Discover the legacy of the US Forest Service
The National Museum of Forest Service History is a nonprofit organization dedicated to collecting and preserving the history of the U.S. Forest Service.
Visitor's Center
CLOSED FOR THE SEASON
Info: 406-541-6374
MAILING ADDRESS
P.O. Box 2772
Missoula, MT 59806
Help Us get to 2020 Members in 2020!
SPECIAL OFFER FOR NEW MEMBERS! Our goal is to have 2020 members by the end of the year 2020, so become a new member today for just $20.20 for the first year. Every contribution helps us continue our cause. Now is a great time to show your support of NMFSH with a one-year Individual Membership!
Partnering With
Western Heritage Company
For every $200* you spend with Western Heritage Company, they will send you a one-year membership to the Museum for FREE! For more details, visit westernheritage.com.
Join Us for Our
Virtual Annual Meeting
Monday, October 26, 2020
3pm MDT
Admission is FREE!
Advance Registration is required through our host, Arizona Community Tree Council.
Once registered you will receive a ZOOM link for the meeting
Schedule
2:40-3:00 Zoom meeting space opens
3:00-3:05 Welcome by Executive Director Lisa Tate
3:05-3:20 State of the Museum & Board Introductions by President Tom Thompson
3:20-3:50 Keynote: Caring for the Land, Preserving the Past by Dr. Char Miller, Ph.D
3:50-4:00 Membership Q&A
4:00 Adjourn
Executive Director Lisa Tate
President Tom Thompson
Dr. Char Miller Ph.D
Char Miller is the W. M. Keck Professor of Environmental Analysis and History at Pomona College, in Claremont, California. His most recent books include Theodore Roosevelt: Naturalist in the Arena (2020), Hetch Hetchy: A History in Documents (2020), The Nature of Hope: Grassroots Organizing, Environmental Justice, and Political Change (2019), Ogallala: Water for a Dry Land (2018), San Antonio: A Tricentennial History (2018), and Where There’s Smoke: The Environmental Science, Public Policy, and Politics of Marijuana. Other books include Not So Golden State: Sustainability vs. the California Dream (2016) and America’s Great National Forests, Wildernesses, and Grasslands (2016).
An award-winning teacher and writer, Miller is a Senior Fellow at the Pinchot Institute for Conservation, a Fellow of the Forest History Society and serves on the Board of Directors of the National Museum of Forest Service History.
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Help us build the
National Conservation Legacy and Education Center
- Fundraising Goal 70%
Goal: $10,583,223
Raised: $7,345,792
Raised: $7,345,792
The National Museum of Forest Service History is currently engaged in a Capital Campaign to build the National Conservation Legacy and Education Center in Missoula, Montana. Once it is built, the Center will be a one-of-a-kind, world class destination. It will showcase America’s conservation history – the U.S. Forest Service, its people, partners, and legacy.
You Can Help!
Now Available Online
View Our Extensive Collection
Over 50,000 Items!
The NMFSH manages its own collection of more than 50,000 artifacts, documents, and memorabilia relating to the history and culture of the Forest Service. This massive archive is online for anyone to use – researchers, students, historians, or anyone with an inquisitive mind!
Featured Exhibit
Case No. 1: 1899-1908 Timber Sale
Explore Our Virtual Exhibit
Case No. 1 was the name given to an 1899 timber sale on U.S. Government land in the Black Hills Forest Reserve in South Dakota. Under this contract, 13 million board feet of ponderosa pine trees were cut from the Forest Reserve by the Homestake Mining Company.
