From Our President: Thank You All

From Our President: thank you all

Once again I am truly awed by and proud of this outstanding organization and how much was accomplished this past year. Fiscal year 2013 was nothing short of stunning. As you enjoy our annual report, I believe you’ll share my amazement and admiration for GVLT and its work to enrich our community Board of Directors and the quality of life for those who live here. Highlights include the addition of nearly 4,000 acres of Steve Schnee President permanently conserved land to GVLT’s stewardship of Schnee’s Boots & Shoes, Founder/Retired over 42,000 acres, the addition of over five miles of new trails at the Highland Glen Nature Preserve at Bozeman Mike Riley, Vice President Deaconess Health Services, and the passage of the $15 & Treasurer On Site Management, million Bond for Trails, Open Space and Parks. Founder/Retired

Of course, GVLT’s success would not be possible without the commitment, Valorie Drake, Secretary dedication, and support of our fabulous volunteers, business partners, sponsors, and Greater Yellowstone Coalition, the community at large. We are grateful to each of you and to everyone whose time, Director of Finance & Administration talent, and financial support helped GVLT continue its important mission this past year. Thank you. Dotty Ballantyne Business Consultant, Retired As President of the Board of Directors, I would also like to welcome Dotty Ballantyne Bill Cochran back to the Board after a one year hiatus, as well as welcome new Board members Bozeman Area Bicycle Whitney Tilt and Todd Graham. We bade a fond farewell to Stuart Jennings in Advisory Board, Chair December, who left the board after six years of valuable service. We haven’t let Stuart Gallatin Valley Bicycle Club, wander far as he is still an important member of our Trails Committee. Advocacy Chair Columbine Culberg I can’t thank our community enough for your belief, dedication, and unyielding Montana Import Group, commitment to the mission of the Gallatin Valley Land Trust. I hope that we can Environmental & Community continue to collaborate and work in partnership to make the coming year our most Affairs Director successful and remarkable year ever. I look forward to it. Anne Goertzen Forever Fit Inc., Owner & Personal Trainer/Coach

Steve Schnee Board President Todd Graham Ranch Advisory Partners, Partner

Katy Harjes Willow Spring Ranch, Owner/Founder

Sally Sands Management Consultant, Retired

Whitney Tilt Conservation BenchMarks & High Country Apps, Principal/Co-Founder

Alison Totten Former Local Business Owner

Mike Wheat Montana Supreme Court Justice Barley grows under the watchful eye of Electric Peak on the Stermitz conservation easement in the Paradise Valley.

- page 1 - 2% 5% Financial Report: your support at work 10% 43% I am very proud and pleased to report that the Gallatin Valley Land Trust completed fiscal year 2013 on very firm financial footing. Year-end income after expenses totaled 40% $73,023 and once again our organization’s total assets exceeded $1.5 million. Unrestricted income for FY 2013, comprised mainly of private gifts from almost 3,000 individuals and family foundations, totaled $786,047. GVLT also had another successful year in securing new grants earmarked for current and future projects, Operating Income by Source totaling $171,517, which is a 17% increase over our projected budget.

Individuals $334,586 Personnel and general overhead expenses came in under budget once again. Our major program expenses for the year were related to closing the Legacy Peaks Conservation Grants $315,435 Easement (see page 5), completing Riley’s Bridge, trail connections at Bozeman Pond, Events $77,711 and improvements to the Triple Tree Trail (see pages 6-7). In-Kind $35,652 Earned Income $19,794 In summary, total assets of the Gallatin Valley Land Trust increased from June 2012 Other (<1%) $2,869 to June 2013 by $138,313. Our FY 2014 budget anticipates another solid year for GVLT and an operating budget Total $786,047 of over $1,000,000 for the first time in GVLT’s history! With land values stabilizing, we are seeing landowners placing more acreage into conservation easements with GVLT. Also, our wildly successful and popular trails program will continue to grow with the passage of the Bond for Trails, Open Space and Parks and the addition of 6% almost five miles of trails at the Highland Glen Nature Preserve, thanks to a wonderful 14% partnership with Bozeman Deaconess Health Services and the City of Bozeman. 43% If you would like more details about our fiscal year financials, please contact the GVLT 16% office. As always, the Board and staff thank you for your steadfast support of our work. You make it possible and we are all grateful. 21%

Operating Expense by Program Mike Riley Treasurer

Community $310,769 Trails Land $149,745 Total Assets Conservation Management $114,302 $1,547,294 $1,685,612 & General $180,0000 $160,0000 Fixed Assets Fundraising $98,170 $140,0000 Receivables Education $40,037 $120,0000 $100,0000 Cash & Total $713,023 $80,0000 Equivalents $60,0000 Stewardship $40,0000 Fund $20,0000 Endowment These charts depict audited $0 Funds financial reports. Audited FY 12 FY 13 financial statements will be available at www.gvlt.org in December 2013. The Montana Community Foundation manages an additional endowment of $30,131 on behalf of GVLT.

