SRI-Sonoran Institute Film Collaboration, Summer 2009
Sun Ranch Institute began shooting and editing a short film about the needs and opportunities for conservation land planning in the American West. Please check our website for progress and more information on the upcoming film.
SRI Expands Education and Community Events, August 2009
As of 01 August 2009, Sun Ranch Institute had hosted over 385 students and community members at education and community-outreach events on private properties. SRI is on pace to triple the number of participants it hosted in 2008.
2009 Livestock-Predator Coexistence Volunteer Day 3, 20 July 2009
Join members of the community and the Sun Ranch staff in helping to prevent livestock-predator conflicts in the Madison Valley. We will be deploying fladry, a type of fencing that can help to deter wolves. Please contact Sun Ranch Institute at 406.551.1070 for more information.
2009 Livestock-Predator Coexistence Volunteer Day 2, 26 June 2009
Join members of the community and the Sun Ranch staff in helping to prevent livestock-predator conflicts in the Madison Valley. We will be deploying fladry, a type of fencing that can help to deter wolves. Please contact Sun Ranch Institute at 406.551.1070 for more information.
2009 Madison River Foundation Annual Gala, 26 June 2009
With support from SRI, the Madison River Foundation hosts its annual gala on the banks of the Madison River on Sun Ranch's Buffalo Jump pasture. Please see the Foundation's website or contact Sun Ranch Institute at 406.551.1070.
2009 Livestock-Predator Coexistence Volunteer Day 1, 06 June 2009
Join members of the community and the Sun Ranch staff in helping to prevent livestock-predator conflicts in the Madison Valley. We will be deploying fladry, a type of fencing that can help to deter wolves. Please contact Sun Ranch Institute at 406.551.1070 for more information.
Madison River Guides’ "Feed and Feedback on the River," 15 May 2009
Sun Ranch Institute hosts and coordinates the second annual Madison River guide and outfitters’ education and community event. Trout Unlimited and the Madison River Foundation also sponsor the event. Call 406.682.3148 for more information.
SRI Releases Land Analysis and Planning Whitepaper, December 2008
SRI releases land analysis and conservation planning methodologies as developed in the Bitterroot Valley, MT. Click here to download PDF Whitepaper
SRI Director Appointed to EPA Advisory Board, 22 September 2008
Duncan Patten, SRI director and Montana State University scientist, has been appointed to the Environmental Protection Agency’s Science Advisory Board. Over the three-year appointment, he will advise the EPA on scientific and technical matters. Please see MSU’s press release for more information
Bitterroot Community Day, September 2008
SRI will present its planning and monitoring methodologies to the Bitterroot Community. Please contact Sun Ranch Institute at 406.551.1070 for more information.
Madison Valley Weed Committee Annual Banquet, 23 August 2008
SRI will assist the Madison Valley Ranchlands Group and other partners in presenting the 10th Annual Weed Banquet, a benefit to combat noxious weeds in the Madison Valley. Please contact the Madison Valley Ranchlands Group (http://www.madisonvalleyranchlands.org/index.html) or Sun Ranch Institute at 406.551.1070 for more information.
Livestock Predator Coexistence Volunteer Day 4, 25 July 2008
Join members of the community and the Sun Ranch Staff in helping to prevent livestock-predator conflicts in the Madison Valley. We will be deploying fladry, a type of fencing that can help to deter wolves. Please contact Sun Ranch Institute at 406.551.1070 for more information.
Livestock-Predator Coexistence Volunteer Day 3, 30 June 2008
Join members of the community and the Sun Ranch Staff in helping to prevent livestock-predator conflicts in the Madison Valley. We will be deploying fladry, a type of fencing that can help to deter wolves. Please contact Sun Ranch Institute at 406.551.1070 for more information.
Madison River Foundation Annual Benefit Gala, 27 June 2008
With support from SRI, the Madison River Foundation will host its annual gala on the banks of the Madison River on Sun Ranch's Buffalo Jump pasture. Please see the Foundation's website (http://www.madisonriverfoundation.org/benefitgala.cfm) or contact Sun Ranch Institute at 406.551.1070.
Missoula Open Lands Committee Presentation, 19 June 2008
SRI will present its planning and monitoring methodologies to Missoula County Open Lands Committee. Please see the Missoula County Commissioners' website (http://www.co.missoula.mt.us/mcbcc) for more information.
Livestock Predator Coexistence Volunteer Day 2, 17 June 2008
Join members of the community and the Sun Ranch Staff in helping to prevent livestock-predator conflicts in the Madison Valley. We will be deploying fladry, a type of fencing that can help to deter wolves. Please contact Sun Ranch Institute at 406.551.1070 for more information.
Livestock Predator Coexistence Volunteer Day 1, 31 May 2008
Join members of the community and the Sun Ranch Staff in helping to prevent livestock-predator conflicts in the Madison Valley. We will be deploying fladry, a type of fencing that can help to deter wolves. Please contact Sun Ranch Institute at 406.551.1070 for more information.
Wolverine Roundtable Discussion, 30 May 2008
SRI with the Canyon Creek Foundation and the Center for Large Landscape Conservation will cosponsor a funders' conversation on wolverine conservation. This invitation-only event will address inefficiencies in the funding of wolverine conservation and elevate the cause of wolverine conservation. Please contact Sun Ranch Institute at 406.551.1070 for more information.
