Organizational Viability
Grounded in decades of field experience and academic rigor our team delivers effective conservation. Our highly skilled team specializes in remote landscape operations, blending a legacy of passion with a commitment to mentoring new talent and high staff retention.
By prioritizing operational efficiency, dedicated staff, standardized field rigor, strong partnerships and diversified funding, we ensure the continuity of our mission and current impact.
Who we are
- Leadership: Collaborative planning and independent execution.
- Expertise: 25+ years of specialized technical skill across the Rockies applied to each project.
- Transparency: Knowledge sharing and comprehensive reporting.
- Reliability: Proactive communication and flexible, expert logistical planning and execution.
- Management: Fiscal efficiency, flexibility and deep experience navigating federal partnerships.
What empowers our work
- Role Clarity: Empowered leadership for specialized tasks.
- Communication: Timely, task-oriented information sharing.
- Success Stories: Celebrating our shared impact and joint missions.
2026 Goals
Restoration
- Identify and collect seed from 150-200 new candidates for rust resistance testing and planting on the Bridger Teton, Caribou Targhee and Inyo National Forests and Yellowstone National, Grand Teton, North Cascades, Yosemite National, Sequoia Kings National Parks.
- Plant 6,500 seedlings on 40 acres on the Bridger Teton and Caribou Targhee National Forests.
Protection
- Deploy pheromone packets to safeguard 5,000 mature, rust-resistant seed trees in the Bridger Teton and Caribou Targhee National Forests and Grand Teton and North Cascades National Parks.
- Eliminate beetle larvae in 120-140 infected whitebark in Grand Teton National Park using a highly effective bark removal technique we developed.
Partnerships
- Sustain robust partnerships with American Forests, the Park Service and Forest Service to support public land managers through project initiation and completion, resource support, expertise and knowledge transfer.
- Initiate additional tree protection, cone collection and planting projects with the Caribou Targhee, Bridger Teton and Inyo National Forests.
- Launch a new monitoring project with an existing or new partner in an under-surveyed region.
Our Team
Our team of capable mountain professionals prioritizes efficient and effective field work, focusing on tangible efforts where our impact can be maximized. This work is conducted with leadership and involvement from a Forest Ecologist
Innovative Expertise
By filling a unique niche within the conservation landscape, our team has conducted and helped to develop innovative management practices for a complex and dynamic conservation task
Conservation Legacy
Conservation Legacy
We have been involved in whitebark conservation for almost 25 years, having participated in a diverse set of of stewardship tasks. The team’s legacy of work speaks clearly and is growing every year
