Undaunted Monument: Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument

For two consecutive Saturdays in early spring groups of volunteers, guided by Friends of the Missouri River Breaks Monument and Bureau or Land Management staff, headed out to the upper end of the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument to plant cottonwood trees at campsites along the river.

This effort was part of an ongoing improvement program in the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument and a sort of symbol of the cooperative effort put forth in the daily operations of the monument.

Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke shortly after his appointment was tasked with reviewin...