Will you support PCEC's 2024 priorities today?
As we head toward the end of 2023, we wanted to share what we have planned for 2024 and ask for your support, so we can start off the year strong.
So far, our end-of-year giving campaign is going well. We have raised more than $75,000, almost three-quarters of the way to our goal! If you can, please donate before December 31 to have your gift doubled!
As you can see, we have a lot planned for 2024!
Conservation Leadership
In our Conservation Leadership program, we have some inspiring initiatives on the horizon:
Connect Youth Activists: We aim to unite young activists statewide, building on the success of the Youth Climate Summit. Your support will help us kickstart the planning for the 2025 summit, fostering a network of passionate leaders.
Green Initiative and EV Buses: We're committed to mentoring and providing leadership training to students from the Park High Green Initiative. With your help, we can take a step further by applying for electric buses, reducing our carbon footprint, and promoting sustainable transportation.
Oral History: A new podcast from the Crazy Mountain Oral History Project will allow us to collect and share invaluable stories and contribute to land stewardship plans. Your contribution will play a crucial role in bringing these initiatives to life.
Barbara Hays Fellowship: Help us continue to provide capacity to address our most complex problems, Joanna Massier our second Hays Fellow and Americorps VISTA is working towards a climate resiliency plan draft while receiving coaching to build the skills and confidence needed to become one of our next generation of leaders.
Thriving Communities
Our priorities for Thriving Communities are geared towards building resilient and vibrant spaces:
Growth Policy Protection: Help us safeguard the Park County Growth Policy from potential repeal, and work toward the creation of a new, even better Growth Policy.
Climate Resilience: We're helping draft a Community Climate Resilience Plan and hope to present it for community feedback.
Disaster Preparedness: By working with local governments, we aim to increase disaster preparedness, making our communities more resilient in the face of a changing climate.
Livingston Loves Trees: Help us plant 100 trees in 2024, and get closer to our 1000 tree goal.
Work in Gardiner: We hope to get the Gardiner Neighborhood Plan approved by Park County and help the community be recognized by Montana Main Street.
Trails and Active Transportation Coalition: Help us design, build, and maintain trails with our community partners and support local government with planning and project implementation.
Healthy Landscapes
In our Healthy Landscapes program, we have a set of priorities aimed at preserving and nurturing our ecosystems:
Stop the Gravel Pit: Continue fighting off the gravel pit, while supporting the permanent protection of Section 22 north of Emigrant.
Wildlife Work: Help us coexist harmoniously with keystone wildlife species such as bison, grizzly bears, beavers, and wolves.
Drought Management: Partnering with the Upper Yellowstone Watershed Group, we aim to create a comprehensive drought management plan.
Invasive Species and Habitat Restoration: Your contribution will aid in monitoring invasive species and promoting native habitat restoration on both private and public lands throughout Park County.
Land Exchanges: Support our efforts to permanently protect public land through strategic land exchanges, consolidating the checkerboarded Crazy Mountains.
Yellowstone Safe Passages: Improve habitat connectivity and reduce wildlife conflicts on local highways by advocating for wildlife crossings with Yellowstone Safe Passages.