Meet the Team

  • Board Secretary

    Carter Walker has lived in Montana since 1992 and has served on The Montana Project board since the organization's founding in 2022. She is a writer and editor, and the author of several Moon guides to Montana and Wyoming. Carter has served on various boards in the Gallatin Valley including Friends of the Belgrade Pool, Opera Montana (formerly Intermountain Opera Bozeman), and Montana Center for the Arts, and brings her communication, publication, and planning skills to the table. She and her partner split time between the Yaak and the Horseshoe Hills with their four daughters and passel of animals.

  • Board Member

    Chris Dombrowski is the author of The River You Touch: Making a Life on Moving Water. He is also the author of Body of Water: A Sage, A Seeker, and the World’s Most Elusive Fish, and of three acclaimed collections of poems. Currently the Director of the Creative Writing program at the University of Montana, he lives with his family in Missoula.

  • Board Member

    Claire Emery is a Missoula-based artist, naturalist, and educator whose career spans more than 25 years. She has collaborated with writers, poets, scientists, conservation groups, and community members to create images that bridge the worlds of science and art. Through research, design, carving, and printing of limited-edition woodblock prints, Claire works to conserve wild and working landscapes, uplift the human spirit, and deepen our connections with the natural world.

  • Project Manager

    Rick Bass is an author and environmental activist. He is known for his novels, short stories, and essays, often exploring themes of nature, wilderness, and human connection. Bass moved to Montana's Yaak Valley in 1987 and has been actively involved in environmental conservation efforts there.

    Photo by RA Beattie

  • Tribal Liaison

    Danielle Morrison is a proud Treaty 3 member of the Anishinaabeg of Naongashiing. Danielle has built a strong career in law, program delivery, policy review, and advocacy with various Indigenous-led movements and non-profit organizations at both grassroots and national levels.

    Danielle holds a B.A. in Visual Arts with a minor in Indigenous Studies. She serves as a volunteer on various boards and committees. Outside of her legal practice, Danielle is a visual graphic artist, photographer, small business owner of Clan Mother Goods & Apparel, and mother to three children.