Montana Sheriff & Peace Officers Association

The Montana Legal Services Association (MLSA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting and enhancing the civil legal rights of low-income Montanans. With over 50 years of experience, MLSA provides free civil legal services to those in need, fighting poverty and achieving justice. They offer a wide range of programs and resources, including the Tribal Advocate Incubator Project, which aims to boost legal assistance to Montana's underserved Indigenous population. MLSA is committed to making justice accessible to all, and their team of attorneys, staff, and volunteers work tirelessly to provide the best assistance and advice to their clients. Through their various programs, MLSA strives to promote systemic change and improve the lives of Montanans living in poverty. With a mission to protect and enhance civil legal rights, MLSA is a vital resource for those in need of legal help in Montana.Generated from the website

Since 1958, the spirited people of Montana Wilderness Association have worked tirelessly to protect Montana's wilderness, wildlife habitat, and traditional recreation opportunities. Our members were instrumental in the passage of the 1964 Federal Wilderness Act and in the designation of every Wilderness area in the state. We also helped win Wild and Scenic designations for the Missouri and Flathead rivers, and National Monument status for the Upper Missouri River Breaks. We are currently working in communities statewide to obtain new wilderness designations. Our current wilderness campaigns include the Beaverhead Deerlodge Partnership, the Blackfoot Clearwater Landscape Stewardship Project, and the Rocky Mountain Front, along with efforts associated with the Sleeping Giant and Scotchman Peaks. Complementing these efforts to gain new wilderness, our members take action regularly to ensure state and national agencies appropriately identify and manage all wildlands in Montana. They are involved in MWA programs such as Forest and Travel Planning and general public lands management agency support, building relationships, and helping people enjoy traditional recreation opportunities. Montana Wilderness Association is one of the largest grassroots organizations in Montana with 5, 500 members. MWA thrives because our members participate in all aspects of the organization such as leading Wilderness Walks, attending our Annual Convention, leading wilderness education and safety classes and contributing gifts. Our membership is organized into local Chapters in Billings, Bozeman, Great Falls, Helena and Kalispell. A volunteer State Council, elected by the membership, sets strategy and direction for MWA. Our staff works with local communities through Outreach Coordinators in Great Falls and Butte, and Wilderness Campaign Directors in Choteau, Helena and Kalispell. The home office is in Helena. Oftentimes we focus only on the tasks yet to be done, pushing ourselves to ensure that future generations have wild places to nurture and enjoy. However, it is important to take the time to understand the history of MWA and its accomplishments. You will be inspired by the stories of the people who started the wilderness movement in Montana. Then take time to learn about current activities in our newsletters and Annual Reports.

Rocky Mountain Development Council, located in Helena, Mont., has been providing social and community-based programs since 1965. It offers a variety of programs, such as the low-income energy assistance program, Head Start, foster grandparents, meals on wheels, senior centers and housing. It provides housing programs to serve traditionally under-served population, such as transitional housing for the victims of sexual and domestic abuse, emergency housing geared to crisis intervention and stabilization and transitional and emergency housing for persons coming out of homelessness, substance abuse and mental health treatment regimens. Its kids meal program offers lunches to children in the summer when school lunch is not available. Rocky Mountain Development Council funds also provide support for homemaker services, legal services, senior farmer's market coupon program, adult protective services referrals, community resource guides, literature and networking with other community organizations and agencies to provide a continuum of service to seniors and their families.