- page 2 - GVLT Finance Committee Members

Mike Riley Chair Valorie Drake

Dotty Ballantyne

Sten Anderson

Scott Dehlendorf

Rick Keller

Mike McCormick

Lisa Tuckerman

Mission

Gallatin Valley Land Trust GVLT staff celebrate at Evening on the Land this August. From left to right: Dan Center Communications connects people, communities, and & Office Manager, Josh Olsen Seasonal Trail Boss, Penelope Pierce Executive Director, Brendan Weiner open lands through conservation Project Manager, Gary Vodehnal Trails Program Coordinator, Kelly Pohl Associate Director, Peter Brown of working farms and ranches, Stewardship Manager healthy rivers, and wildlife GVLT Staff Grows habitat, and the creation of GVLT is delighted to welcome Brendan Weiner to our team as the new Project trails in the Montana headwaters Manager. This is a new position for GVLT and Brendan’s expertise expands our of the Missouri and Upper capacity to complete land conservation and trails projects. Brendan hit the ground Yellowstone Rivers. running and is already managing several new conservation easement projects. Prior to joining GVLT, Brendan worked with private landowners in Vermont as a consulting forester and ecologist. Brendan completed a Master’s degree in Ecological Planning at the University of Vermont (UVM) and also instructed a forestry course there. Brendan’s project management experience includes initiatives to utilize local, certified lumber in community building projects, to identify and protect habitat for threatened bats, and to engage community volunteers in backcountry wildlife camera surveys. We are thrilled to have him on board! GVLT was also honored to have Josh Olsen return for a third season running as our Trail Boss. This year alone, Josh managed over 30 volunteer projects with more than 800 volunteers. Created through a permanent endowment from an anonymous The accreditation seal recognizes donor, our Trail Boss position – especially in Josh’s capable hands – continues to be land conservation organizations an exceptional tool for outreach and stewardship of our Main Street to the Mountains that meet national standards for trail system. excellence, uphold the public trust Contact and ensure that conservation efforts are permanent. Gallatin office address 25 N. Willson Avenue, Suite E, Bozeman, MT 59715 Valley Land Trust is a member mailing address P.O. Box 7021, Bozeman, MT 59771 of the Montana Association telephone 406.587.8404 facsimile 406.582.1136 of Land Trusts and the Land website www.gvlt.org Trust Alliance.

- page 3 - GVLT Lands Committee Members Conservation: easements & open land

Mike Riley Chair Joe Bateson

Bill Cochran

Deb Kmon Davidson

Russell Davis

Mark Dobrenski

Valorie Drake

Andy Epple Local grade school students help prepare strawberry plants for another growing season at Rocky Creek Farm, which is in a conservation easement with the Gallatin Valley Land Trust. Todd Graham New in 2013: GVLT Stewardship Sourcebook Katy Harjes Gallatin Valley Land Trust stewardship staff collaborated with MSU intern, Lucas Jeremy LeFeber Cain, over the past year to compile resources, partner contact information, and cost- share opportunities in a new Stewardship Sourcebook. This online resource provides Jim Madden landowners in our service area with detailed information about water resources, wildlife, noxious weeds, forestry, range management, and plant restoration. Alison Totten GVLT believes that this resource will be immeasurably useful as private landowners seek information about methods to steward natural resources and agricultural 42,160 productivity for a sustainable future. We will update the Sourcebook annually as a service to private landowners in our region. The sourcebook can be found on the Acres of working farms GVLT website: www.gvlt.org. and ranches, wildlife habitat, and river corridor conserved by GVLT

