Our Approach
OUR VISION
A clean and healthy Gallatin River for future generations
OUR MISSION
To protect, restore, and inspire stewardship of the Gallatin River
OUR APPROACH
The Task Force utilizes the Watershed Approach to resource conservation. In general, the Watershed Approach is tied to a distinct land area or hydrologic boundary, ensures broad stakeholder involvement and inclusivity, is community-based and community-driven, relies on local leadership, encourages collaboration with partners, strives for consensus, and avoids litigation as a conservation strategy.
OUR WORK
We’re solving problems across three focus areas: ecological health of river systems, water supply, and wastewater management, through our core programs of monitoring, restoration, conservation, and advocacy.
OUR PROGRAM VALUES
These values guide how we deliver our programming and mission.
- Science Based: Our work is guided by science and best practices.
- Collaboration: We value partnerships in our work on water issues and believe in the power of education and engagement to build river stewardship.
- Conservation: We work to ensure the integrity of healthy rivers with tangible, measurable, and lasting results through protection, restoration, and sustainable management of our water resources.
- Innovative & Adaptive: We work with our partners to identify problems and implement solutions.
- Social & Environmental Responsibility: We proactively ensure our efforts for clean water and a healthy environment are supportive and accessible to all.
OUR CORE VALUES
These values guide how we operate with each other, donors, volunteers, partners, and the greater community.
- Transparency: We are open, honest, and accountable in our communications, interactions, and commitments.
- Balance: We work to create optimal balance in work and life and embrace our responsibility to care for ourselves and each other.
- Passion: We are passionate about conservation and bring a strong sense of purpose, pride, enthusiasm, dedication, and joy to our work.
- Teamwork: We believe that working together, open communications and different perspectives increase our abilities to be innovative and achieve something bigger than we could alone.
