One Montana

One Montana is dedicated to moving Montana forward and ensuring a positive future. Our goal is to change the way we think and act about rural and urban communities from divide to connect. One Montana intends to be at the forefront of generating the future of Montana and creating the resilience and resourcefulness our communities need to thrive.

One Montana has three core program areas focused on addressing key trends and transitions occurring in our state.

The Montana Way: The Montana Way is One Montana’s program to connect neighbors and our communities, and elevate our collective responsibility to steward Montana’s communities, land, and water resources. The goal of The Montana Way is to 1) promote healthy profitable communities and working landscapes; 2) increase a sense of caring and stewardship for Montana’s public resources; and 3) enhance everyone’s understanding of Montana, our culture and traditions. Our current campaign is called Outside Kind. The primary goal of Outside Kind is to share best practices, principles and tips for enjoying the outdoors together.

Montana Master Hunter Program: This program helps the State of Montana and private landowners improve wildlife management efforts by restoring the cooperation between hunters, private landowners, and game managers. The program provides advanced hunter education that hones the participant’s overall aptitude and includes training in conservation and stewardship, natural history, ethics, and specialized ballistics and marksmanship skills, among other topics. The program has three primary goals: 1. Build trust and improve working relationships between landowners and sportsmen; 2. Help landowners and the State of Montana with their wildlife management goals; and 3. Create ambassadors and mentors for the sport of hunting.

Landowner Education and Resource Network (LEARN): This program provide tools, resources and case studies to support private landowners to sustain profitable working lands and prepare for succession. LEARN connects information to operations. Rather than recreate content, we believe what is needed is an aggregation of content to allow landowners easier access to the information. By aggregating the wide variety of tools that have been created by other groups into one easy-to-use interactive digital platform, we will make it easier for landowners to find valuable information. This work also supports the organizations who created the resources to reach a larger segment of their target audience.