conservation directory

Prepared by staff members at the Ruckelshaus Institute of Environment and Natural Resources. Some of the following information may have changed since we began compiling the directory in early 2003. We try to update the entries as we become aware of changes so please let us know of any corrections, or suggested additions to the list. Thank you.

Environmental Advocacy Groups. PAGEREF _Toc522595892 \h 1

Audubon Wyoming PAGEREF _Toc522595894 \h 1

Biodiversity Conservation Alliance PAGEREF _Toc522595895 \h 2

Foundation For North American Wild Sheep. PAGEREF _Toc522595896 \h 2

Greater Yellowstone Coalition. PAGEREF _Toc522595897 \h 3

Izaak Walton League of America - Wyoming Division. PAGEREF _Toc522595898 \h 3

Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance. PAGEREF _Toc522595899 \h 4

North American Pronghorn Foundation. PAGEREF _Toc522595900 \h 4

Powder River Basin Resource Council PAGEREF _Toc522595901 \h 5

Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation-Wyoming Chapter PAGEREF _Toc522595902 \h 5

Sierra Club - Wyoming Chapter PAGEREF _Toc522595903 \h 6

The Nature Conservancy - Wyoming Chapter PAGEREF _Toc522595904 \h 6

Trout Unlimited - Wyoming Council PAGEREF _Toc522595905 \h 6

Wyoming Outdoor Council PAGEREF _Toc522595906 \h 7

Wyoming Wildlife Federation. PAGEREF _Toc522595907 \h 7

Regional. PAGEREF _Toc522595908 \h 8

Alliance for the Wild Rockies PAGEREF _Toc522595909 \h 8

American Wildlands PAGEREF _Toc522595910 \h 8

Audubon Colorado. PAGEREF _Toc522595911 \h 8

Ducks Unlimited, Inc. PAGEREF _Toc522595912 \h 9

Land and Water Fund of the Rockies PAGEREF _Toc522595913 \h 9

National Wildlife Federation - Northern Rockies Office. PAGEREF _Toc522595914 \h 10

Native Forest Network - Yellowstone Branch. PAGEREF _Toc522595915 \h 10

Predator Conservation Alliance. PAGEREF _Toc522595917 \h 11

The Conservation Fund - Western Office. PAGEREF _Toc522595918 \h 11

The Ecology Center, Inc. PAGEREF _Toc522595919 \h 12

The Yellowstone Grizzly Foundation. PAGEREF _Toc522595920 \h 12

The Yellowstone Park Foundation. PAGEREF _Toc522595921 \h 13

Trust for Public Land - Northern Rockies Project Office. PAGEREF _Toc522595922 \h 13

Upper Yellowstone Defense Fund. PAGEREF _Toc522595923 \h 13

Community Assistance.. PAGEREF _Toc522595924 \h 14

Wyoming. PAGEREF _Toc522595925 \h 14

Jackson Hole Land Trust PAGEREF _Toc522595926 \h 14

Western Wyoming Resource Conservation and Development PAGEREF _Toc522595927 \h 14

Wyoming Business Alliance. PAGEREF _Toc522595928 \h 15

Wyoming State Rural Development Council PAGEREF _Toc522595929 \h 15

Wyoming Water Development Association. PAGEREF _Toc522595930 \h 15

Regional. PAGEREF _Toc522595931 \h 16

American Indian Environmental Office - Region 8 Tribal Assistance Program.. PAGEREF _Toc522595932 \h 16

Community Trust Institute. PAGEREF _Toc522595933 \h 16

Heartland center for Leadership Development PAGEREF _Toc522595934 \h 16

Policy Consensus Initiative. PAGEREF _Toc522595935 \h 17

The Montana Consensus Council PAGEREF _Toc522595936 \h 17

Western Governors' Association. PAGEREF _Toc522595937 \h 18

Commodity Groups. PAGEREF _Toc522595938 \h 19

Wyoming. PAGEREF _Toc522595939 \h 19

Petroleum Association of Wyoming PAGEREF _Toc522595940 \h 19

Wyoming Farm Bureau Federation. PAGEREF _Toc522595941 \h 19

Wyoming Mining Association. PAGEREF _Toc522595942 \h 20

Wyoming Stock Growers Association. PAGEREF _Toc522595943 \h 20

Wyoming Wool Growers Association. PAGEREF _Toc522595944 \h 20

Regional. PAGEREF _Toc522595945 \h 21

Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation. PAGEREF _Toc522595946 \h 21

