By Clifford Kipp, Executive Director
In mid-April of this year, we excitedly (however cautiously) kicked off our full slate of 2025 Volunteer Adventures, despite having confirmed only 85% of the necessary funding. Unprecedented times call for new precedents so, BMWF is launching a first-ever Spring fundraising campaign to help us close the gap in Program funding for the upcoming field season.
Read MoreWe love our volunteers! Each year we’re thrilled to recognize a couple of the hardworking folks who go above and beyond for the Bob.
Read MoreStorytelling and book signing with Arnold "Smoke" Elser and Eva-Maria Maggi, held at Flathead Valley Community College on September 3, 2024, on the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Wilderness Act.
Read MoreCurated by the Bob Marshall Wilderness Foundation, in partnership with the ImagineIF Library Foundation, to raise awareness for the Great Fish Community Challenge!
Read MoreBy Casey Helmeczi, 2024 Wilderness Steward Intern
Check out this detailed guide to Meadow Creek Gorge on the South Fork of the Flathead River, created by Casey, our 2024 Spotted Bear Ranger District River Ranger Intern.
Read MoreOur volunteers are simply the best! Each year we’re thrilled to recognize a couple of the hardworking folks who go above and beyond for the Bob.
Read Moreby Alex Friend, 2023 WCC Intern
I wanted to share some photos from our Bar Creek project when we stayed at the Danaher cabin. This trip was amazing, it had a long approach and ever changing scenery as we moved through the Scapegoat into the Bob Marshall Wilderness to ultimately find the Danaher basin.
Read Moreby Nathalia Heredia, 2023 WR River Ranger Intern
Scenes from our 2023 Spotted Bear River Ranger internship!
Read Moreby Oliver Vernon, 2023 WS Intern
Working as an intern with the Bob Marshall Wilderness Foundation has given me opportunities to learn and develop in the beautiful country that northwest Montana has to offer, namely the Great Bear Wilderness which forms the northern part of the greater Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex. Since I’m definitely somewhat of a tool nerd, the tool use and maintenance has been one of my favorite parts of my work this summer which is why I’ve chosen to do a writeup on one of my personal favorite tools: the Pulaski.
Read Moreby Quinn King, 2023 WCC Intern
Take a peek into a day in the life of our Wilderness Conservation Crew!
Read Moreby Erynn Castellanos, BMWF Education & Partnership Specialist
Since 2021, we’ve been working closely with the Forest Service on a Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex Education Plan. The Mission of the Education Plan is to outline and implement consistent Wilderness education throughout the entire Bob Complex.
Read MoreIn 2022, we were honored to be chosen for as the subject for one of Whitefish Credit Union’s member stories. WCU supports our work annually as our Bob Marshall-level Corporate Sponsor, and they fully funded this mini-documentary to tell the story of the Bob Marshall Wilderness Foundation.
Read Moreby BMWF Program Staff
So you’ve registered for a trip… Congratulations on pushing yourself to try something new this summer! Before hitting the trail here are the 10 best ways to prepare yourself before heading into the Bob with BMWF.
Read Moreby Elizabeth Spradlin, 2022 WCC Intern
A peek into our Wilderness Conservation Crew's summer by WCC intern Elizabeth Spradlin.
Read Moreby Jessica Reed, The Guardian
Read Moreby Hazel Beltz, 2022 Girls in the Bob volunteer
I have known that I was a big city girl for as long as I can remember. I knew I would live in an apartment in the heart of the city, take public transportation, and work in an office building on the tippy top floor. After graduating high school, I wanted to run away to New York or Boston. I wanted to escape my small town. I wanted freedom, and to me, freedom meant the big city.
And then I went on Girls in the Bob.
Read MoreCalling all writers, photographers, poets, and other storytellers who love the Bob! We’re looking for contributions towards our Fall Journal that will be published in October 2022.
Read MoreVideo provided by Fred and Nancy Flint
Part 2 of the Schafer Meadows Airstrip Project, detailing the second year’s work on the last remaining active airstrip within a designated wilderness area in the state of Montana.
Read MoreA conversation with three artists from our Artist Wilderness Connection program that places artists in remote Forest Service cabins for one- to two-week stays each summer.
Read MoreBy Christian La Bar, 2021 Packer Apprentice
Now at 30, my goal was simple--the wilderness has given me so much and it was time for me to give back in the little way that I could. I felt it was time to pursue a passion that has always been there, packing mules in the Bob to aid the stewardship of the Bob Marshall Complex.
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