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Friends Protect… (continued from page 7)
We’re working to restore public access to 50,000 Beth Kampschror, the Executive Director and sole staff
acres of wild elk and bighorn sheep habitat in the member. “We’re so grateful for their help.”
historic Bullwhacker section of the Monument. This
The Friends of the Breaks, located in Helena, MT, are on
area is incredibly important to our Montana hunting
heritage. the web at www.missouribreaks.org and on Facebook at
www.facebook.com/friendsofthemissouribreaks.
And next year we’re starting a river restoration pro-
gram by working with our partners to remove salt Beth Kampschror has
cedar (tamarisk) from the Missouri River corridor. been Friends of the Mis-
This partnership involves the Friends, local conser- souri Breaks Monument's
Executive Director since
vation districts, along with federal and state agencies
November 2011. She’s
and is the first of its kind on this section of the river. worked closely with the
Friends board of direc-
“All of this is a tors to build the organi-
real testament to zation, influence BLM
the work of our and improve the Monu-

volunteers and ment through the
active board Friends' growing volun-
members – we teer program. Beth is a
fourth-generation Montanan from Glendive, a town of
have a staff of
about 4,500 in the heart of the Northern Great Plains. Pri-
one, so their or to working for non-profits, Beth was a freelance journal-
Helena volunteers Jim Greene and involvement is ist in the former Yugoslavia for nearly a decade, studied
Martha Vogt.
Photo by Friends crucial,” says classical French horn and waited a fair amount of tables.

Tort Tattler (continued from page 5)
Max went in at the end of September;
Hugo went to sleep in early October

while Willie stayed out until early No-
vember.

This time of year we go through tort
“withdrawal”; we really miss taking
care of the torts. But then we remember
March is not very far away!

Thanks to everyone for taking care of

the torts this year. If you’d like to join
the Tort Team, we’ll have training ses-
sions in the spring.

Be sure to watch the e-blasts for more
information.
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