The Greatest Good: Our Country's Conservation Legacy

FAIN: CHA-290086-24

National Museum of Forest Service History, Inc. (Missoula, MT 59801-4909)
Lisa Tate (Project Director: May 2022 to May 2026)

Equipment and furnishings for the new permanent exhibit on the history of forestry and land conservation in the United States at the National Museum of Forest Service History in Missoula, Montana.

Our proposal seeks $500,000 to help support the physical pieces for our marquee exhibit titled above and discussed in our proposal, such as the benches, lighting, plinths, artifact cases, seating, video monitors and more – the hardware of the exhibits. This equipment will be an integral component of the exhibits as part of the National Conservation Legacy Center (Center), the flagship facility of the National Museum of Forest Service History. The Capital Campaign for the Center is close to completion, with construction to begin in 2023 and Grand Opening planned in 2024. The seven exhibit themes, detailed in our proposal, are full of humanities content, reflecting our country's conservation history over the past 115+ years. It is a fascinating story of how public values and science have evolved, with the Forest Service and other conservation agencies having also to evolve in kind, to create an ever-shifting landscape of public land use and conservation policy.