Key Conservation and Environmental Issues and the Organizations that Work on Them

 (Note: While this particular list is just about Montana projects, many -- most? -- of the projects are national in scope, as are most of the organizations implementing them.)

June 2003

MCVED ("Montana Conservation Voters Education") Fund

"Preserving, protecting and enhancing Montana's clean air and water, wildlife and open spaces  for future generations  through effective citizen participation in the democratic process." [Red Flag words/phrases are highlighted]

http://www.mcvedfund.org

Air Quality: Clark Fork Coalition, Montana Environmental Information Center,

Montanans Against Toxic Burning, Northern Plains Resource Council, Sierra Club,

Women’s Voices for the Earth, Cold Mountain Cold Rivers, Montana Public Interest

Research Group, Natural Resource Defense Council

Bison in Yellowstone: Greater Yellowstone Coalition, Buffalo Field Campaign,

Montana Wildlife Federation, National Parks and Conservation Association, Cold

Mountain Cold Rivers, National Wildlife Federation

Coal Bed Methane: Northern Plains Resource Council, Montana Environmental

Information Center, Greater Yellowstone Coalition, American Wildlands, Sierra Club,

Native Action

Conservation and Reinvestment Act: Montana Audubon, Montana Wildlife Federation

Conservation Easements: Montana Land Reliance, Park County Environmental

Council, Nature Conservancy

Dam Buy-back: Montanans for Dam Cheap Power

Deregulation: Montana Environmental Information Center, Montana Public Interest

Research Group

Endangered Species Act: Defenders of Wildlife, Predator Conservation Alliance, The

Wilderness Society, Sierra Club

Energy Development/Coal Development: Northern Plains Resource Council, Montana

Environmental Information Center, Montana Public Interest Research Group, Montana

Wilderness Association, The Wilderness Society, Sierra Club, Montana Wilderness

Association, Alternative Energy Resources Organization, Earth Justice, National Center

for Appropriate Technology, Natural Resources Defense Council, Western Organization

of Resource Councils

Fair Trade: Northern Plains Resource Council, Sierra Club, Women’s Voices for the

Earth, Montana Environmental Information Center, Western Organization of Resource

Councils

P.O. Box 853

Billings, MT 59103

http://www.mcvedfund.org

Fire & Salvage: Montana Wilderness Association, Sierra Club, Alliance for the Wild

Rockies, Earth Justice, Ecology Center, The Wilderness Society, Montana Environmental

Information Center, Native Forest Network, Friends of the Bitterroot, National Forest

Protection Alliance, Greater Yellowstone Coalition, Alliance for the Wild Rockies,

Friends of the Wild Swan, Sierra Club

Fisheries: Montana Trout Unlimited, Montana Environmental Information Center,

Montana Audubon, Montana Wildlife Federation, Organizations United for Rivers and

Streams, Park County Environmental Council, Flathead Lakers

Game Farms: Montana Wildlife Federation, Wilderness Society, Sportsmen for I -143

Glacier Park and Crown of the Continent: National Parks and Conservation

Association, Montana Wilderness Association

Genetically Modified Organisms: Northern Plains Resource Council, Alternative

Energy Resources Organization, Western Organization of Resource Councils

Initiatives C-37 and C-38: Montana Common Cause, Montana Environmental

Information Center, Montanans for Democracy, Montana Public Interest Research Group

Initiative I-45: Montanans for Dam Cheap Power

Land Trust: Five Valleys Land Trust, Montana Land Reliance, The Nature

Conservancy

Libby, Asbestos: Montana Environmental Information Center

Logging/Timber: Montana Wilderness Association, Sierra Club, Alliance for the Wild

Rockies, Earth Justice, Ecology Center, The Wilderness Society, Montana Environmental

Information Center, Native Forest Network, Friends of the Bitterroot, National Forest

Protection Alliance, Greater Yellowstone Coalition, Friends of the Wild Swan, Cold

Mountain Cold Rivers, Park County Environmental Council, Sierra Club, Montana Old

Growth Project

MEPA: Montana Audubon, Montana Environmental Information Center, Montana

Trout Unlimited, Montana Wildlife Federation, Northern Plains Resource Council

Milltown Dam: Clark Fork Coalition

Mining, hard rock, 1872 mining law: Northern Plains Resource Council, Mineral

Policy Center, Montana Environmental Information Center, Western Organization of

Resource Councils, Sierra Club, Clark Fork Coalition, Greater Yellowstone Coalition,