Government Agencies. PAGEREF _Toc522595947 \h 22

Wyoming. PAGEREF _Toc522595948 \h 22

Missouri Basin Power Project PAGEREF _Toc522595949 \h 22

Office of State Lands and Investments PAGEREF _Toc522595951 \h 23

State of Wyoming - Department of Environmental Quality. PAGEREF _Toc522595952 \h 23

State of Wyoming - Environmental Quality Council PAGEREF _Toc522595953 \h 23

State of Wyoming - Forestry Division. PAGEREF _Toc522595954 \h 23

State of Wyoming - State Land and Farm Office. PAGEREF _Toc522595955 \h 23

Wyoming Association of Conservation Districts/ Wyoming Natural Resource Foundation. PAGEREF _Toc522595956 \h 23

Wyoming Association of Municipalities PAGEREF _Toc522595957 \h 23

Wyoming County Commissioner Association. PAGEREF _Toc522595958 \h 23

Wyoming Game and Fish Department PAGEREF _Toc522595959 \h 23

Wyoming Water Development Commission. PAGEREF _Toc522595960 \h 23

Regional. PAGEREF _Toc522595961 \h 23

National Association of Conservation Districts - Western Region Office. PAGEREF _Toc522595962 \h 23

Federal. PAGEREF _Toc522595963 \h 23

Agricultural Research Service - Wyoming Chapter PAGEREF _Toc522595964 \h 23

Bureau of Land Management - Wyoming State Office. PAGEREF _Toc522595965 \h 23

Bureau of Reclamation - Environment and Contracts Group. PAGEREF _Toc522595966 \h 23

Natural Resources Conservation Service - Wyoming State Office. PAGEREF _Toc522595967 \h 23

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service - National Elk Refuge/Wyoming PAGEREF _Toc522595968 \h 23

Research/Education.. PAGEREF _Toc522595969 \h 23

Wyoming. PAGEREF _Toc522595970 \h 23

Cheyenne Botanic Gardens PAGEREF _Toc522595971 \h 23

Expedition Yellowstone! PAGEREF _Toc522595972 \h 23

High Plains Grasslands Research Station, USDA, Agricultural Research Service - Rangeland Resources Research Unit PAGEREF _Toc522595973 \h 23

Teton Science School PAGEREF _Toc522595974 \h 23

The National Museum of Wildlife Art PAGEREF _Toc522595975 \h 23

Wyoming Association for Environmental Education. PAGEREF _Toc522595976 \h 23

Wyoming Conservation Connection. PAGEREF _Toc522595977 \h 23

Wyoming Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit PAGEREF _Toc522595978 \h 23

Wyoming Native Plant Society PAGEREF _Toc522595979 \h 23

Wyoming Riparian Association PAGEREF _Toc522595980 \h 23

Yellowstone Association Institute PAGEREF _Toc522595981 \h 23

Yellowstone National Park, Center for Resources PAGEREF _Toc522595982 \h 23

Regional. PAGEREF _Toc522595983 \h 23

American Fisheries Society - Colorado/Wyoming Chapter PAGEREF _Toc522595984 \h 23

Aspen Global Change Institute. PAGEREF _Toc522595985 \h 23

Center for Environmental Journalism, University of Colorado at Boulder PAGEREF _Toc522595986 \h 23

Cooperative Institute for Research in the Environmental Sciences (CIRES) PAGEREF _Toc522595987 \h 23

Foundation for Research on Economics and the Environment PAGEREF _Toc522595988 \h 23

Gallatin Writers, Inc. PAGEREF _Toc522595989 \h 23

High Country News PAGEREF _Toc522595990 \h 23

Northern Rockies Conservation Cooperative. PAGEREF _Toc522595916 \h 10
Rocky Mountain Institute. PAGEREF _Toc522595991 \h 23

Wild Rockies Field Institute. PAGEREF _Toc522595992 \h 23

Yellowstone Association. PAGEREF _Toc522595993 \h 23

Yellowstone Ecosystem Studies PAGEREF _Toc522595994 \h 23

Environmental Advocacy Groups

Wyoming

Audubon Wyoming

101 Garden Creek Road

Casper, WY 82604

Phone: (307) 235-3485

Fax: (307) 235-3495

Website: www.Audubon.org/chapter/wy/

Project Focus: State

Major Projects: The mission of Wyoming Audubon is to be a strong, unified voice for the ethic of conservation in Wyoming, focusing on birds, other wildlife, and their habitats, for the benefit of present and future generations.

Audubon Center at Garden Creek in Casper is the first of several centers to be established around the state. A cooperative project at Pathfinder National Wildlife Refuge with the US FWS, BLM, Bureau of Reclamation, Wyoming Game and Fish, Wyoming Department of Transportation, Ducks Unlimited, local ranchers, Murie Audubon and Colorado Bird Observatory has received funding for a roadside pullout with interpretive sign about refuge wildlife, an educational brochure, and developing a management plan. This project serves as a model for developing statewide Important Bird Areas (IBA's).

