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Montana’s Wilderness Trails Need People With Horse Skills, Mule Packers and Volunteers to Keep the Back Country Supplied and Open.

For two decades, the Bob Marshall Wilderness Foundation has depended on the services of packers Frank Vitale, Keith Alltucker and Ralph Hopkins to haul tools and supplies into the Rockies. But all three are nearing retirement.

"Right now, it’s dying," Burns said of the packing tradition. "We’re trying to keep that tradition alive."

ROB CHANEY [email protected]

Full Story: http://missoulian.com/news/local/learning-the-ropes-novice-mule-packer-puts-training-to-work/article_614f1ef0-4140-5453-b6c8-5f9db5797bc1.html

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Help wanted: Volunteers spend free time fixing the Bob Marshall

Welcome to vacation time in the Bob Marshall Wilderness: Here’s your Pulaski.

ROB CHANEY [email protected]

Full Story: http://missoulian.com/lifestyles/territory/help-wanted-volunteers-spend-free-time-fixing-the-bob-marshall/article_93eaefa8-4988-55b3-a681-b63abd824e96.html

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Back Country Horsemen of Montana http://www.bchmt.org/

OUR PURPOSE; To perpetuate the common sense use and enjoyment of horses in America’s back country and wilderness. To work to ensure that public lands remain open to recreational stock use. To assist various agencies responsible for the maintenance and management of public lands. To educate, encourage, and solicit active participation in the wise and sustained use of the back country resource by horsemen and the general public, commensurate with our heritage. Foster and encourage formation of new Back Country Horsemen organizations.

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The Bob Marshall Wilderness Foundation http://www.bmwf.org/

The Bob Marshall Wilderness Foundation connects Americans with their wilderness heritage by providing access to and stewardship of one of the world’s most spectacular places -Montana’s Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex, the crown jewel of the Wilderness System. We help hundreds of hard-working volunteers, including youth, develop a land ethic and give back to the wilderness by opening trails, restoring heavily used areas, maintaining historic structures and fighting weeds. Active wilderness stewardship is our mission.

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Bob Marshall Wilderness Outfitters https://www.bobmarshallwildernessoutfitters.com/

We are Bob Marshall Wilderness Outfitters specializing in summer and early fall traditional horseback family vacations. With over 26 years of experience in the "Bob", we will take you into the pristine backcountry for a memorable Bob Marshall Wilderness experience that will inspire you for life. The robust smells of campfire coffee and fresh mountain air will wake you as you stir from your cot and step out of the tent into a crisp, Montana wilderness morning. This is just the start of your day in the wilderness that will include a variety of activities from adventure to relaxation. Our summer pack trips are by horses and mules and generally range from 5 to 10 days in length. We will ride through lush green mountain valleys, across cold clear streams and over majestic passes. You will have the opportunity to fish remote streams and lakes teaming with trout. Other options include exploring and learning about the ecology, history and majestic landscapes of the "Bob", as you make memories that last a lifetime. We also offer fair chase Wilderness Elk & Mule Deer hunts at our remote camp.Your comfort, enjoyment, safety and satisfaction are of the utmost importance to us.

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CBS Sunday Morning – On The Trail: Transforming our National Parks

Millions of Americans across the country were out of work during the Great Depression, while there was a huge job that needed be completed in America’s parks and public lands. And so President Franklin Roosevelt created the the Civilian Conservation Corps, the New Deal program that would eventually employ three million Americans. Conor Knighton reports on the federal program that transformed the lives of millions of Americans – and the country’s natural treasures.

Video: http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/on-the-trail-transforming-our-national-parks/

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