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Conflict prevention tools keep producers safe and their livelihoods viable and keep grizzly bears alive. We need large, protected open spaces between core habitats that are permeable for wildlife in order to provide the connectivity they need.
When producers have the support to use these conflict prevention tools, they’re better able to keep their working land working while at the same time, grizzly bears and other wildlife can safely move between their core habitats.
Kali Hannon, former Managing Director
Heart of the Rockies
The mission of the Heart of the Rockies Initiative is to ensure connected habitat and working lands for people and wildlife by increasing the pace of durable conservation in the Central Rockies of North America.
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President’s Message 2025
7.7.25
For the most part, 2024 was a good year for the Foundation. It represented our first full year with a deeper Program Team, and we took the opportunity to reaffirm our Mission of protecting biodiversity and the wild places that nature requires to simply hang on in an increasingly changing landscape. We also reaffirmed our style of grant making that requires deep focus and ongoing commitment to geog…
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11.4.24
As 2023 comes to end I am very happy to report on a few very exciting developments at The Harder Foundation: First, I am really pleased to advise that Betsy Buffington has joined our Board of Directors and is our first new Trustee in over 25 years. With an amazing background in conservation advocacy Betsy brings an incredible skill set and wealth of experience to our grant program. Second, T…
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2.16.23
As we look to commence our second and most important Grant Cycle of our year, I am pleased to announce that we will maintain the same total annual grant budget as last year — $1,500,000. This grant level was an important milestone for the Harder Foundation, as it was the highest annual grant total in our history. Considering the very difficult equity market’s performance this year, matchin…
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