Friends of the Clearwater
June 11, 2010
I became an activist a year ago at a ripe old age due to the above issue. My personal concern over the extremely flawed exchange proposal linked me to a variety of other concerned people. I found it interesting that other environmental groups were ignoring the intricacies of the issue, and thus favoring the exchange. Friends of the Clearwater recognized the inequity associated with the exchange from its inception. I have continually been impressed by their effectiveness and their broad-based approach to handling this issue, and their appeal to a variety of people and groups. The work they do, on a shoe-string budget, is worthy of note, and puts them first on my list of environmental orgs. Gary Macfarlane, long term director, in his humility, deserves a world of credit for his diligence in promoting ethics in environmentalism. To Friends of the Clearwater--we are grateful for your presence, thank-you.
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I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
The Upper Lochsa Land Exchange
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If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
Elevate their stature
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What I've enjoyed the most about my experience with this nonprofit is...
Open communication and functional help and suggestions
The kinds of staff and volunteers that I met were...
Friendly.knowledgeable, available
If this organization had 10 million bucks, it could...
Outclass many other better funded non-profits, and do much good for Idaho
Ways to make it better...
No complaints whatsoever.
In my opinion, the biggest challenges facing this organization are...
Funding and appreciation for their efforts because they are not an opulent org.
One thing I'd also say is that...
Thank you.
How frequently have you been involved with the organization?
About every month
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2010
June 4, 2010
I served as the Education & Outreach Director for Friends of the Clearwater for 6 years. The number of important issues that this incredibly lean organization tackles is incredible. Not to mention the geographic area of concern, the Clearwater River drainage of North-central Idaho, is several million acres. The wildlands here and the rivers and their tributaries within the public land system are remarkable for many reasons. This "commons" serves thousands of visitors annually, provides wildlife habitat for rare species like steelhead, chinook salmon, wolverine, and lynx, and provides important services like clean drinking water, clean air, and tangible and intangible benefits. FOC knows this ground exceptionally well and has members in every community throughout the region. This is a true grassroots group that holds fast to its mission of serving the "public lands" and its inhabitants. These public lands, owned by all Americans,remain this way and will also remain thoughtfully cared for if Friends of the Clearwater remains an active participant and public service organization.
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I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
My time on the ground: fishing, hunting, camping with my family, swimming and enjoying the wild roadless country of the North Fork Clearwater and the Selway River country.
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How frequently have you been involved with the organization?
About every week
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2010
June 2, 2010
My experience with Friends of the Clearwater changed my life. As a graduate student at the University of Idaho, I was prepared to use my advanced degree in Natural Resources to work for a federal land agency. As my studies evolved, I became increasingly concerned and agitated with the utter mis-management and abuse of our public lands system by the federal government and corporate America. That's when I started volunteering with Friends of the Clearwater and eventually enrolled into an exciting internship program with them. At just over 9 million acres, Idaho contains more federal roadless land than any other state in the Lower 48. Friends of the Clearwater strives to protect each and everyone of these acres, including the proper management and protection of all native plants and wildlife species. They are strong advocates of the Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act, HR 980, a bill which would designate the remaining 24 million acres of federal roadless land in the Northern Rockies bioregion as Wilderness. Besides the important wildland conservation work the group does, my favorite thing about them is the people that are associated with them. Because it always has been, and always will be a grassroots organization dedicated to serving the public, Friends of the Clearwater is about community, place, and voice. The longer you go through life, the more you realize that this is what matters. Thank you Friends of the Clearwater for changing my life for the better!
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I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
my personal and professional life, as well as throughout the community of Moscow. Friends of the Clearwater is also well respected by various public lands advocacy groups operating throughout the Northern Rockies.
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How frequently have you been involved with the organization?
One time
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2009
My Role: Professional with expertise in this field & Worked on numerous wildlife and wilderness management issues with FOC; participated with FOC in coalitions to defeat damaging public land legislation and to draft a set of Principles for Public Lands; provide professional consulting on fundraising and tra.
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October 28, 2009
For 22 years Friends of the Clearwater has been successfully defending the rivers, forests, wildlife and wilderness in central Idaho's Wild Clearwater region. They are experienced, accomplished, dedicated and they are survivors throughout periods of economic turbulence. FOC remains the only public lands protection group with a physical presence in this vast, rugged and largely rural landscape. My interactions with them include as a citizen, member and volunteer and formerly as a colleague while working for another land advocacy group. Two things that impress me most about FOC are: 1)they work from a position of strong environmental ethics and principles rather than swaying to political expediency to claim empty "victories". They can articulate the principles that guide their work beyond the standard and sometimes hollow rhetoric employed by some conservation groups. This group has a huge amount of integrity!!! 2) FOC accomplishes SO MUCH for the Clearwater region and its wildlife on an extremely modest budget. When things are tough they tighten their belts and keep going. No posh offices, fancy catered board meetings or multi-million dollar advertising campaigns simply to market their name. Instead, every dollar donated to FOC stretches a long way toward getting real work done "on the ground". During some rough economic times over the last decade the staff has even taken itself off salary at times while continuing their full-time advocacy and protection work for this special landscape. I have worked/interacted professionally with many public lands protection groups around the country both large and small and FOC continues to garner my highest respect as one of the most dedicated, capable, principled, knowledgeable and accomplished groups out there in achieving real protections for wildlands and wildlife. They deserve our support!
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I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
using numerous volunteers to establish and monitor wildlife study plots to document the important value to wildlife of reducing motorized road densities on the Clearwater and Nez Perce National Forests.
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What I've enjoyed the most about my experience with this nonprofit is...
its integrity in adhering to its articulated principles for protecting public lands.
The kinds of staff and volunteers that I met were...
Dedicated, passionate, highly experienced, knowledgeable about the vast Clearwater landscape and honorable.
How frequently have you been involved with the organization?
About every week
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2009
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