Biodiversity Conservation Alliance

P.O. Box 1512

Laramie, WY 82073

Phone: (307) 745-7978

Fax: (307) 742-7989

E-mail: erik@voiceforthewild.org

Website: www.voiceforthewild.org

Project Focus: State and Regional

Major Projects: Working to protect native species and their habitats in

Wyoming, the Black Hills, and Northern Colorado. Medicine Bow Forest

Ecosystem. Black Hills Ecosystem Provide a voice to Wyoming's wild species

and protect Wyoming's biologically important waters.

Foundation For North American Wild Sheep

1625 W. Pershing

Riverton, WY 82501

Phone: (307) 856-9590

Email: fnaws@fnaws.org

Website: www.fnaws.org

Cole Benton, President

Contact: David Connor: dbc@tcinc.net

Project Focus: State and Regional

Major Projects: As expressed in the Foundation's by-laws: To promote and

enhance increasing populations of indigenous wild sheep on the North American

continent, to safeguard against the decline or extinction of such species, and to

fund programs for professional management of these populations, keeping all

administrative costs to a minimum. Buffer land acquisition, wild sheep

transplants, biological studies and research projects, prudent wild sheep management, wildlife habitat improvement.

Greater Yellowstone Coalition

Main Office

13 South Willson, Suite 2

P.O. Box 1874

Bozeman, MT 59771

Michael Scott, Director

Phone: (406) 586-1593

Fax: (406) 586-0851

E-mail: gyc@greateryellowstone.org

Website: www.greateryellowstone.org

Project Focus: Regional - The Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem

Major Projects: Protect and conserver the resources and habitat of the Greater

Yellowstone Ecosystem. Address issues related to forests, watersheds, private

lands, wildlife, fisheries, and Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks.

Wyoming Office

P.O. Box 4857

330 East Snow King

Jackson, WY 83001

Phone: (307) 734-6004

Fax: (307) 734-6019

Izaak Walton League of America - Wyoming Division

1072 Empinado

Laramie, WY 82070

Raymond Jacquot, President

Phone: (307) 742-2785

E-mail: quot@uwyo.edu

Website: www.iwla.org/chapters/chapter.asp?p_state=Wyoming

Project Focus: State

Major Projects: Comment on resource management decisions and impact

studies. Testify on legislative matters. Fund and strengthen the Clean Water

Act during its reauthorization and fend off efforts in Congress to weaken

wetlands protection provisions. Protection of public lands, such as the National

Elk Refuge. Wildlife protection.

Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance

P.O. Box 2728

628 South Cache St.

Jackson, WY 83001

Franz Camenzind, Director

Phone: (307) 733-9417

Fax: (307) 733-9008

E-mail: jhca@wyoming.com

Website: www.jhalliance.com

Project Focus: Teton County, Wyoming.

Major Projects: Natural resource conservation and land use planning in Teton County, Jackson Hole airport, Grand Teton National Park issues, and grizzly bear protection

North American Pronghorn Foundation

P.O. Box 1383

Rawlins, WY 82301

Robb Hitchcock, President

Phone: (307) 324-5238

E-mail: info@antelope.org

Website: www.antelope.org

Project Focus: State and Regional

Major Projects: Land and habitat improvement and mitigation, reseeding, etc. Water development and riparian protection.

Research on behavior, diseases, distribution, and densities. Supporting hunting, training, transplants, and youth involvement.

Powder River Basin Resource Council

P.O. Box 1178

Douglas, WY 82633

Phone: (307) 358-5002

Fax: (307) 358-6771

23 North Scott

Sheridan, WY 82801

Phone: (307) 672-5809

Fax: (307) 672-5800

E-mail: resources@powderriverbasin.org

Website: www.powderriverbasin.org

Project Focus: Regional - Powder River Basin

Major Projects: Resource protection, sustainable development of mineral

resources. Maintaining and protecting Wyoming's quality of life. Addressing

impacts of coal bed methane development, coal mining, air and water quality protection. Accountable government and sustainable agriculture.

Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation-Wyoming Chapter

P.O. Box 1325

Lander, WY 82520

Damien Miller, Field Director

Phone: (307) 332-6084

(800) 225-5355

Fax: (307) 335-8727

Website: www.RMEF.org

Project Focus: State and Regional

Major Projects: The mission of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation is to ensure the future of elk, other wildlife, and habitat. We are committed to conserving, restoring, and enhancing natural habitats. Wyoming chapters of RMEF have assisted in the funding of $3 million worth of projects enhancing over 200,000 acres of wildlife habitat.

