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The Blackfoot Challenge:
Partnerships Building our Future
Greg Neudecker and Jim Stone
Excerpt from Program:
"Popularized by the movie "A River Runs Through It", the Blackfoot River has become a destination for thousands of people to float, fish and vacation. However, with this has come significant environmental, social and economic repercussions. To meet these growing impacts, a diverse coalition of residents and organizations have partnered with Federal, state and local government agencies to address issues such as subdivision, weed infestation, water quality and quantity, and to preserve species. By squarely confronting these issues and engaging all stakeholders in an open forum, solutions have evolved where problems once loomed.
"Greg Neudecker, originally from southern Minnesota, received his B.S. degree in Fish and Wildlife Biology from South Dakota State University in 1988, and moved to Montana in 1989. Greg has been the Assistant State Coordinator for the Montana Partnership for Fish and Wildlife Program, a program of the US Fish and Wildlife Service, for the past 12 years and has worked for the USFWS for 20 years. Greg's involvement in the Blackfoot Challenge dates back to 1993, before it even had a name - he attended the first community planning meetings and for the past seven years has served as Vice Chair of the Blackfoot Challenge. During this time he also began working cooperatively with the Blackfoot Challenge, the Big Blackfoot Chapter of Trout Unlimited and MT Fish, Wildlife & Parks and other key partners on diverse habitat restoration projects in the Blackfoot Valley with direct benefits for native fish. Greg has received numerous awards in recognition of his outstanding leadership in conservation. On rare occasions, Greg balances his free-time between golfing and casting large flys into small streams.
"Jim Stone, a native Montanan, graduated from Montana State University in 1983, and took over his family's ranch in Ovando in 1984. Jim has been a member of the Blackfoot Challenge from the beginning and currently serves as its Chairman. Jim Stone is the quintessential rural community leader serving on the local fire department, school board, county planning board of adjustments, Powell County Weed Board, Future Fisheries Commission, among other volunteer efforts. Today, the Blackfoot Project is widely touted as a national model for landscape-scale conservation, in large part thanks to Jim Stone's vision, leadership and hard work."
Presentation Outline:
Greg Neudecker and Jim Stone
Excerpt from Program:
"Popularized by the movie "A River Runs Through It", the Blackfoot River has become a destination for thousands of people to float, fish and vacation. However, with this has come significant environmental, social and economic repercussions. To meet these growing impacts, a diverse coalition of residents and organizations have partnered with Federal, state and local government agencies to address issues such as subdivision, weed infestation, water quality and quantity, and to preserve species. By squarely confronting these issues and engaging all stakeholders in an open forum, solutions have evolved where problems once loomed.
"Greg Neudecker, originally from southern Minnesota, received his B.S. degree in Fish and Wildlife Biology from South Dakota State University in 1988, and moved to Montana in 1989. Greg has been the Assistant State Coordinator for the Montana Partnership for Fish and Wildlife Program, a program of the US Fish and Wildlife Service, for the past 12 years and has worked for the USFWS for 20 years. Greg's involvement in the Blackfoot Challenge dates back to 1993, before it even had a name - he attended the first community planning meetings and for the past seven years has served as Vice Chair of the Blackfoot Challenge. During this time he also began working cooperatively with the Blackfoot Challenge, the Big Blackfoot Chapter of Trout Unlimited and MT Fish, Wildlife & Parks and other key partners on diverse habitat restoration projects in the Blackfoot Valley with direct benefits for native fish. Greg has received numerous awards in recognition of his outstanding leadership in conservation. On rare occasions, Greg balances his free-time between golfing and casting large flys into small streams.
"Jim Stone, a native Montanan, graduated from Montana State University in 1983, and took over his family's ranch in Ovando in 1984. Jim has been a member of the Blackfoot Challenge from the beginning and currently serves as its Chairman. Jim Stone is the quintessential rural community leader serving on the local fire department, school board, county planning board of adjustments, Powell County Weed Board, Future Fisheries Commission, among other volunteer efforts. Today, the Blackfoot Project is widely touted as a national model for landscape-scale conservation, in large part thanks to Jim Stone's vision, leadership and hard work."
Presentation Outline:
- Blackfoot Watershed
- Reasons for Our Problems
- Mission
- The Blackfoot Challenge
- Goals to Accomplish Mission
- Community Project
- Emergency Drought Response Plan
- Accomplishments with Partners
- Partners
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