{"id":1036,"date":"2017-04-13T21:23:12","date_gmt":"2017-04-13T21:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/montanaforestcolaboration.org\/?page_id=1036"},"modified":"2025-12-03T10:52:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T17:52:09","slug":"advisory-council","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/montanaforestcollaboration.org\/app\/committees\/advisory-council\/","title":{"rendered":"MFCN Advisory Council"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The MFCN&#8217;S\u00a0<strong><em>Advisory Council<\/em> <\/strong>steers its day-to-day operational and executive functions, as well as strategic planning, fundraising and outreach.\u00a0 The duties of the <strong><em>Advisory Council <\/em><\/strong>are to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Set the agenda for MFCN meetings<\/li>\n<li>Guide the development of new committees<\/li>\n<li>Ensure the work of the MFCN and committees is being conducted within the spirit and intent of the Principles<\/li>\n<li>Propose an annual budget to the MFCN<\/li>\n<li>Authorize the expenditure of funds based on approved budget<\/li>\n<li>Selects and approves staff, contractors and facilitators<\/li>\n<li>Recruit membership for the Montana Forest Collaboration Network (MFCN)<\/li>\n<li>Ensure a balance of interests is maintained on the <strong><em>Advisory Council<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Pursue funding sources to accomplish budget requirements<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/montanaforestcollaboration.org\/app\/committees\/advisory-council\/notes\/\">Advisory Council Notes<\/a><\/em><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Advisory Council <\/span>Members<\/span><\/h2>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Gordy Sanders<\/strong>, <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Chair<\/em><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Steve Kimball,<\/strong> <\/span><\/span><\/span><em>MFCN Coordinator\u00a0<\/em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> \u2022 <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Debra Parker Foley<\/strong>, <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>MFCN <\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>A<\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>dministrator\/MFOA<\/em><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Julia Altemus<\/strong>, <em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Montana Wood Products Association<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Earl Atwood<\/strong>, <em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Custer-Gallatin Working Group<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">David Brooks<\/span><\/strong>, <em>Montana Trout Unlimited<\/em><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Jim Burchfield<\/span><\/strong><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">,<\/span><\/em> <em>S.W. Crown Collaborative\/Lolo Restoration Committee<\/em><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Ryan Chapin, <\/strong><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership<\/span><\/em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Erin Clark<\/strong>,<em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Lolo Restoration Committee<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><br \/>\n<\/em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Joe Cohenour<\/strong>, <em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Ten Mile\/South Helena Collaborative Committee\/Big Elk Divide RC<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Hilary Eisen<\/span>,<\/strong><em> Wild Montana<br \/>\n<\/em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Vaia Errett<\/strong>,\u00a0<em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Beaverhead-Deerlodge Working Group<br \/>\n<\/span><\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Doug Ferrell<\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">,\u00a0<em>Kootenai Forest Stakeholder Collaborative<\/em><\/span><\/span><em><br \/>\n<\/em><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Sam Gilbert<\/span><\/strong><em>, Big Elk Divide Restoration Committee<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Jason Glenn<\/strong>,\u00a0<em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Natural Resources Conservation District<br \/>\n<\/span><\/em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Emily Guiberson<\/strong>,\u00a0<em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">U.S. Bureau of Land Management<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Emily Harkness<\/strong>, <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Heart of the Rockies Initiative<\/em><\/span><\/span>\/<em>High Divide Collaborative<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Margaret Gorski<\/strong>,\u00a0<em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Ravalli County Collaborative<\/span><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Blake Henning<\/strong>, <em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Peter Kolb,<\/strong>\u00a0<em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Montana Forest Owners Association<\/span><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Pat McKelvey<\/strong>, <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>FireSafe Montana<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Maisie Powell,<\/strong> <em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">National Forest Foundation<\/span><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>John Prinkki,<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Custer-Gallatin Working Group<br \/>\n<\/em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Amy Seaman<\/strong><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">, Montana Watershed Coordination Council<\/span><\/em><\/span><em><br \/>\n<\/em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Melissa Simpson<\/strong>,<\/span><em> U.S.D.A. Forest Service<br \/>\n<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><strong>Sean Steinebach,<\/strong><\/span> <em>Beaverhead-Deerlodge Working Group<br \/>\n<\/em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Kyle Tackett<\/strong>, <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Natural Resources Conservation District<br \/>\n<\/em><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Ali Ulwelling<\/strong>,\u00a0<\/span><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Montana Dept. of Natural Resources &amp; Conservation<\/span><\/em><em><br \/>\n<\/em><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Angelo Ververis, <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Idaho Forest Group<\/span><\/em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><br \/>\n<\/em><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Darcie Warden<\/span><\/strong><em>, Ruby Valley Strategic Alliance<br \/>\n<\/em><\/span><\/span><em><br \/>\n<\/em><em><br \/>\n<\/em><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1107\" src=\"https:\/\/montanaforestcollaboration.org\/app\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/MFCN-logo-bolder.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"158\" height=\"222\" \/><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The MFCN&#8217;S\u00a0Advisory Council steers its day-to-day operational and executive functions, as well as strategic planning, fundraising and outreach.\u00a0 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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":1034,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1036","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/montanaforestcollaboration.org\/app\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/montanaforestcollaboration.org\/app\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/montanaforestcollaboration.org\/app\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montanaforestcollaboration.org\/app\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montanaforestcollaboration.org\/app\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1036"}],"version-history":[{"count":138,"href":"https:\/\/montanaforestcollaboration.org\/app\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1036\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5143,"href":"https:\/\/montanaforestcollaboration.org\/app\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1036\/revisions\/5143"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montanaforestcollaboration.org\/app\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/montanaforestcollaboration.org\/app\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}