The Montana Forest Collaboration Network (MFCN) is primarily a volunteer consensus-based collaborative group, formed in August 2016 to assist collaborative groups across Montana in forest and grassland restoration, conservation, and resource utilization for the benefit of all.
“Collaboratives are the institutional memory of place, and collaborative processes are the future or our nation’s public land. Membership and participation in MFCN clearly reflects the increased open and honest dialogue between natural resource professionals and various public interests through collaboration and collaborative processes.”
-Gordy Sanders, MFCN Chair
“Collaborative groups need to understand the changes facing their agency partners and creatively adjust their operations to respond to those changes.”
-Steve Daniels, collaboration expert at 2024 MFCN Annual Workshop
“We really believe that it’s important for citizens, who are the people that we serve, to be a part of how we take care of these lands.”
-Leslie Weldon, Former Deputy Chief, National Forest System
“Collaboration provides an opportunity to understand differing interests and constraints while developing recommendations informed by multiple perspectives.”
-Vaia Errett, Co-chair of the Beaverhead-Deerlodge Working Group
Blackfoot Clearwater Stewardship Project
Clearwater Resource Council
Southwest Crown of the Continent—working on a project
Lincoln Restoration Committee collaboratively mapping
Beaverhead-Deerlodge Working Group
The Gold Butterfly Project — Bitterroot Forests Collaborative