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About the Friends

Our Goal

We believe that national monument designation is the best way to protect the Missouri River Breaks and ensure that future generations are able to enjoy this historic landscape. Our goal is to bring together citizens and business owners who care about the Missouri River Breaks National Monument and recognize its potential as an economic, recreational, and cultural asset to Montana.

Mission Statement

The Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument is a natural, historic, and cultural symbol of the American West that must be protected for all generations.

The Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument designation will stimulate local economies by attracting visitors who wish to experience the nationally recognized wild and remote landscape of the West. In addition, the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial will bring thousands of new visitors to a historically-rich river corridor and landscape that has remained virtually unchanged in two hundred years.

The Monument designation protects hunting, fishing, and recreational opportunities as well as abundant wildlife habitat and wide open vistas. Because the Monument protects these values forever, it provides the foundation upon which we can build strong, stable communities and vibrant local economies.

We, the Friends of the Missouri Breaks Monument, call upon our congressional delegation, our state elected officials, and state and federal land management agencies to protect the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument against attempts to decrease or alter the boundaries of the Monument or otherwise impair the Monument's unique historic, cultural, and natural landscape values.

Who We Are

The Friends of the Missouri Breaks Monument are business people, hunters, anglers, hikers, river users, outfitters, farmers, ranchers, recreationists-your neighbors from across our great state. We are working to inform others about the Monument's values and what the national monument can do for the small towns and communities of central Montana. Through active resource planning, public education, and effective policy-making we intend to protect the many natural, cultural, and historical assets of this special place for generations to come.

Staff

Mary Jones, Coordinator
Friends of the Missouri Breaks Monument
Montana Building - 224 W. Main, Suite 202
Lewistown, MT 59457
(406) 538-8506
fax: (406) 538-8507

Board of Directors

Dennis Tighe - Great Falls
Hugo Tureck - Coffee Creek
Kris Dunn - Great Falls
Darryl Olson - Billings
Dave Mari - Lewistown

Write to the Board of Directors at Friends of the Missouri Breaks, P.O. Box 66, Great Falls, MT 59403.

Advisory Board

Stephenie Ambrose Tubbs - Helena
Dave Byerly - Lewistown
Glenn Braun - Big Sandy
James Gagnon - Fort Benton
John Gibson - Billings
Rick and Susie Graetz - Helena
Randy Gray - Great Falls
Gerry Jennings - Great Falls
Jack Lepley - Fort Benton
Jim McDermand - Billings
Mary Mendel - Lewistown
Glenn Monahan - Anaconda/Fort Benton
Ron Moody - Lewistown
Mike Penfold - Billings
Wendy Whitehorn - Dutton

Become a Friend of the Monument -- Join Us!

Please send us an e-mail or write to be placed on our mailing list. Tell us if you want to work on the issues or just want to support our efforts. If you want to talk to someone in the organization, let us know, and we'll be in touch. The Friends of the Missouri Breaks Monument is a nonprofit grassroots organization devoted to the lasting protection and preservation of our Monument.

We accept donations to support our efforts. Please make checks out to Friends of the Monument and mail to the address below.

FRIENDS OF THE MISSOURI BREAKS MONUMENT
224 W. Main, Suite 202
Lewistown, MT 59457
(406) 538-8506

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