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Mission
The Montana Discovery Foundation is organized to involve citizens in conserving and enhancing natural resources within the Helena National Forest and surrounding areas in order to achieve and maintain sustainable, healthy landscapes, resources and communities.
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PurposeIn 1999, a group of community members with an interest in Helena National Forest projects and values came together to form the Montana Discovery Foundation. The goal was to work for the conservation and enhancement of natural resources within the boundaries of the Forest. The Foundation has mature aspirations. It seeks to involve citizens in ensuring that sustainable, healthy landscapes, resources, ecosystems and communities are maintained within the Helena National Forest and surrounding areas.
MDF has identified a number of projects they would like to complete. Projects include the reintroduction of native species such as the Westslope cutthroat trout, eradication of noxious weeds, establishment of a volunteer program that will capture the experience and knowledge of the diverse members of our communities, strive for important land consolidations that will enhance wildlife habitat protection and public land management, and create conservation education programs that will also enhance wildlife habitat and public land management reach out to all ages, and assist with customer service and information services. .
The relationship between a federal agency and a nonprofit organization allows the federal agency to conduct business in ways they are otherwise unable to do. The partnership allows for the Forest to be a better neighbor to the communities they serve. The success of the Foundation will rest on accomplishing the important projects mentioned above. Building new partnerships and involving members of communities in managing our national forest may be the biggest benefit of this ideal. It is through these types of programs and projects that the Foundation proposes that the Helena National Forest will continue to succeed in managing the area's greatest natural resource-your national forest.
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