Wildlife · Bozeman, MT
Gallatin Wildlife Association
Gallatin Range is written into their mission
Founded 1976
Stand · Find your defenders
Who’s defending the Gallatin Range?
19 groups have it in their care
National forest in Montana, 250,000 acres, managed by the U.S. Forest Service.
The defenders
The groups doing the most work here
One group is on the record for Gallatin Range, in the order they carry the weight. The range says how strongly our editors, the court dockets and their own filings tie each one here. Give directly; nothing routes through us.
71–76% match
18 more groups also work this ground
On the ground in Montana
Wild MontanaThey work only in MontanaGrassrootsMontana Conservation CorpsThey work only in MontanaStewardshipMontana Land RelianceThey work only in MontanaLand TrustFive Valleys Land TrustThey work only in MontanaLand TrustUpper Missouri Breaks AudubonThey work only in MontanaFriends GroupBob Marshall Wilderness FoundationThey work only in MontanaFriends Group
More ways in
Custer Gallatin Working GroupThey work only in MontanaFriends GroupWhitefish Legacy PartnersThey work only in MontanaRecreationGallatin Valley Land TrustThey work only in MontanaLand TrustGlacier InstituteThey work only in MontanaFriends GroupCottonwood Environmental Law CenterMontana is one of the 3 states they work inLegalVital Ground FoundationMontana is one of the 4 states they work inLand TrustPacific Northwest Trail AssociationMontana is one of the 3 states they work inTrailsSonoran InstituteMontana is one of the 4 states they work inCoalitionWestern Values ProjectBased in Helena, close to the groundWatchdogRocky Mountain Elk FoundationBased in Missoula, close to the groundAdvocacyGlacier National Park ConservancyThey work only in MontanaFriends GroupAdvocates for the WestWorking this regionLegal
The situation
What’s happening to Gallatin Range
The wildest unprotected mountain range in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, a critical corridor for grizzlies, wolves, and elk moving between Yellowstone and the northern ranges. Wilderness proposals have stalled for decades while Bozeman’s boom creeps closer to the ridgeline. Every year the window narrows.
- 1977RARE II recommends wilderness designation
- 2025Motorized access proposals threaten wilderness character
Bozeman development encroaching on range
Source: Gallatin County · February 1, 2025
Motorized access proposals threaten wilderness character
Source: USFS · January 15, 2025
No public comment window is open on Gallatin Range right now. A call script is ready on the Public Lands Action Network, and the groups above are how the fight gets funded and argued in the meantime.
In the courts
The cases over this place
The dockets we track that name Gallatin Range directly. Active first.
Your move
How to stand for the Gallatin Range
GiveGive to Gallatin Wildlife Association
Their own site; they take gifts directly. Your dollar never passes through us.
Their site ↗SpeakCall your representativesA ready call script on Gallatin Range, plus any comment window as it opens.
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Threatened Lands MapGallatin Range has defenders. It needs more.
The work is theirs. The backing is yours.