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The Ranch

In July 2009 the Sanctuary relocated to its new ranch 25 miles west of Great Falls between Simms and Fort Shaw, 1,200 acres with a 200-acre state land grazing lease. The ranch was used for the past 100 years as a cattle and sheep facility and is in need of many improvements to make it horse friendly and safe. Over the coming years we will install safer fences, shelters, barns, an office, hay and equipment sheds and an indoor arena. A small portion of the ranch is useable right now and the horses love their new home! Once the ranch is fully functional and the budget will allow, capacity for the Sanctuary will be up to 50 horses. Other projects underway are control of weeds and rehabilitation of a few pastures which previously received the heaviest use by livestock. The Sanctuary will also work to enhance wildlife habitat.

But the first priority is to pay off the mortgage which totals $700,000. The Sanctuary makes $4,000/month payments.

You can help us pay for The Ranch:

Adopt-a-Pasture: Adopt an entire pasture (10 acres or more) and we will name it after you! A 10-acre tract would be $5830; 20 acres, $11,660, etc.
Adopt-An-Acre Program: A donation of $583 will pay for one acre of the Sanctuary. Your name will appear on the Adopt-An-Acre board at the Sanctuary.
Adopt-A-Foot: You can help us pay for the ranch one square foot at a time. Each square foot of the ranch costs $10.

Also, if you'd like, your donation can be made in memory, in honor of, or as a gift to a friend or loved one. We will send the person you designate a card letting them know you have made a generous donation to the Sanctuary in their name. We won’t say how much the donation if for. Minimum donation for this category: $25.

Click here for more information the Adopt A Pasture program

Spreader

So what do you do with all that
horse manure?

Each horse produces a wheelbarrow load of manure each and every day. At the sanctuary, we pick up the manure and compost it to break down the constituents and kill the weed seeds. Once it's composted, we spread it on our pastures. In the photo above, Vic Andersen is spreading manure on a sanctuary pasture.

Montana Horse Sanctuary
email:info@montanahorsesanctuary.org
P.O. Box 10, Simms, MT 59477 • (406) 264-5300