supporters, some of which were recruited through the group s Wilderness Walks programs in the summer and winter and annual photography contests.
Montana conservationist to be tapped to head U.S. Bureau of Land Management
A Bureau of Land Management sign near Elbow Canyon Road and Lime Kiln Canyon Road near Mesquite, Nevada. Photo by Tony Webster | Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 2.0
President Joe Biden intends to nominate National Wildlife Federation senior adviser and veteran Montana Democrat Tracy Stone-Manning to direct the Bureau of Land Management, an individual familiar with the process confirmed to States Newsroom Wednesday.
Stone-Manning joined the NWF as associate vice president for public lands in 2017 and was promoted to senior adviser for conservation policy in January. She had worked as chief of staff to former Montana Gov. Steve Bullock, a Democrat, after a stint leading the state’s Department of Environmental Quality during Bullock’s administration. She also was an aide to Sen. Jon Tester, (D-Mont.), from 2006 to 2012.
Montana’s Tracy Stone-Manning tapped to lead BLM
Tracy Stone-Manning worked with Sen. Jon Tester from 2006 to 2012 and served as former Gov. Steve Bullock’s chief of staff.
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Jacob Fischler / States Newsroom | 10:03 am, Apr. 15, 2021 ×
Tracy Stone-Manning (Contributed photo)
President Joe Biden intends to nominate National Wildlife Federation senior adviser and veteran Montana Democrat Tracy Stone-Manning to direct the Bureau of Land Management, an individual familiar with the process confirmed to States Newsroom Wednesday, April 14.
Stone-Manning joined the NWF as associate vice president for public lands in 2017 and was promoted to senior adviser for conservation policy in January. She had worked as chief of staff to former Montana Gov. Steve Bullock, a Democrat, after a stint leading the state’s Department of Environmental Quality during Bullock’s administration. She also was an aide to Sen. Jon Tester from 2006 to 2012.
WASHINGTON â President Joe Biden intends to nominate National Wildlife Federation senior adviser and veteran Montana Democrat Tracy Stone-Manning to direct the Bureau of Land Management, an individual familiar with the process confirmed to States Newsroom on Wednesday.
Stone-Manning joined the NWF as associate vice president for public lands in 2017 and was promoted to senior adviser for conservation policy in January. She had worked as chief of staff to former Montana Gov. Steve Bullock, a Democrat, after a stint leading the stateâs Department of Environmental Quality during Bullockâs administration. She also was an aide to Sen. Jon Tester, (D-Mont.), from 2006 to 2012.