National Conservation Legacy & Education Center
Leave a Lasting Legacy
FURTHER OUR MISSION BY PLEDGING YOUR SUPPORT TO THE CAPITAL CAMPAIGN
Once-in-a-lifetime opportunities to name the physical spaces within the new National Conservation Legacy and Education Center.
These naming opportunities are offered in grateful recognition of leadership gifts from the Museum’s most generous supporters. There are several opportunities to honor your family or business name, honor or memorialize an individual, or to associate your foundation, corporation, or partnership with the history of America’s Conservation Legacy.
Additional exhibit sponsorships opportunities are also available.
The Center
This incredibly diverse space is uniquely suited to our mission to Share the Rich History and Stories of America’s Conservation Legacy. Our interactive, world class exhibits will inspire visitors to explore America’s conservation history through hands-on learning experiences. A tremendous opportunity for your name to be attached to the Center which will be a prominent landmark in the community.
Total Opportunities: 1
Required Contribution: $5,000,000
Grand Lobby
Tall timbers tell stories in the Grand Lobby with wood timbers featured from across the nation. The lobby’s construction will use 24 different wood species for support posts. Visitors will learn how these different tree species played a role in the development of the Unites States.
Total Opportunities: 1
Required Contribution: $2,000,000
Entrance Plaza
One seldom forgets their first impression of a place and this is where we’ll begin to shape that image for visitors to our Center. Large enough to serve as a staging area for arriving school and other groups, this space
not only welcomes but also invites the curious visitor to see what lies beyond.
Total Opportunities: 1
Required Contribution: $1,000,000
Main Exhibit Gallery
The Main Exhibit Gallery is the heart of the visitor experience. The Gallery will feature world class interactive and participatory exhibits. Exhibits will honor, educate and inspire our audience and will be exchanged
regularly to maintain relevancy and interest.
Total Opportunities: 1
Required Contribution: $1,000,000
Collections Repository
The Center will provide a permanent, state-of-the-art repository to safely house our permanent collection of artifacts, including documents, photographs, objects and art works.
Total Opportunities: 1
Required Contribution: $500,000
Conservation Learning Lab
This multi-purpose room located on the lower level of the Center will serve primarily as a room to inspire learning, featuring state-of-the-art technology and teaching tools. This space will also serve as a meeting room.
Total Opportunities: 1
Required Contribution: $500,000
Reflections Walkway
This beautifully landscaped, tree lined walkway will honor the contributions of individuals who have made a difference by contributing to America’s Conservation Legacy. Located next to the Conservation Legacy and Education Center, the Reflections Walkway will also allow for processions to honor events and individuals.
Total Opportunities: 1
Required Contribution: $500,000
Research Library & Special Collections
The Library will support the work of the Museum’s staff, scholars and researchers from around the world, as well as interested members of the general public. The Library’s holdings are comprised of a research collection, special collections, and digital collections.
Total Opportunities: 1
Required Contribution: $250,000
Oral History Collection & Interview Room
This room is dedicated to collecting oral history interviews for the Museum’s collection. This room will feature leading edge video and audio recording technology for the production of the highest possible quality interviews.
Total Opportunities: 1
Required Contribution: $100,000
Gold LEED Certification
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design is designed to reduce negative environmental impacts and increase cost savings through efficient energy and water use. Underwriting the costs to gain Gold LEED Certification for the Center will provide energy and cost savings to the Center in perpetuity.
Total Opportunities:1
Required Contribution: $100,000
Endowed Executive Positions
Named Endowment Funds in support of key staff positions will ensure we continue to attract and retain the best leadership and talent in the history museum field. Named, endowed position funds are invested in perpetuity. The Museum will dedicate the fund earnings to support the work associated with the positions.
Total Opportunities: 4
Required Contribution: $100,000
Forest Discovery Trail
The Forest Discovery Trail offers interactive outdoor learning experiences focusing on America’s conservation history. Self guided tours and educational activities for individuals, classes and families are offered free of charge.
Total Opportunities: 1
Required Contribution: $25,000
We’ll be happy to discuss these and other customized naming designations.
For more information, please contact our office at 406.541.6374
Green Building Design
The entire structure was designed with conservation in mind, and will use green building practices to keep a minimal footprint. Energy efficient design, using recycled and low-emission materials, reducing construction waste, and efficient plumbing systems are just a few examples. The design features abundant natural light and The roof will reflect summer heat. Habitat and open space will be protected and restored on the Center’s grounds.
