The Whitehall Ledger - Serving Southern Jefferson County in the Great State of Montana

The Cinnabar Foundation, Montana’s conservation fund, has hired a longtime conservation professional, Caroline Byrd, as its next executive director. Byrd will begin her new position on July 1 after spending time with the retiring ED, Gary Wolfe, to assure a smooth and successful transition.

Byrd’s career in conservation has spanned more than 35 years and has included many overlapping connections with the Cinnabar Foundation, a private independent foundation that supports conservation partners working to conserve, preserve and restore this region’s clear skies, clean water, and divers...