Working to protect and restore Central Montana's new National Monument

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 Working to preserve the premier segment of the Lewis and Clark Trail

The Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument
created in 2001 -  the premier section of the Lewis and Clark Trail

• contains 377,000 acres of federal land that will be a lasting legacy for the American people

•  includes 149 miles of the Upper Missouri National Wild and Scenic River, a spectacular Class One wilderness canoe route

• is the most remote and best preserved section of the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail

• contains a remote segment of the Nez Perce National Historic Trail

• is home to deer, elk, bighorn sheep, antelope, predators, migrating songbirds, raptors, reptiles

• prime habitat for threatened and endangered species such as sage grouse, pallid sturgeon, & paddlefish

• 6 Wilderness Study Areas whose status is threatened by mismanagement and outside interests

• contains hundreds of miles of high-potential riparian habitat that is severely threatened by cattle grazing

 Our mission is to protect the objects of the Monument!

Friends of the Missouri Breaks Monument
224 W. Main, Suite 202 Lewistown, MT 59457
(406) 538-8506 fax: (406) 538-8507
E-Mail: wildmissouri@tein.net

Last updated 12-21-2009 (-*-new this update)