The day Anne Millbrooke walked into the White Sulphur Springs Ranger District for the first time this summer, she was frustrated.

Her feelings weren't directed at the federal employees inside, but at the wave of rollbacks and policy reversals under the Trump administration that she’d been watching unfold. The changes had already driven her to regularly write and call members of Montana’s congressional delegation, but after receiving one generic response after another, Millbrooke wanted to do more than voice her concerns.

“I've enjoyed public lands my whole life,” Millbrooke said. “I wanted to do something that felt like I was actually achieving something, something tangible.”

At age 73, Millbrooke became an official Forest Service volunteer over the summer, starting off by cleaning back

See Full Page