Gary Burnett

Gary is the executive director for the Heart of the Rockies Initiative, a partnership of 22 land trusts operating in the Northern Rockies. This follows 10 years with the Blackfoot Challenge, a model community-based collaborative operating in western Montana. He served as co-chair for the Southwestern Crown Collaborative of the landscape restoration program for 6 years, is on the leadership team for Rural Voices for Conservation Coalition, the coordinating committee for the Network for Landscape Conservation, the Executive Committee for the Board of Sustainable Northwest, and volunteers on the local fire department as a fire fighter and board chair. In his spare time, Gary enjoys remodeling houses, and getting outside with his family, especially his 2 grandsons.