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
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“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
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“From Dillon to Plentywood, from Helena to Washington, D.C., there are folks who want to work to find common ground, and also demagogues who seek power by driving us apart. The Founders gave us the tools to choose.“
—Brian Kahn — Artemis Common Ground—
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