89 Total number of conservation easements held by GVLT

2,426 Hours of staff time spent in support of conservation easement landowners

- page 4 - Over 3,800 acres of new land conserved in the Paradise Valley 69 Thanks to the vision and generosity of the Legacy Peaks, LLC, 3,860 acres of critical wildlife habitat on the east face of the Gallatin Range above the Paradise Valley will be protected in perpetuity. Two new conservation easements, completed at the end of 2012, conserve prime habitat for grizzly bear, black bear, elk, deer, moose, mountain lion, wolverine, and many other species. The conservation easements allow for ongoing agricultural uses and also help to buffer adjacent public lands. Combined with eight other conservation easements that GVLT holds in the Paradise Valley, Stream miles we have partnered with local families to conserve nearly 5,000 acres. The vision and generosity of these conservation gifts from the Legacy Peaks, LLC creates benefits for all Montanans – now and in the future.

10,900

Acres of cropland

31,205

Emigrant Peak dominates the skyline above the Paradise Valley, as seen from the top of GVLT’s newest conservation easement: Legacy Peaks.

A Promise for Excellence and Permanence Acres of wildlife habitat This year, Gallatin Valley Land Trust reaffirmed its commitment to excellence and permanence by becoming part of two national programs. In May, GVLT applied for renewal of our accredited status. Awarded by the independent Land Trust Accreditation Commission, the accreditation seal recognizes 42,160 land conservation organizations that meet national standards for excellence, uphold the public trust, and ensure that conservation efforts are permanent. GVLT was first awarded accredited status in 2008, and our five-year renewal will be formalized in early 2014. This year, GVLT also joined with over 400 land trusts from across the United States in forming Terrafirma, a captive insurance program that insures land trusts against the legal costs of defending conservation easements. Along with GVLT’s Stewardship Fund, this new program helps to safeguard GVLT’s conservation programs and Total acres protects the permanence of our efforts. protected

- page 5 - GVLT Trails Committee Members Community Trails: connecting the valley

Bill Cochran Chair Steve Bracken Five Miles of New Trail at Highland Glen Nature Preserve Thanks to the vision of Bozeman Deaconess Health Services, generous financial Katie Cady support from several donors, and the work of countless volunteers, over five miles of Sandy Dodge new singletrack trails are open in the Highland Glen Nature Preserve. This incredible hidden gem lies east of Bozeman Deaconess Hospital in a gulch surrounded by large Anne Goertzen rolling wheat fields. In partnership with the City of Bozeman, GVLT signed a lease agreement with Bozeman Deaconess Health Services, who owns the land, to build Micheline Halpin and manage these trails for summer use. Stuart Jennings

Rick Reese

Steve Schnee

Hal Stanley

Bob Wade

2,939

Hours of trail volunteer time

881

Trail volunteers Volunteers on National Trails Day help to start construction of the new trails at Highland Glen Nature Preserve.

The project kicked off on National Trails Day, June 1st, when an army of over 150 235 enthusiastic volunteer trail builders made huge progress in creating this new trail system for Bozeman. GVLT also hired contractors to excavate steeper sections of Cubic feet of noxious and the trail and install three culverts in the gulch to allow summer and winter crossings. invasive weeds removed The property sports five new spring-loaded gates to allow recreational access while keeping the cattle, with which we share the pasture, from escaping. Three information kiosks were placed along the trails and a new crosswalk was added on Kagy Boulevard 31,200 to provide a connection to the Painted Hills Trail and parking area to the south. Grab your bike or put on your running shoes and check out the newest addition to our Dog waste bags distributed Main Street to the Mountains trail system.

368,900 Triple Tree Trail Gets a Facelift Most recreational users have been enjoying the top loop of the Triple Tree Trail on Pounds of gravel spread State Land, unaware there was no formal easement and that all users are required to on trails have a State Lands Recreational Use License to access the trail. (con’t)

