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Ripple: The Center for Education and Ecosystem Studies has recently been challenged by the Natural Resource Damage Program Council to diversify our support to ensure future sustainability. We appreciate and value donations at every level. We’ve recently launched a Leadership Giving Society called the Stonefly Circle for Leadership Givers at $1000+.
You can increase your impact by pledging a monthly gift. At this time, you can set this option up with Shannon Sampson of the Montana Tech Foundation by calling her at (406) 496-4276. If you are interested in making a gift of stock, a gift from your IRA, a gift of property, creating an annuity or remembering Ripple in your estate planning, please contact Tammy Gordon at tgordon@mtech.edu or call 406.496.4136. All contributions are tax-deductible.
The Stonefly Circle
Ripple’s Stonefly Circle celebrates individual donors making a gift or cumulative gifts of $1,000 or greater in a calendar year. The funds help support the organization’s bold new initiatives and award-winning education and outreach programs. Stonefly Circle members are united in a commitment to our mission to expand environmental literacy and stewardship through field-based science and research experiences.
The Stonefly Circle is named after the stonefly, a charismatic macroinvertebrate that can only survive in clean, uncontaminated waters. The Clark Fork Watershed has seen a return in stonefly populations as our waterways recover from a century of damage. Ripple’s students learn that stoneflies are excellent biological indicators of stream health, and they celebrate each stonefly they find.
Stonefly Circle members receive recognition on our website, newsletter, social media channels, and donor recognition wall at Montana Tech. They also receive a signature Stonefly Circle lapel pin and an invitation to an exclusive leadership celebration event.
Members of our Stonefly Circle Leadership Giving Society:
Rayelynn Brandl
Colleen Elliot & Dr. Chris Gammons
Elizabeth & David Erickson
Joe Griffin & Sherry Vogel
Sidni & Bill Markovich
Leah & John McCarthy Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
Melissa Wanamaker & Gordon Wanamaker
Clearwater Credit Union
George Grant Trout Unlimited
Michelle Hall
James Holodnick
Water & Environmental Technologies
Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
Thank you for your generosity!
Please get in touch with Tammy Gordon at tgordon@mtech.edu or 406.496.4136 if you have questions on how to make the greatest impact with your personal contribution.
Executive Leadership Team
Ripple’s volunteer Executive Leadership Team is a group of community members helping us achieve our development goals.
Current Members:
- Dr. Steve Gammon – Retired
- Brad Archibald – Pioneer Technical Services
- Maggie Davis-Welch – Butte Broadcasting
- Rick Edwards – Northwestern Energy
- Elizabeth Erickson – Water & Environmental Technologies (WET)
- Jeremy Fleege – Montana Resources
- Erick Greene – Montana Osprey Project
- Sidni Markovich – Markovich Inc.
- Matt Vincent – Rampart Solutions
Their two-year term of service began September 1, 2024.
Thank you for your support! Your generous donation helps fund our mission to expand environmental literacy and stewardship through field-based science and research experiences. Together we we can share non-advocational science and environmental education to inspire the changemakers, scientific thinkers, and problem-solvers of tomorrow. If you need technical assistance with the website, please call Shannon Sampson at (406) 496-4276. If you have questions about CFWEP, please call Tammy Gordon at (406) 496-4136.