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Annual
Membership Meeting
We will be holding our annual membership
meeting on April 15th.
All members are invited to attend at 1:30 PM at the
visitor’s center conference room. We intend to have a program including the Kearlien bear dogs
which are now being trained by the Wind River Bear Institute in
Florence. Also we will
have additional discount items available in the gift shop during our
meeting time. Light
refreshments will be served.
Refuge
License is Now Available
We have submitted an application to the
Department of Motor Vehicles for a specialty license plate promoting
the Refuge system. The
outstanding design was developed by Peggy Woods for the Friends
group and will cost $35.00 of which $20 will paid to our Friends
group annually to support our efforts. The license plates can also be customized with your own
choice for the same fee as normal personalized plates.
Below is a picture of the license plate. |
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Senator Burns
Visits Metcalf Refuge
Senator Conrad Burns was a guest of the Friends
board on the Refuge on March 18th.
We were able to successfully demonstrate the current
condition of the Refuge, its pending needs and the direction we hope
to pursue for an enhanced Refuge and its important role in the
Bitterroot Valley’s ecological and conservation future.
The Senator is very supportive of our vision which coincides
with his, and he intends to do what he can to help us make things
happen. We reviewed our
appropriations request for additional funds and staff to facilitate
the development of the many public/private partnership opportunities
available to us.
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