The MFCN’S Advisory Council steers its day-to-day operational and executive functions, as well as strategic planning, fundraising and outreach. The duties of the Advisory Council are to:
- Set the agenda for MFCN meetings
- Guide the development of new committees
- Ensure the work of the MFCN and committees is being conducted within the spirit and intent of the Principles
- Propose an annual budget to the MFCN
- Authorize the expenditure of funds based on approved budget
- Selects and approves staff, contractors and facilitators
- Recruit membership for the Montana Forest Collaboration Network (MFCN)
- Ensure a balance of interests is maintained on the Advisory Council
- Pursue funding sources to accomplish budget requirements
Advisory Council Notes
Advisory Council Members
Gordy Sanders, Chair
Steve Kimball, MFCN Coordinator • Debra Parker Foley, MFCN Administrator/MFOA
Julia Altemus, Montana Wood Products Association
Earl Atwood, Custer-Gallatin Working Group
David Brooks, Montana Trout Unlimited
Jim Burchfield, S.W. Crown Collaborative/Lolo Restoration Committee
Ryan Chapin, Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership
Erin Clark, Lolo Restoration Committee
Joe Cohenour, Ten Mile/South Helena Collaborative Committee/Big Elk Divide RC
Hilary Eisen, Wild Montana
Vaia Errett, Beaverhead-Deerlodge Working Group
Doug Ferrell, Kootenai Forest Stakeholder Collaborative
Sam Gilbert, Big Elk Divide Restoration Committee
Jason Glenn, Natural Resources Conservation District
Emily Guiberson, U.S. Bureau of Land Management
Emily Harkness, Heart of the Rockies Initiative/High Divide Collaborative
Blake Henning, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
Pat McKelvey, FireSafe Montana
Maisie Powell, National Forest Foundation
John Prinkki, Custer-Gallatin Working Group
Amy Seaman, Montana Watershed Coordination Council
Melissa Simpson, U.S.D.A. Forest Service
Sean Steinebach, Beaverhead-Deerlodge Working Group
Kyle Tackett, Natural Resources Conservation District
Ali Ulwelling, Montana Dept. of Natural Resources & Conservation
Angelo Ververis, Idaho Forest Group