Blackfoot Legacy, Earth Justice, Montana Public Information Research Group, Montana

Wilderness Association, Park County Environmental Council, Women’s Voices for the

Earth

Missouri Breaks Designation as National Monument: Friends of the Missouri River

Breaks, Montana Wilderness Association, The Wilderness Society, National Parks

Conservation Association, Montana Wildlife Federation, Montana River Action

National Parks: Greater Yellowstone Coalition, Montana Wilderness Association,

National Parks and Conservation Association

Planning and Growth: Northern Plains Resource Council, Alternative Energy

Resources Organization, Citizens for a Better Flathead, Montana Audubon, Montana

Environmental Information Center, Montana Smart Growth Coalition, Greater

Yellowstone Coalition, Plan Helena, Montana Land Reliance, Friends of the Bitterroot,

American Rivers, Flathead Resource Organization, National Center for Appropriate

Technology, Natural Resources Defense Council, Sonoran Institute, Yellowstone River

Conservation Forum, Yellowstone River Parks Association

Predators: Defenders of Wildlife, Predator Conservation Alliance, Sierra Club, Greater

Yellowstone Coalition, Friends of the Bitterroot, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, Earth

Justice, National Wildlife Federation, Park County Environmental Council

Public Access, Stream: Montana Trout Unlimited, Montana Wildlife Federation

Public Access, Wildlife: Montana Wildlife Federation, Public Land and Water Access

Association

Public Lands: American Wildlands, Ecology Center, Montana Wilderness Association,

Native Forest Network, Our Montana, Park County Environmental Council, Sierra Club

Roadless Areas: Defenders of Wildlife, Montana Wilderness Association, National

Parks and Conservation Association, The Wilderness Society, Alliance for the Wild

Rockies, Earth Justice, The Ecology Center, Montana Environmental Information Center,

Native Forest Network, Wildlands Center for Preventing Roads, Women’s Voices for the

Earth, Sierra Club, Greater Yellowstone Coalition, Friends of the Bitterroot, American

Wildlands, Flathead Resource Organization, National Forest Protection Alliance,

Montana Old Growth Project

Rocky Mountain Front Drilling: Friends of the Rocky Mountain Front, Montana

Wilderness Association, National Parks and Conservation Association, The Wilderness

Society, Sierra Club, American Wildlands, Montana Environmental Information Center,

Alliance for the Wild Rockies, Cold Mountain Cold Rivers

Snowmobiles in Yellowstone: Greater Yellowstone Coalition, National Parks and

Conservation Association, The Wilderness Society

Sustainable Agriculture: Alternative Energy Resources Organization, National Center

for Appropriate Technology, Northern Plains Resource Council, Western Organization of

Resource Councils

Timber Policy & Salvage: Sierra Club, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, Earth Justice,

Ecology Center, The Wilderness Society, Montana Wilderness Association, Montana

Environmental Information Center, Native Forest Network, Friends of the Bitterroot,

National Forest Protection Alliance, Montana Old Growth Project

Transportation: Citizens for a Better Flathead, Alternative Energy Resources

Organization, Flathead Resource Organization

Waste Management: Citizens for a Better Flathead, Montana Environmental

Information Center, Western Organization of Resource Councils, Sierra Club

Water Quality: Montana Trout Unlimited, Montana Environmental Information Center,

Montana Audubon, Northern Plains Resource Council, Clark Fork Coalition, Greater

Yellowstone Coalition, American Rivers, Cold Mountain Cold Rivers, Montana River

Action, Organizations United for Rivers and Streams, Yellowstone River Conservation

Forum, Yellowstone River Parks Association, Flathead Lakers

Wildlife: Defenders of Wildlife, Montana Wildlife Federation, Montana Audubon,

Montana Trout Unlimited, National Wildlife Federation

Yellowstone National Park: Greater Yellowstone Coalition, American Rivers, National

Parks Conservation Association, The Wilderness Society, Alliance for the Wild Rockies,

American Rivers

Yellowstone River: Greater Yellowstone Coalition, Montana Audubon, Our Montana,

Montana Trout Unlimited, Park County Environmental Council, Yellowstone River Parks

Association, Yellowstone River Conservation Forum, American Rivers