A Letter from the Executive Director. Twenty years ago, a small group of concerned citizens formed the Blue Water Task Force. They were worried about water quality in the Upper Gallatin River Watershed, and they wanted to learn more about the challenges before them....
Friend of the Gallatin Rick Donaldson moves on from the Task Force board. Volunteer. Sponsor. Board chair. In his tenure as a Task Force supporter, Rick Donaldson has worn many hats. Whether collecting trash or approving organizational budgets, he’s brought the same...
David Quammen negotiating the Gallatin's infamous Mad Mile. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE QUAMMENS. The Task Force is nothing without our devoted Friends of the Gallatin. These members make up the our volunteer base, commit professional and financial support, and inspire us...
The Task Force gets a license plate. While news is breaking of organizations across Montana losing their license-plate programs, we're happy to report that our design has been finalized and that the Friend of the Gallatin plate is now available at MVD offices across...
The mad dash of the holidays is behind us and winter has settled in across the upper Gallatin watershed. Finally, we’ve had some time to reflect on a busy 2019. At the Gallatin River Task Force, it was a year of change, growth, and progress, and that transition has...
As 2019 comes to a close, we have a lot of good news to share. Our position as conservation leaders and stewards of the Gallatin River is having a measurable impact, and as that impact grows, so too does our need to empower that capacity. Since Labor Day, we've added...
Big Sky Shuttle (BSS) owner Tracie Pabst donated $4,000 to the Gallatin River Task Force through the “Save the Canyon…Ride the Coach” campaign. The umbrella campaign, “Buck a Sale for Big Sky”, encourages businesses in Big Sky to support their favorite local non-profits. BSS collected money for the Task Force by donating one dollar for every luxury airport shuttle seat booked during the 2019 winter season.
The rebranded Gallatin River Festival will make a splash in Big Sky from June 28th to 30th, 2019 to promote conservation and stewardship of the Gallatin River watershed.
Hailing from the banks of the Hudson River in upstate New York, Isabella Vendramin believes that rivers are vital to both the ecosystems and the communities they run through. A rising senior studying Environmental Science at Colgate University, Vendramin offers a background in sustainability and hopes to gain experience with community-based conservation work through her internship. She is excited to garner support to permanently protect the Gallatin, and other rivers in Montana, through the Wild and Scenic rivers system and to assist with extensive watershed monitoring.
The Gallatin River Forever capital campaign has generated just over 1.1 million dollar to date including campaign costs, announced the Gallatin River Task Force.
The Gallatin River Forever public phase was launched in June 2018 with leading support coming from Madison County, Yellowstone Club, and Eric & Wendy Schmidt, as well as tremendous support from hundreds of local community members, businesses and foundations. The campaign is set to raise over 1.2 million dollars to conserve and protect the Gallatin River watershed by June 30th, 2019.