I am back in the Land of Enchantment. I was at a meeting of the Wyss Foundation in Centennial Valley in Montana and then the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance in Salt Lake City. The Wyss Foundation funds regional environmental groups that protect great western landscapes. The picture above is from the ranch house we were staying at in the sparsely populated valley outside of Yellowstone. We will attempt to save it from the developers with the help of others, many of them long time ranchers. It is 60 miles long and 20 miles wide and looks as it did 100 years ago. It is breathtaking.
This is the Wyss Board and Staff. Everyone of them deserves mention. Top Row left to right are David Bonderman, John Leshy, Matt Hollenbach, Ed Norton, Marcey Olajos, Bob Bland, Molly Mcusic, Me, and on the bottom row are Bert Fingerhut, Francesca Di Silva, Amy Wyss, Anya Schoolman, Hansjoerg Wyss, Chris Killingsworth and Christina McAlpin. This group works to send grants totaling in the millions every year to protect our great western landscapes and watersheds. I am proud to be a part of this group.
No comments:
Post a Comment