About

The Selway Bitterroot Frank Church Foundation is a community of wilderness minded and hardworking individuals dedicated to bringing citizens and youth to wilderness to work, live, and play. Since 2006, SBFC has helped steward the 4-million-acre Selway-Bitterroot Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness, across Idaho and Montana.

"The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness."

John Muir

Mission

The Selway Bitterroot Frank Church Foundation assists the Forest Service in providing stewardship for the Selway-Bitterroot and Frank Church-River of No Return Wildernesses and surrounding wildlands through on the ground work, public education, and partnerships.

What we do

We provide stewardship for the Selway-Bitterroot and Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness areas and surrounding wildlands. We ensure recreational use by opening trails and maintaining trail connectivity. We also protect the natural conditions of wilderness ecosystems through wilderness character monitoring, campsite obliteration, invasive species removal, and erosion mitigation.

Who we are

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Policy

SBFC is committed to a diverse, inclusive, and equitable environment where all board members, staff, volunteers, youth and community partners feel valued, respected, and fully engaged. 

SBFC’s community of staff, volunteers, youth, and partners are the core of who we are and how we accomplish our mission. We value and seek to build lasting connections with our community based on our knowledge that their race, gender, and/or socioeconomic status can limit their access and exposure to wilderness, land management experiences, and career opportunities. SBFC seeks to remove barriers to participation by providing wilderness stewardship experiences, including access to internship and job opportunities, as well as career-building education.

SBFC will continually seek to embrace and deepen its commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion by:  1) attracting and retaining racial, gender, and/or socioeconomic diversity at all levels of its organization including board, staff, volunteer, youth, and other participant levels; 2) putting in place policies and practices that drive systemic change to increase access for all to wilderness and public lands experiences and sectors; and 3) building community and national partnerships that align with and support our commitment to diversity, inclusion and equity.