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TRAIL AMBASSADORS:
You may know of places in the A-B Wilderness which are being “loved to death”– the ever popular Cooke City to East Rosebud route; the trail to Pine Creek Falls & Lake; the heavily-impacted area around Mystic Lake; the busy Froze-to-Death alpine route up to Granite Peak; and the uber-popular Lake Fork trail.
YOU CAN HELP THESE PLACES BY BECOMING
A TRAIL AMBASSADOR!
In an effort to curb these impacts that threaten the pristine qualities of the A-B Wilderness, the ABWF is again offering our Trail Ambassadors Program. The goal is to place volunteers and ABWF staff at busy trailheads to offer information, advice and reminders about how to minimize everyone’s impacts on the backcountry.
We have scheduled half a dozen Training dates to get you ready to serve as a T/A this summer:
- Bozeman April 25 at 6 p.m. @ REI in Bozeman
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- Red Lodge April 27, Saturday @ 2 p.m.
- @ ABWF booth for the Earth Day Celebration (between library and Lions Park).
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- Livingston May 11, Saturday @ 3 pm.
- at Livingston Public Library; may go to a local trailhead to complete the training
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- Billings May 23, Thursday, @ 7 p.m.
- @ The Base Camp in Billings
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- Gardiner May 25, Saturday @ 10 a.m.
- at the Gardiner Forest Service Ranger Station parking lot; may go to a local trailhead to complete the training.
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- Alpine/E. Rosebud June 7-Friday afternoon (time to be determined) @ East Rosebud Lake Association Lodge in Alpine.
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My friend Aiden and his mom served as Trail Ambassadors one afternoon at the Lake Fork Trailhead outside Red Lodge. You can too!
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Our Educational Programs
There's still a few months left in the school calendar. Our Program Director, Heather Briggs, is busily scheduling days with kids all around the A-B Wilderness--in the classroom or out in the woods on snowshoes or hikes. If you would like us to teach your kids about the Wilderness, Leave No Trace ethics, and science/ecology lessons geared around issues that are pertinent to the Greater Yellowstone and the A-B Wilderness, contact Heather at heatherbrigg@gmail.com or call 406-425-1944.
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And Finally...Your voice can be heard as the Custer Gallatin NF is in the final stages of revising the Forest Plan, which drives all administrative decisions by the Custer Gallatin National Forest, and thus very much affects the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness Area.
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The Custer Gallatin Forest Plan Revision
The Custer Gallatin Forest Plan Revision effort will be hosting public meetings in 10 locations through the month of April.
- Kicking off in Bozeman - April 3 at the Hilton Garden Inn, Larkspur Ballroom from 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
- April 4 will be West Yellowstone from 5:30 - 7 at the West Yellowstone Chamber of Commerce (30 Yellowstone Ave)
Additional Meeting Venues/Locations
- April 8 – Ashland, MT from 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. at TRECO (Tongue River Electric Cooperative, (2435 Hwy 212, Ashland, MT)
- April 9 - Camp Crook, SD – from 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. at Camp Crook Community Center (203 Main Street, Camp Crook, SD)
- April 10 - Billings, MT – from 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. at Bighorn Resort Broso/Bighorn Rooms (1801 Majestic Lane, Billings, MT)
- April 11 - Red Lodge, MT from 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Roosevelt Center Community Room (519 S. Broadway Ave, Red Lodge, MT)
- April 22 – Big Timber, MT from 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. at the Sweet Grass County Extension Office (515 Hooper Street, Big Timber, MT)
- April 22 – Livingston, MT from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Yellowstone Pioneer Lodge (1515 W. Park Street, Livingston, MT)
- April 23 - Cooke City, MT from 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. at the Cooke City Chamber of Commerce Community Room (206 W Main Street, Cooke City, MT)
- April 23 – Gardiner, MT from 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. at the Gardiner Community Center (209 W. Main Street, Gardiner, MT)
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