- page 6 - This year, the Gallatin Valley Land Trust partnered with Gallatin County, the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC), and the Triple Tree Ranch Owners Association to reroute the steeper portions of the trail and establish a permanent easement for the upper loop. Land Tech Montana built the new sections of trail, which have a more sustainable grade and add over 1.5 miles to the total trail length. This fall, GVLT will complete this project by purchasing a permanent easement from DNRC, ensuring uninterrupted access for the public. Bozeman Pond Trail Voters Overwhelmingly Approve $15 million Bond for Connections Complete Trails, Open Space and Parks On November 6, 2012, more than 73% of This spring, GVLT completed Bozeman voters passed a $15 million bond to construction on a series of new help fund new parks, improve trails, protect trails at Bozeman Pond. The river corridors, and conserve important natural finishing touch, funded by a areas. This measure will help protect our quality Parkland Improvement Grant of life for our families, businesses, and future from the City of Bozeman was generations, creating new opportunities for a new half-mile perimeter trail recreation and transportation to better serve our growing community. GVLT took a that encircles the entire park. leading role in the efforts to pass the bond and we are excited to work with the City Volunteers also helped resurface of Bozeman and many other partners to leverage taxpayer dollars into parks, trails, several sections of the trail and and a legacy for our community. A-Core Concrete Cutting donated GVLT is already hard at work collaborating with partners on potential projects, curb cuts to make the sidewalks including critical trail connections (see page 10), protection of important waterways, more accessible. Bozeman Pond and conserving natural areas around Bozeman. continues to be a fantastic biking and walking destination A Fitting and Lasting Tribute: Riley’s Bridge on Bozeman’s west side. This spring, GVLT and a host of community partners constructed a beautiful new bridge spanning Nash Spring Creek along the Sourdough Trail. The bridge replaced a dilapidated footbridge upstream and helped give Nash Spring Creek more room to move in its floodplain. Friends and family of Riley Cole helped raise funds for the bridge, and thanks to their support and the creativity of architect and fabricator Ken VanDeWalle, the bridge Zac Cavaness with Land Tech Montana builds the new perimeter design took on a distinctive and unique flair trail at Bozeman Pond. to help remember Riley. Additional support for the bridge came from a State of Montana Recreational Trails Program Grant, a City of Bozeman Parkland Improvement Grant, and from dozens of businesses and individuals.

GVLT and partners celebrate the grand opening and dedication of Riley’s Bridge. From left to right: Bill Cochran, GVLT board member; Sherwin and Della Cole, Riley’s parents; Gary Vodehnal, GVLT Trails Program Coordinator; Ken VanDeWalle, bridge architect; and Mitch Overton, City of Bozeman Parks & Recreation Director.

- page 7 - The Growth of National Trails Day Volunteers: thank you for your support

Every June for the last eighteen years, GVLT has led events to celebrate National Trails Day. Our event has steadily been growing, with the best turn-out yet in 2013. This year, more than 200 hard-working volunteers helped cut in new trails at the Highland Glen Nature Preserve and resurface trails near the Lindley Center. In the last five years nearly 700 National Trails Day volunteers have improved trails at Burke Park, East Gallatin Recreation Area, Story Mill Spur, Drinking Horse Mountain, Snowfill Recreation Area, and other locations on the Main Street to the Mountains trail system.

National Trails Day Volunteers

2007 57 2008 73 2009 60 2010 70 2011 110 2012 115 2013

200 represents five volunteers

- page 8 - GVLT is honored to have the support of

1,131

volunteers

who donated

3,555

hours of time

pulling weeds, resurfacing trails, serving on committees, removing fences, staffing membership and fundraising events, picking up litter, planting trees, filing documents, building new trails, and more.

- page 9 - On Deck: closing the gap - a path to the “M”

When Chris Boyd founded our organization in 1990, the vision for GVLT was “Main Street to the Mountains” – connecting the core of downtown Bozeman with trails to public lands on both the north and south ends of town. We are much closer to realizing this vision with a new project: a shared-use pathway connecting existing trails near Story Mill Road to the “M” and Drinking Horse Mountain trailheads along Bridger Drive.

In early 2013, GVLT helped catalyze partners and - along with the Western Transportation Institute, City of Bozeman, and US Forest Service - led efforts to apply for $2.8 million in funding through the Federal Lands Access Program of the Western Federal Lands Highway Division (WFLHD). Our project was approved this fall, and now GVLT and partners are working to raise about $500,000 in local matching funds through the Bozeman Trails, Open Space and Parks Bond and other sources.

The path design and construction will be led by WFLHD, but GVLT and local Finding Your Way partners will continue to provide leadership and on-the-ground support. The bicycle GVLT helps the City of and pedestrian pathway will be paved and parallel the highway, but be separated from Bozeman manage and maintain high-speed traffic, providing a safe alternative route for non-motorized transportation. more than 80 totems like this When completed – probably in 2015 – the path will connect the existing Main Street one on over 67 miles of trail. to the Mountains trail system at East Gallatin Recreation Area and Story Mill Road Over the next year, GVLT all the way to the “M” and Drinking Horse Mountain – two of the most popular will be replacing signage and trailheads in our region that access tens of thousands of acres of National Forest installing new totems to help lands. you find trail segments, navigate trail connections, and enjoy our incredible Main Street to the Mountains trail network.

