Calling All Montana Business People!

Do you and your employer or employees appreciate Montana for its wide-open spaces, remote public backcountry and spectacular wildlife? The Montana Business Network invites you and your business to join with us in keeping Montana a great place to live and to make a living.

Membership in the Montana Business Network is free. All we ask is that you support our goal of giving Montana businesses a stronger voice in conservation related issues, so that Montana will remain a desirable place to live and work. We hope that as a member business, you will work directly with us to influence conservation policy on the local, state and federal level.

A wide variety of Montana businesses depend directly on the state's bountiful wildlife, fisheries, open spaces, public lands, and pristine lakes and rivers. All Montana businesses benefit from the amenities that Montana's public lands offer. Many people live and work here specifically because of Montana's unique natural heritage. Montana's wildlife, waterways and wild lands are a very significant part of the economy of this state.

The Montana Business Network can help you to protect your interest in one of the cleanest and healthiest states in the nation.

A Network of Concerned Businesses

The Montana Business Network has developed a growing network of businesses like yours that have specifically expressed an interest in assisting with one or more conservation-related issues. Should you choose to join, you will become part of this network of concerned businesses. We will customize your participation to fit your needs.

There is no fee to join this network. The best things in Montana are free! In exchange for your participation in and assistance with the Montana Business Network, you will receive:

* Publicity on our web site and in press releases
* Web site links leading consumers to your site and your products
* Up to date information on conservation issues of concern to Montana business people
* Access to our database of businesses participating in the network

Secure Database

The information we receive from you about your business and your conservation concerns will be kept in a secure database that will not be sold, shared, traded or otherwise misused. Any group given permission to use this database will be instructed that this information is not for membership development, advertising or fundraising purposes.

Blessed with natural beauty and abundant wildlife, Montana today stands at a crossroads. Although Montana is vast, our population is still relatively small. Thus a few people can make an enormous difference in changing policies. While our economy is increasingly based in non-extractive industries such as tourism and light manufacturing, government land management policies tend to reflect the antiquated view that nature must be exploited.

We believe that Montana must redouble its efforts to protect its goose that is laying its golden egg, and ensure that we will leave our natural heritage intact for future generations.

Below is a sampling of conservation challenges we currently face.

Grizzly Bear Delisting
Wildlands
Imperiled Ecosystems
Global Warming
Clean Water