by Rod Wallette Flathead Audubon is always looking to the future in securing our ongoing operations and promoting sustainability. To this end we have recently established a permanent endowment fund. This endowment is a permanent special account, held and invested by Whitefish Community Foundation. This endowment grows over time allowing Flathead Audubon to be able…

by Jake Bramante, Membership Chair Last year we updated our membership database system. One of the big changes we made was that your membership is good for one year from the time that you renew instead of rigid dates on the calendar. This means that your membership is now good for a full 12 months….

Highlights from the October 3, 2022 Board of Directors Meeting The Great Fish Challenge and the Birds of Prey Festival were both considered to be successful this year. However, with an eye toward improvement, a list of feedback and suggestions was made for each event. Hawk Watch began August 25, and although the total numbers…

by Rod Wallette, Treasurer Flathead Audubon Society (FAS) participated in the Great Fish Challenge for our second year and this has now become our primary fundraising source. Once again we raised enough funds to qualify for a percentage of the Great Fish matching funds by raising $24,430. The matching amount of $11,200 brought our total…

by Kay Mitchell The 2022 Great Fish Community Challenge came to a close on September 16. Flathead Audubon was an active player this year. For the first year since we have been involved, it was finally possible to hold all of the Great Fish events live and in person. Seventy nonprofit organizations participated in the…

by Kay Mitchell It’s a new season of Flathead Audubon – welcome to everyone! After a summer of scattering to the winds, now we have an opportunity to flock back together (in person and/or virtually) to enjoy all of our birds (including some newborn speckled ones), view fall migration with awe, take in a field…

by Jake Bramante If you want to know how complicated keeping track of local and national memberships, Great Fish donations, grant applications, etc have gotten, feel free to ask Mike Fanning (see article thanking the Fannings). We realized that, in order to manage all of these complexities and spread the workload amongst Flathead Audubon, we…

by Cory Davis and Linda Winnie Flathead Audubon wanted to take a moment to appreciate the efforts of two long-time board and committee members, Mike and Jill Fanning. For over half the life of FAS, Mike and Jill have been there to support us however they could, including with their unique sense of humor. Mike…