GVLT played a leading role in helping to secure $2.8 million to fund a new shared-use pathway to connect existing Main Street to the Mountains trails with the “M” and Drinking Horse Mountain trailheads. Photo: Kestrel Aerial.

- page 10 - Contributions: Your investment in Gallatin Valley Land Trust makes it possible for us to create a lasting legacy of conservation and community trails. We are a membership-based organization and we deeply appreciate the broad based support we receive from individuals and businesses throughout our region. Unfortunately, space limitations prevent us from listing the hundreds of supporters who contributed membership gifts below $250. Thank you to all of our supporters!

$35,000+: Bill Cochran . Susan Pederson . Tim & Denny Solso

$20,000 - $34,999: City of Bozeman . Donald Dodge . Kendeda Fund . Park County Community Foundation . State of Montana

$10,000 - $19,999: Anonymous . Cinnabar Foundation . Clermont Foundation . Kainz Family Foundation . Montana Community Foundation . REI . Turner Foundation Inc. . Ken & Kristin VanDeWalle

$5,000 - $9,999: Marcia Anderson . Dotty Ballantyne . Brenna Boyd . John Buck & Deborah Butterfield . Elizabeth Wakeman Henderson Charitable Foundation (W Hardy & Barbara Eshbaugh) . Margaret Emerson . F Cubed Foundation . Rob & Janae Galanis . Joan & James Shapiro Foundation . Montana Import Group . Gerry Ohrstrom . Timothy Paulick . Richard & Mary Lee Reese . Richard Henry & Kathryn Hood Harjes Foundation . Rita Allen Foundation . Robert & Sally Sands . Sauce Headwear . The Sonoran Institute . Hal & Jackie Stanley

$1,000 to $4,999: Frederick Allen . Allied Engineering Services, Inc. . Jim & Anne Banks . Big Sky Wind Drinkers . Bozeman Area Community Foundation . Bozeman Green Build . Brandt Family LLC . Vivian Bridaham . Bridger Ski Foundation . J. Christopher & Mary Ann Bulger . Chris & Rebekah Bunting . Rob & Jen Campbell . Campbell Foundation . Peter & Amy Carse . Celtic7 Studio, LLC . Constance H. Bishop Foundation . David & Judy Cook . Mark & Constance Cowett . Tim & Kathy Crawford . Page Dabney . Swep & Brenda Davis . Sandy & Penny Dodge . Diane Early & Daniel Gigone . East Texas Communities Foundation . Signe & Don Farris . Firehole Ranch . FLIR . Tom & Sarah Foster . Linda & Patrick Gale . Con & Daphne Gillam . Barbara & Jerry Glickman . James Goetz & Jill Davenport . Greenspace Landscaping . Craig Groves & Victoria Saab . Harold W. Sweatt Foundation . Penny & Dean Hatten . Bill & Janne Hayward . Heart of the Rockies Initiative . Bea & Dick Horswill . Heather Jernberg-Sarfi & Robert Sarfi . Wynn & Minette Jessup . JLF & Associates, Inc . Joyce Green Family Foundation . Junkermier, Clark, Campanella, Stevens, PC . Ken & Barbara Kaufman . Mark & Nan Kehke . Judith King . Knife River . Terry & Kirsten Kubat . Land Tech Montana . Land Trust Alliance . Steve & Marianne Liebmann . The Millmont Foundation . Dwight Minton . Montana Association of Land Trusts . Maryanne Mott . Chris & Karen Murphy . Northern Lights Trading Co. . Tom & Tiffany O’Malley . Patagonia . Duncan & Eva Patten . Ben & Penelope Pierce . Chris & Maddy Pope . Michael & Jacqueline Riley . Saga Outerwear . The Schaub Foundation . Steve & Jean Schnee . Robert & Kathryn Shaw . Gary & Tutti Skaar . Mike & Carol Smith . Camie Smith . Farwell Smith & Linda McMullen . Worthington & Elizabeth G. Smith . State Of Montana - BEAR Program . Tim & Nancy Swanson . Sweet Pea Festival Of The Arts . Alison & Charlie Totten . Russ & Lisa Tuckerman . Robert & Sally Uhlmann . Kimberly Walker . Tom Walker . Matthew Wallin . Albert & Susan Wells . Jordan & Amanda Werner . Clark Wheeler & Connie Johannsen . Harry & Jody Wilmerding . Archibald & Leslie Wright

