Stories from the field—collaboration at work—network with people who have been there DeBaugan/West End Wildfire Protection Project An unlikely alliance forms to generate an official scoping document on a thinning and fuels reduction project in western Montana. READ MORE >>   Conservationists collaborate with long-demonized agency Fewer hands swing sticks to beat the Forest Service out of old growth and roadless areas. More hold carrots to encourage a future mission of restoration. READ MORE >>   West Elk Livestock Association Ranching families and the forest service work together to maintain a functional rural community while fostering environmental health. READ PROFILE >>   Upper Joseph Creek Watershed Collaboration Restoring the health of a watershed while also creating local jobs and building trust and common ground among former adversaries. READ PROFILE >>   Ashland Watershed Stewardship Alliance This coalition formed to manage the watershed for forest health and water quality and develop a community-driven management scheme for public lands. READ PROFILE >>

IN THE NEWS From Burma to the Bitterroot— conservation, to be effective, must partner with local people The project has involved long negotiations with local villagers. “One of the rules is that we cannot make the people who live there move out,” Alan Rabinowitz said. “If we’re going to protect an area we must help the people and the wildlife. Conservation cannot work unless local people feel good about what is happening around them,” he explained. READ MORE >> FUNDING OPPORTUNITY Acres for America Pre-proposals for this program are due April 1, 2006. This program provides funding for projects that conserve important habitat for fish, wildlife, and plants through acquisition of interest in real property. READ MORE >> SEARCH FOR OTHER FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES >> CONTACT US Ross Johnson 32 South Ewing, Suite 326 Helena, Montana 59601 Phone: (888) 495-1069 Toll Free: (888) 495-0757 Fax: (406) 495-1074   The Red Lodge Clearinghouse is a program of the Liz Claiborne Art Ortenberg Foundation.

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