The Missoula Campus
The Visitor’s Center
The Bungalow Ranger Station Cabin was moved from Clearwater National Forest in Idaho. Today it is our Visitor’s Center and a temporary place for exhibits. When the NCLE Center is complete, this historic building will be refurnished to pay tribute to the role families played in the development of the Forest Service.
Fire Lookout
The L-4 Fire Lookout is based on 1930’s era plans. It was originally a display for the Smithsonian’s Folk Life Festival, celebrating the US Forest Service Centennial in 2005. It is an iconic symbol of individual heroism in wildfire management, and a reminder that the extreme forces of nature and the behavior of mankind can — in an instant — dramatically change the landscape.
Memorial Grove & Champion Trees
The Memorial Grove trees have been planted to honor the contributions of individuals nominated through the Honor Roll program. The Champion Trees planted on the grounds share the DNA of the nation’s greatest trees — groves like these are planted at selected sites throughout the nation to protect them from loss to fire, insects, drought and the acts of man.
The Visitor’s Center
The Bungalow Ranger Station Cabin was moved from Clearwater National Forest in Idaho. Today it is our Visitor’s Center and a temporary place for exhibits. When the NCLE Center is complete, this historic building will be refurnished to pay tribute to the role families played in the development of the Forest Service.
Fire Lookout
The L-4 Fire Lookout is based on 1930’s era plans. It was originally a display for the Smithsonian’s Folk Life Festival, celebrating the US Forest Service Centennial in 2005. It is an iconic symbol of individual heroism in wildfire management, and a reminder that the extreme forces of nature and the behavior of mankind can — in an instant — dramatically change the landscape.
Memorial Grove & Champion Trees
The Memorial Grove trees have been planted to honor the contributions of individuals nominated through the Honor Roll program. The Champion Trees planted on the grounds share the DNA of the nation’s greatest trees — groves like these are planted at selected sites throughout the nation to protect them from loss to fire, insects, drought and the acts of man.
Nearby Attractions
The NMFSH’s neighbors are the Missoula International Airport, the Smokejumper Visitor Center, USFS Fire Sciences Laboratory, and Museum of Mountain Flying. Please be sure to visit them when you make plans to explore the National Conservation Legacy & Education Center!
You Can Help!
- Fundraising Goal 43%
Goal: $10,583,223
Goal: $10,583,223
Raised: $4,570,792
Raised: $4,570,792
Thanks to Our Funding Partners
Air Tractor
Estate of Richard B. Anderson
Aspen Skiing Company Family Fund
Beaudette Consulting Engineers, Inc.
Bell Helicopter
Ben Meadows Company
Bibb Engineers Architects & Constructors
Big Sky Mobile Catering
Bitterroot Trails, LLC
Boone and Crockett Club
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Foundation
CBP Port of Roosville
Coeur d’Alene Mines Corporation
Devon Energy Corporation
DJ&A, P.C. Consulting Engineers
Eastern Forest Service Retiree Association
Emerald Chapter SAF
The Charles Engelhard Foundation
ESRI
Firewise 2000, Inc.
Forest History Society
Forest Stewardship Concepts
Forestry Suppliers, Inc.
Friends of Smokey Bear Balloon
Great Northern Midstream
Jackson Hole Mountain Resort
Kiewit Power Engineers
Lambda Bioremediation Systems
Los Compadres Retirees Group
Martin J. Lauridson Jr. Trust
Minuteman Aviation Inc.
Mt. Hood Meadows, Oreg., Ltd
National Smokejumper Association
National Wild Turkey Federation
Northern Rocky Mountain Retirees Association
N.P.I., Inc.
The Ohrstrom Family
George L. Ohrstrom, Jr. Foundation
Oregon Society of American Foresters
OZ Architects
Pacific Northwest Forest Service Association “OldSmokeys”
Pacific Southwest FSX Club
The Pack Shack, Inc
Phos-Chek
Rainier Seeds, Inc.
Raley’s Forestry & Wildfire Management
Robwen, Inc.
Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
Rocky Mountain Forest Service Reunion Association
Royal Gold, Inc.
Safe Fire Program, Inc.
Sentinal Orchards
Sierra Pacific Airlines, Inc.
Ski Apache
Snowbird Renaissance Center
Southern Forest Service Retirees Association
Stillwater Mining Company
Max & Betty Swanson Foundation
Union Pacific Foundation
US Forest Service
Waterous Company
Western Heritage Company
Whitefish Mountain Resort
Wildfire Environmental, USA, Inc.
Wildfire Group
