Partners

Blackfoot Challenge Partners - Who's Involved? Complete List - PDF

Private Landowners

Over 400 private landowners-large ranches, local landowners and citizens, local businesses, guest ranches, outfitters

Federal Agencies

• Bonneville Power Administration
• U.S. Bureau of Land Management
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
• U.S. Forest Service
• U.S. Geological Survey
• U.S. Park Service
• U.S. Natural Resources Conservation Service

State Agencies

• Lubrecht Experimental Forest/UM
• Montana Department of Agriculture
• Montana Department of Commerce-Travel Montana
• Montana Department of Environmental Quality
• Montana Department of Fish,Wildlife and Parks
• Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation
• Montana Department of Transportation
• Montana Natural Resource Information Service
• Montana State University-Bozeman
• MSU Extension Services
• The Montana Watercourse
• University of Montana-Missoula
• UM Earth Observing System Education Project

Local Agencies and Government Organizations

• Lewis & Clark Bicentennial Commission
• North Powell, Lewis & Clark, and Missoula Conservation District
• North Powell, Lewis & Clark, and Missoula County Commissions
• North Powell, Lewis & Clark, and Missoula Weed Control Districts
• Schools- Bonner, Potomac, Sunset, Ovando, Helmville, Seeley Lake (Elementary) & (High School), Lincoln

Private Corporations and Foundations

• Plum Creek Timber Company
• Bouma Post and Pole
• Bonner Economic Development Group
• Browning Ferris Industries Waste Management Systems
• Blackfoot Lewis & Clark Trail Heritage Foundation
• Cinnabar Foundation
• Chutney Foundation
• Engelhard Foundation
• National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
• TRAFx Research
• Valmont

Non-Profit Partners-Land Trusts, Environmental and Professional Groups

• Big Blackfoot Chapter of Trout Unlimited
• Montana Trout Unlimited
• Trout Unlimited Western Water Project
• Blackfoot Legacy
• The Nature Conservancy
• Five Valley LandTrust
• Montana Land Reliance
• Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
• Ovando Fire Department
• Helmville Fire Department
• Seeley Lake Fire District
• Potomac Fire and Rescue
• Missoula Electric Cooperative
• Montana GIS Users Group
• Ducks Unlimited (DU)
• National Center for Appropriate Technology
• Audubon Society
• Defenders of Wildlife
• Brown Bear Resources
• Great Bear Foundation
• Northern Rockies Conservation Cooperative
• Montana Riparian Association
• River Network
• Living with Wildlife Foundation
• Lincoln & Ovando Historical Societies
• Travelers Rest Preservation & Heritage Association
• The Blackfoot River Chapter of the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation
• Clearwater Resource Council

Schools

• Ovando Grade School
• Helmville Grade School
• Potomac Grade School
• Lincoln School District
• Seeley Lake Elementary School
• Seeley Swan High School
• Bonner School District
• Sunset Grade School

Communities

• Potomac
• Ovando
• Helmville
• Seeley Lake
• Lincoln