Sierra Club - Wyoming Chapter

23 North Scott, # 27

Sheridan, WY 82801

John Spahr, Executive Committee Chair

Phone: (307) 672-0425

Fax: (307) 674-6187

E-mail: wychaptersc@vcn.net

Website: wyoming.sierraclub.org

Project Focus: State and Regional

Major Projects: Conservation of National Forests and Roadless areas.

Protection and preservation of public lands. Protection of Yellowstone Park

and the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.

The Nature Conservancy - Wyoming Chapter

258 Main Street, Suite 200

Lander, WY 82520

Phone: (307) 332-2971

Fax: (307) 332-2974

Website: tncwyoming.org

Project Focus: State and Regional

Major Projects: The Wyoming Chapter works cooperatively with landowners

and managers of Wyoming's vast private and public lands. Conservation

of important habitat through purchases, conservation easements, deed

restrictions, and special management decisions.

Trout Unlimited - Wyoming Council

P.O. Box 1022

Jackson, WY 83001

Jay Buchner - Chairman

Phone: (307) 733-1530

Fax:

E-mail: jbuchener@wyoming.com

Website: www.tu.org/wy

Project Focus: Local, State, and Regional

Major Projects: Conservation, protection, and restoration of trout and salmon

fisheries and their watersheds.

Wyoming Outdoor Council

262 Lincoln Street

Lander, WY 82520

Phone: (307) 332-7031

Fax: (307) 332-6899

E-mail:

Website: www.wyomingoutdoorcouncil.org

Project Focus: State

Major Projects: Public lands protection, state environmental policy, wildlife and its habitat, oil and gas development, mining and mine reclamation, watersheds and water quality, nuclear and toxic wasters and environmental justice.

Wyoming Wildlife Federation

Box 106

1921 House Avenue

Cheyenne, WY 82003

Phone: (307) 637-5433

Fax: (307) 637-6629

E-mail: info@wyomingwildlife.org

Website: www.wyomingwildlife.org

Project Focus: State

Major Projects: The WWF works for hunters, anglers, and other wildlife enthusiasts to protect and enhance habitat, to perpetuate quality hunting and fishing, to protect citizens' rights to use public lands and waters, and to promote ethical hunting and fishing. Outfitter lawsuit, fund for animal's lawsuit on NER Jackson public land issues.

Regional

Alliance for the Wild Rockies

P.O. Box 8731

Missoula, MT 59807

Mr. Mike Bader, Executive Director

Phone: (406) 721-5420

Fax: (406) 721-9917

E-mail: awr@wildrockiesalliance.org

Website: www.wildrockiesalliance.org

Project Focus: Regional

Major Projects: Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act (NREPA), Bull Trout recovery, grizzly reintroduction and habitat protection, and roadless area protection.

American Wildlands

40 East Main Street #2

Bozeman, MT 59715

Mr. Rob Ament, Program Director

Phone: (406) 586-8175

Fax: (406) 586-8242

E-mail: amwild@wildlands.org

Website: www.wildlands.org

Project Focus: Regional/Northern Rockies

Major Projects: Westslope Cutthroat Trout Campaign, "Still Alive in 2005," Clean Water, Wild Forests of the Northern Rockies.

Audubon Colorado

3107 28^th Street, Suite B

Boulder, CO 80301-1315

Ms. Susan Kirkpatrick, Executive Director

Phone: (303) 415-0130

Fax: (303) 415-0125

E-mail: skirkpatrick@audubon.org

Website: www.audubon.org/chapter/co/

Project Focus: Regional

Major Projects:

Ducks Unlimited, Inc.

Great Plains Region

2525 River Road

Bismarck, ND 58503-9011

Mr. Jeffrey W. Nelson, Director of Operations

Phone: (701) 355-3500

Fax: (701) 355-3575

E-mail:

Website: www.ducks.org

Staff: Mr. John Roaldston - WY Biologist, volunteers in the state

Project Focus: North America in concept with money coming back to state for projects

Major Projects: To raise funds for wetland conservation and rehabilitation, 31 complete projects involving 1,400 acres. Over 8.5 million acres continent -wide.

Land and Water Fund of the Rockies has become Western Resource Advocates

2260 Baseline Road, Suite 200

Boulder, CO 80302

Mr. Jim Martin, Executive Director

Phone: (303) 444-1188

Fax: (303) 786-8054

E-mail: info@westernresources.org

Website: www.westernresourceadvocates.org

Project Focus: Regional

Major Projects: Western Resource Advocates uses law, economics, and policy analysis to protect land and water r