$500 to $999: Alta Group Inc. . Marcy & Linda Barge . Diane & Don Beeman . Micheline Bisaillon & Bill Halpin . Black Iron Design . Erik & Britt Bodtker . Elissa Brown & Graham Charles . Alan & Mary Brutger . Nell Buell . Jack & Bernice Burns . Jon Catton . Jon Chaney . Roger & Sophie Clifton . Raine Coker . Colombo Enterprises - Colombo’s Pizza . Combs & Company . Catherine Costakis . Columbine Culberg & Alan Cawthon . DA Davidson & Company . Scott & Jackie Dehlendorf . Mary & Tad Drake . Buddy & Valorie Drake . Robert & Kathryn Earley . William & Elyse End . Scott & Lauri Ferraro . Gallatin Valley Bicycle Club . Todd & Anne Goertzen . Lucian Hand . John & Kiku Hanes . Kimberli & Michael Herring . Nancy Heymann . David House & Jodi Hilty . Ginger Hushka . Stuart & Karin Jennings . Alan & Jean Kahn . Kim & Rosemary Keating . Tom & Mary Keck . Robert Keith & Marisa Bueno . Carol & Sal Lalani . B. Lee & Susan Mallory . Mike & Andrea Manship . Tony & Christie Martel . Middleton A.’Sandy’ Martin . Doug & Sunny Mavor . Adrienne Mayor & Josiah Ober . Patricia McKernan & Charles Petrie . Joshua Meyer . Neal Miller & Kathryn Hiestand . John & Susan Mills . Theodore Morse . Mountain Spring Ranch North Associates . Chris & Wendy Newman . ON3P Skis . Owenhouse Ace Hardware . Jonathan & Renae Pine . Elisabeth Rickenbaugh & Matt Kraska . Stan & Emily & Elizabeth Ringer . John & Mary Robbins . Jeffrey Schutz . Jacob & Catherine Shapiro . Lois & Dwight Short . Julie Videon . Martha Weaver . Ann Weaver . Jim & Valerie Webster . Norman & Catherine Weeden . Mike & Debra Wheat . Larry & Nancy Wigley . William & Flora Hewlett Foundation $250 to $499: Rick & Nancy Barber . Jill Baumler & Robert Mannisto . Betsy & Pascal Beauvais . Beck & Amsden, PLLC . Big Sky Resort . Harper Bohr . Dan Boyd & Gabbie Guzman . Bozeman Canine Classic . John & Carol Brooks . Cardinal Distributing . Sharleen & John Carraway . Chevron Matching Gift Program . Chico Hot Springs . John & Mary Ann Childs . Martin & Jennifer Coleman . Community Food Co-Op . Alan & Nancy Crawford . Tyler & Sarah Dann . Sarah Davies . Betsy de Leiris . Max Deibert . Dumpnjunk . Eggert Family Charitable Fund . Ben Elias & Dana Pepper . Nancy Giebink . Walter Goldstein & Heather Hart . Granite TCS . Martin & Mary Hamilton . Steven & Joni Harman . Holly Hausmann & John Preston . Michael Hayes & Toni O’Berry . Rebecca Heath . Insty Prints . Dan & Nancy Jochem . Stanley Johnson . Kendrick Bailey Homes . Charles Ketterman & Ruth Kopec . William Klenn . Jim & Jane Klos . Rob Knapp . Carli Lyon . Jim Madden & Mel Frost . Mary Engel & Jonathan Carpenter . Fred Maxted . Allen & Dana May . Steve & Jacqueline McGuire . McKenna Financial . Thomas & Jane McKim . Amy McNamara . Brook Merrow & Hiram Adelman . Curtis & Rolane Meyer . Montana Department Of Transportation . John & Nancy Neerhout . Alec & Katherine Nisbet . Mark Prince . David & Betsy Quammen . Kerry Reif & Bob McKenzie . Dorick & Betty Sauvageau . Michael Scott & Denise Hayman . Laurie Shammel . Susan Sheard & Alex Lussier . Steve & Kathy Shuel . Patricia Skidmore . Christopher Spogis & MaryEllen McNeil Spogis . Al Springer . Robert Stephens . James & Shirley Stone . Kendall & Lisa Switzer . Takeda Vaccines-Montana (TVM) . Rachel & Todd Thesing . Walter & Rita Thurman . Tonic Hair Salon . United Way Mile High . Lisa Vandenbos . Doris B. Ward . Kasey & Jessica Welles . Neil & Debbie Wetsch . Edward & Shana Wood

