MSI Supporters & Funders

MSI is grateful to Sen. and Mrs. Ben “Nighthorse” Campbell for embracing the vision of MSI and the potential contribution of the Institute to Silverton and the region. Without Campbell’s diligent work on Capitol Hill, MSI would not have received much-needed seed money that enabled it to get off the ground, and would not be around today. In 2003 Congress awarded $500,000 to MSI, through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development Through Forestry program. A second grant of $500,000 was awarded in the federal 2004 budget. That money will see MSI through early 2007, when MSI expects to be financially self-sufficient.

MSI’s leadership wishes to acknowledge the cash and in-kind support of the individuals and institutions who are helping to “raise the barn” of the Mountain Studies Institute.

• Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell and staff - $1,000,000 Federal Appropriation secured
  by Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell, administered by the USDA Forest Service/San Juan Public Lands
  
• Ballantine Family Foundation - $1,000
  
• Colorado State Department of Local Affairs/Energy Impact Funds - $60,000
  
• Fort Lewis College - $22,400
  
• National Geographic Society/Colorado Geography Education Fund - $10,000
  
• Rural Community Assistance Program - $12,000
  
• San Juan County - $6,000

• San Juan County Planning Commission - $1,000
  
• San Juan Fen Partnership - $5,000
  
• San Juan 2000 Development Association - $4,000
  
• Telluride Foundation - $500
  
• USDA Forest Service/BLM, San Juan Public Lands - $80,000
  
• US Environmental Protection Agency, Region VIII - $45,000

Contributions*

• Animas River Stakeholders Group
  
• Center for Snow and Avalanche Studies
  
• Colorado Avalanche Information Center – Silverton Forecast Office
  
• Fetch’s Mercantile
  
• First National Bank of Durango – State of the San Juans Alpine Sponsor - $250
  
• La Plata Open Space Conservancy
  
• San Juan Backcountry
  
• San Juan Field School
  
• San Juan County Historical Society
  
• San Juan Mountain Mustard
  
• Silverton Standard and the Miner
  
• Sugnet Environmental, Inc.
  
• Telluride Institute
  
• The Lookout Shop
  
• Triangle Jeep Rental
  
• Triangle Motel
  
• Trust for Public Land – State of the San Juans Summit Sponsor - $1,000
  
• Turtle Lake Refuge
  
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region VIII – State of the San Juans Summit Sponsor - $2,000
  
• U.S. Geological Survey – State of the San Juans Peak Sponsor - $500
  
• Villa Dallavalle Bed and Breakfast
  
• Wingate House Bed and Breakfast/Candle Shop
  
• ZE Supply

* All contributors, except where indicated, are 2004 State of the San Juans Foothill Sponsors contributing $75-$100.

Charter Members

• Rob Blair - Peak**
  
• Lee Dexter - Upper Montane
  
• Brian Fowler - Alpine
  
• Jack Ives - Timberline
  
• Ken Francis - Upper Montane
  
• Mark Williams - Woodland In-Kind
  
• Alton Byers
  
• A Theatre Group
  
• Basin Printing & Imaging
  
• Beckoning Design
  
• Camille Richard
  
• Carver’s Restaurant & Brewery
  
• Cheryl Weiscamp
  
• Citizens State Bank
  
• Don Friend
  
• Denny Ehlers
  
• Durango Mountain Resort
  
• Fort Lewis College, Office of Community Services
  
• Frederick, Zink, Elliot
  
• Gary Jennings, San Juan Resource Conservation and Development
  
• Gary Ruggera
  
• Grand Imperial Hotel
  
• Handlebars Food & Saloon
  
• High Country Cleaning & Maintenance
  
• High Noon Hamburgers
  
• Hilton Publishing
  
• Loren Lew
  
• Marvin & Diana Paioff
  
• Miners Tavern
  
• MOUNTAINFILM
  
• Rocky Mountain Biological Lab
  
• San Juan County
  
• San Juan County Historical Society
  
• San Juan 2000
  
• Scot Jackson
  
• Stuart Halpern
  
• Thurman Wilson
  
• Tisdel, Hockersmith, Mueller and McIntosh PC
  

Town of Silverton Board of Directors, Advisory Board, Steering Committee Members and Staff Emeritus

• Jen Ader
  
• Tracy Boeyink
  
• BJ Boucher
  
• Dave Erickson
  
• Ryland Gardner
  
• Chris George
  
• Shari Johnson
  
• Cal Joiner
  
• David Kozak
  
• Jenny Newcomer
  
• Chris Nute
  
• Catherine Ortega
  
• Kelly Phillips
  
• Chris Smith
  
• Jonathan Thompson
  

** To kick off MSI’s Endowment Fund and Capital Campaign Fund, founding board member Rob Blair donated $1,000 to each fund. MSI enjoys 100% financial participation from all members of its board of directors.

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