Protecting Western Montana’s Last Best Wild Rivers

South Fork, Madison River, MT. Photo: Ken Takata
GRANT NAME:
Protecting Western Montana’s Last Best Wild Rivers
GRANTEE:
American Rivers
LOCATION
Bozeman, MT
AMOUNT
$50,000
Year
2021

To pass the Montana Headwaters Legacy Act, permanently protecting 17 rivers, 336 river miles and 107,520 acres of riverside lands in Montana’s upper Missouri and Yellowstone river systems; and to pass a second bill that protects another 20 rivers, 200 river miles and 64,000 acres of riverside lands in the Crown of the Continent in Northwest Montana.