Make Tracks for Trails Partners: Bozeman Deaconess Hospital . Bridger Ski Foundation . City of Bozeman Sponsors: Montana Ale Works . Montana Import Group Food Donors: Bagel Works . The Bountiful Table . Bozeman Brewing Company . Cafe Zydeco . Cardinal Distributing . Community Food Co-Op . The Daily . Ghost Town Coffee Roasters . Great Harvest Bread Co . Heebs East Main Grocery . The Leaf and Bean . Pizza Campania . Sola Cafe . Starky’s . Town and Country Foods

National Trails Day Platinum Sponsors: McKinstry Gold Sponsors: 360 Pet Medical . Crowley Fleck Attorneys . Family Practice Associates, P.C. . Junkermier, Clark, Campanella, Stevens, PC . Stockman Bank Silver Sponsors: American Land Title Company . Barkenhowells . Bridger Orthopedic & Sports Medicine . CTA Architects Engineers . Ghost Town Coffee Roasters . McDermott Financial Services . McKenna Financial . North Fork Financial . REI . Spire Climbing Center . Bob Wade & Kathy Brown . Yellowstone Traditions Inc. Food Donors: Bagel Works . Bear Squares & Bobcat Bars . Cardinal Distributing . Fresh Concepts LLC (Baja Fresh Mexican Grill) . Ghost Town Coffee Roasters . Great Harvest Bread Co . Heebs East Main Grocery . Rosauers Supermarkets . Safeway . Town and Country Foods

Longest Day of Trails Partners/Platinum Sponsors: Jawbone Railroad . Montana Ale Works . The Saint Paul Foundation . Strong Frames Gold Sponsors: Free Air Bicycles . Gallatin Valley Bicycle Club . Nishkian Monks Consulting & Structural Engineers Silver Sponsors: Cascade Financial . CWJ & Associates . Davidson Builders . Intrinsik Architecture . Mitchell Construction & Design . Montana Reclaimed Lumber Co. . On Site Management . David Peck . Simkins-Hallin Lumber Co. . Thirsty Lake Solar Food Donors: Bagel Works . Costco . Ghost Town Coffee Roasters . The Naked Noodle . Rosauers Supermarkets

Gifts were made in honor of the following individuals in Fiscal Year 2013: Dotty Ballantyne . Dan Boyd and Gabbie Guzman . Michael Burke . Zachary Cavaness . Fitz Coker and Dotty Ballantyne . Max Deibert . Joyce Green . Virginia King . Becky and Paul McDill . Col Ron and Katherine Odom . Josh Olsen . Alison Totten . Alison Travis . Betty Vargo . Robert Wade

Gifts were made in memory of the following individuals in Fiscal Year 2013: Chris Boyd . Calvin, our hero, who kept the cows away . Erma Casagranda . Riley Cole . Jeanne Eggert . Sunny Glassberg . Roger Green . Mark Clay Horswill . Ben King . Richard King . Matt Merrill . Meghan Powell . Kirk Seitz . Patty-Rae Slothower . Jim Smith . Joan Wolfe

“This past year I discovered the Montana Endowment Tax Credit and used it as a vehicle to donate to the future security of the Gallatin Valley Land Trust while realizing a 40% credit towards my Montana taxes. Through the Montana Community Foundation, which administers the fund for GVLT, it is easy to donate to the endowment and receive tax benefits, while helping to create a stable source of long term funding for GVLT. Everyone’s dollars go farther, and it provides security down the road for the organization...too good to pass up!!” Bill Cochran Board Member To learn more about the Montana Endowment Tax Credit, please contact GVLT.

All donor listings reflect contributions received between July 1, 2012 and June 30, 2013. If your name is missing or incorrect, we apologize for the error. Please contact us with corrections: 406-587-8404 ~ [email protected]