Organizations Filed Purposes:
THE BOB MARSHALL WILDERNESS FOUNDATION BMWF HAS BEEN SERVING THE WILDERNESS RECREATION COMMUNITY FOR OVER TWENTY 20 YEARS BY ORGANIZING AND LEADING PROJECTS THAT CLEAR TRAILS AND PRESERVE THE WILDERNESS ECOSYSTEM BY RESTORING DAMAGED AREAS AND REMOVING INVASIVE SPECIES. BMWF WORKS TO ENSURE THAT ALL AMERICANS HAVE ACCESS TO MONTANA'S BOB MARSHALL WILDERNESS COMPLEX, THE CROWN JEWEL OF THE WILDERNESS SYSTEM AND ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST SPECTACULAR PLACES. EACH YEAR 300 TO 350 BMWF VOLUNTEERS, AGES 12 TO 80, PARTICIPATE IN 40 TO 50 WILDERNESS PROJECTS. PROJECTS ARE ACCOMPLISHED IN COORDINATION AND COOPERATION WITH THE U.S. FOREST SERVICE ON TRAILS AND LAND WITHIN THE BOB MARSHALL WILDERNESS COMPLEX. MANY BMWF PROJECTS INTRODUCE YOUTH TO THE WILDERNESS, AND FOR SOME, IT IS A LIFE CHANGING EXPERIENCE. SINCE ITS INCORPORATION IN 1997, THE BOB MARSHALL WILDERNESS FOUNDATION BMWF AND ITS VOLUNTEERS HAVE CLEARED OVER 5,000 MILES OF TRAIL AND TREATED 100'S OF ACRES OF INVASIVE SPECIES. THE VALUE
THE BOB MARSHALL WILDERNESS FOUNDATION CONNECTS AMERICANS WITH THEIR WILDERNESS HERITAGE BY PROVIDING ACCESS TO AND STEWARDSHIP OF ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST SPECTACULAR PLACES - MONTANA'S BOB MARSHALL WILDERNESS COMPLEX, THE CROWN JEWEL OF THE WILDERNESS SYSTEM. WE HELP HUNDREDS OF HARD-WORKING VOLUNTEERS, INCLUDING YOUTH, DEVELOP A LAND ETHIC AND GIVE BACK TO THE WILDERNESS BY OPENING TRAILS. RESTORING HEAVILY USED AREAS, MAINTAINING HISTORIC STRUCTURES AND FIGHTING WEEDS. ACTIVE WILDERNESS STEWARDSHIP IS OUR MISSION.
STEWARDSHIP - THE STEWARDSHIP PROGRAMS THAT BMWF COORDINATES ARE INVALUABLE TO THE WILDERNESS RECREATIONAL COMMUNITY INCLUDING HUNTERS, ANGLERS, HIKERS, BACKPACKERS, HORSEMEN, AND PACKERS. EACH YEAR BMWF ENGAGES AN AVERAGE OF 318 VOLUNTEERS, AGES 12 TO 80, IN CONSERVATION PROJECTS. PROJECTS INVOKE A SENSE OF PRIDE FOR MONTANA'S MOST TREASURED LANDSCAPE. BOTH YOUTH AND ADULT VOLUNTEERS HAVE LIFE CHANGING EXPERIENCES. IN 2019, 318 BMWF VOLUNTEERS WORKED A TOTAL OF 14,464 HOURS ON 73 PROJECTS, CLEARING 3389 DOWNED TREES, MAINTAINING 750 MILES OF TRAIL, AND CONDUCTING 102 ACRES OF WEED SUPPRESSION. THE TOTAL VALUE OF LABOR DONATED TO PUBLIC LANDS BY BMWF VOLUNTEERS IN 2019 WAS $401,858.00.
INTERNSHIPS - IN 2019, BMWF PROVIDED 7 COLLEGE AND HIGH SCHOOL AGE YOUTH WITH WILDERNESS CONSERVATION INTERNSHIPS WHERE THEY WORKED SHOULDER TO SHOULDER WITH FOREST SERVICE WILDERNESS RANGERS.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Josh Kroll | Vice President | 1 | $0 |
| Becca Wheeler | Secretary | 1 | $0 |
| Eric Belanger | Treasurer | 1 | $0 |
| Jessica Evans Shaw | Trustee | 1 | $0 |
| Randy Gayner | Trustee | 1 | $0 |
| Frank Vitale | Trustee | 1 | $0 |
| Terry Knupp | Trustee | 1 | $0 |
| Lynn Vanhorn | Trustee | 1 | $0 |
| Al Koss | Trustee | 1 | $0 |
| Sara Boilen | Chairman | 1 | $0 |
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