Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative

Wendy Francis

Montana Watershed Coordination Council

Alicia Vanderheiden

"The Montana Watershed Coordination Council is a statewide entity that works to build and unite watershed communities and protect our nation's headwaters. We represent over 50 active watershed groups - some of whom live and work in the Crown. The Statement of Values and Principles aligns with our mission to enhance, conserve, and protect natural resources and sustain the high quality of life in Montana for present and future generations using a collaborative watershed approach - and we are proud to call ourselves a friend."

Crown of the Continent Conservation Initiative

Stephen Legault

The Wilderness Society

Peter Aengst

Ravenwood Outdoor Learning Center

Brett Holmquist

"Common vision and values encapsulate the core identity of a culture. Ravenwood is proud to support this effort to clarify critical land use and stewardship understandings in order to create a sustainable, resilient, and positive future for our collective communities in the crown."

Diann Ericson

"It is great to know that we are in this together. It helps us maintain momentum."

Bruce Elkin

"I grew up in Alberta, travelling in this area, and nearby. And later, hiking and camping in it. It, like so many wilderness and near-wild areas is critical to the well being of the planet and to Albertans and ex-Albertans. Please keep this area wild."

Castle-Crown Wilderness Coalition

Carolyn Aspeslet

University of Montana - Missoula

Stephan Edwards

"What amazes me about the Crown of the Continent is the wide diversity of people that live in this remarkable region, and the fact that, despite our differences, we can ultimately share a set of core values. We shape the landscape, but the landscape shapes us too."

Water Matters Society of Alberta

Carole Stark

"Water Matters is proud to endorse the Friends of the Crown values and principles. Our water work in Alberta spans research, policy analysis, public outreach and support for local stewardship. Alberta's Crown region is a unique and highly valued landscape, and we are currently leading a citizen's initiative to give voice to local priorities and recommendations for the Southern Foothills landscape and watersheds, to inform land use planning and stewardship at the provincial and municipal levels."

Friends of the Rocky Mountain Front

Gene Sentz

"Since 1977 when our motley crew of ragamuffin locals first got together as an informal network, we have focused on trying to protect the public lands along Montana's Rocky Mountain Front south of Glacier National Park from major industrial development, and on helping government agencies maintain mostly traditional 'quiet travel' for hikers and horse users on the trails of the fabulous Front."

Clark Fork Coalition

Brianna Randall

"The values of the Roundtable echo those of the Clark Fork Coalition. Our 2,300 members live, work, and play in the Clark Fork watershed, a 22,000 square-mile watershed that includes jewels in the Crown like the Flathead, the Blackfoot, and the Seeley-Swan. The Coalition is also dedicated to protecting and restoring vital rivers and healthy communities in southern watersheds like the Bitterroot and Upper Clark Fork, to maintain linkages, corridors, and buffers for the Crown lands."

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Gary Sullivan

"The US Fish and Wildlife Service has three approved Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) projects that are focused on protecting private lands with conservation easements along the Rocky Mountain Front and in the Blackfoot and Swan Valley's."

Talking Stick Consulting Group

David Luff

Polly Knowlton Cockett

"CONTEXT: Conversation, Conservation, Collaboration, Community, Celebration"

Crown of the Continent Ecosystem Education Consortium

Lisa Flowers

"COCEEC provides a bio-regional focus to ecosystem education in the Crown of the Continent Ecosystem. Recognizing that regional ecosystems, such as the COC, are comprised of an intricate interweaving of environmental, social, and economic components, it is felt that raising local, regional and international awareness of the components and function of this ecosystem is critical to achieving support for sustaining the integrity of the regional landscape. COCEEC appreciates the value of an informal network of people and organizations in Canada and United States that embrace a common but adaptable set of values and principles that are a common starting point for shaping the future this keystone place. Our interest is primarily focused on collaborative high quality outdoor education opportunities in local communities. "

Crown of the Continent Geotourism

Dylan Boyle

"The Crown of the Continent Geotourism Council is proud to be associated with the Roundtable on the Crown of the Continent. A long term sustainable tourism economy in the Crown is simply not possibly without conscious conservation of the natural assets that make our region a one of a kind travel destination. "

Miistakis Institute

Danah Duke

National Parks Conservation Association

Tim Stevens

MT DNRC

Mary Sexton

"Working lands of the Crown are crucial not only to the landowners and residents of the area, but also to the school children of Montana who benefit from the utilization of these lands. On state trust lands in the Crown, forest management, livestock grazing, recreation, and residential leasing provide revenue. Maintaining the health of Crown lands is of importance to us all."

Lincoln Institute of Land Policy

Armando Carbonell

"This statement is exemplary of the practice of regional collaboration in large landscape conservation that is the centerpiece of our joint venture work with the Center for Natural Resources and Environmental Policy at the University of Montana."

Brandeis & Tufts Universities

Charles Chester

"The Crown not only contains some of the continent's most impressive mountain terrain and relatively healthy wildlife populations, but also symbolizes the best in international natural resource cooperation. I am co-chair of the Board of the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative, which has identified the Crown as a critical linkage area for wildlife in the Y2Y region."

Northwest Connections

Melanie Parker

"Northwest Connections supports this statement of values. We are especially interested in seeing the Crown be a model of sustainable economic uses of the land, and cutting edge approaches to land stewardship. "

Swan Ecosystem Center

Anne Dahl

"Swan Ecosystem Center's Vision statement reads: "The Swan Valley is rural and wild. It is integral to the Crown of the Continent Ecosystem, where people and a rich diversity of plants and animals flourish. People learn from the ecosystem and work to promote its vitality, while maintaining a rural way of life."

Headwaters Montana

David Hadden

"Headwaters Montana works primarily west of the Continental Divide in the greater Flathead watershed to protect our water, wildlife and outdoor heritage. The Crown Roundtable and its Friends provide the circle for all peoples to come together to protect this place."

The Trust for Public Land

Deb Love

Sonoran Institute

Nina Chambers

Rotary Clubs

James Dokken

"Personal interest in the development of the Crown area. Currently, the chair of the Waterton Glacier International Peace Park Assembly for 2011.(High River Rotary Club) "

Sun River Watershed Group

Alan Rollo

Teton River Watershed Group

Alan Rollo

Center for Large Landscape Conservation

Gary Tabor

UM Crown of the Continent Initiative

Gerald Fetz

"Rick Graetz and I co-direct the University of Montana's Crown of the Continent Initiative. Among other activities we publish the UM Crown of the Continent E-Magazine three times per year. We are interested in educational, research, and conservation activities in the Crown region and in collaborating with all other entities that share these interests. "

The Nature Conservancy in Montana

Kat Imhoff

The Cinnabar Foundation

Steve Thompson

"The Cinnabar Foundation supports large-landscape conservation, sustainable communities and economies, and place-based collaborative initiatives on the Montana side of the Crown of the Continent. We endorse the Statement of Values and Principles as a guidepost to sustain the distinctive values and character of the Crown of the Continent."