Undaunted Stewardship® News Releases

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New Releases

• Undaunted Stewardship®'s Historic Site Interpretive Displays
  August 6, 2004 - At least eight Montana ranches - all of them certified "Undaunted Land Stewards" - will each feature a free, public interpretive display. Most of the displays will be installed before the end of 2004. Read full story...

• "Undaunted Stewardship®" receives public education grant from National Park Service July 31, 2004 - The nationally unique Montana-based historic site and agricultural land preservation program, Undaunted Stewardship®, has received a $20,000 grant from the National Park Service, it was announced today. Read full story...

• Undaunted Stewardship® Announces First Participating Ranches Program's Organizers Expect Hundreds of Ranches to Enroll  June 27, 2004 - Four ranches at key locations, totaling 117,180 acres along Montana's Lewis & Clark Trail system, are the first formal participants in Undaunted Stewardship®, it was announced today. Read full story...

• More Than 300 Square Miles of Private Rangeland Added to Certified "Undaunted Land Stewards" February 13, 2004 - More than 300 square miles of privately-owned Montana rangeland, from 20 different ranches around the state, have now been added to the "certified" category of involvement in the nationally unique Undaunted Stewardship® program. Read full story...

Selected News Coverage

• Program preserves portage history Directions
  June 17, 2005, Great Falls Tribune - Tourism and ranching leaders were tickled Thursday at how well a major Lewis and Clark overlook just south of Great Falls turned out. On a bluff above the green, rolling Ayrshire Dairy, the site features six educational kiosks on a gentle, half-block walk that spell out the importance of the explorers' Upper Portage Camp just below. Read full story...

• Volunteer partnerships make program work
  October 10, 2004, Billings Gazette - Former President Bill Clinton and his secretary of the Interior, Bruce Babbitt, were the inspiration, in a negative sort of way, for the Undaunted Stewardship® program. Near the end of his second term, Clinton established several national monuments, including the Missouri Breaks in Montana, which had been suggested for such status by Babbitt. Read full story...

• Making it pay: Livingston-area ranch a showcase for statewide program
  October 10, 2004, Billings Gazette - Doug Ensign likes a good rain as much as the next rancher, but he thinks a long dry spell has its benefits, too. "Droughts are a wonderful thing because they make you look at your resources," he says. Read full story...

Undaunted Stewardship® is a cooperative and multi-faceted program led by federal, state and private sector agencies, seeking to ensure the long-term maintenance of the environmental quality and economic productivity of privately-owned agricultural landscapes, especially in areas rich in history along the Lewis & Clark Trail in Montana.