MSU alum and country music star, Shane Clouse, writes song about Montana – "Montana Matters"

Shane Clouse, who graduated from MSU in 1996 with a degree in business, wrote "Montana Matters" http://www.montanamatters.com/Home for a campaign promoting conservation efforts. Photo courtesy of Shane Clouse.
A Montana State University alumnus and country musician who credits the university with helping him get his start in the music industry has written a song about Montana to promote conservation efforts.

Shane Clouse, who graduated from MSU in 1996 with a degree in business, wrote "Montana Matters" for a campaign of the same name. He also performed as the headlining act for a concert that was held this fall to raise money for the campaign.

According to campaign materials, the Montana Matters campaign "aims to preserve Montana’s rich and storied past and its vibrant history as the embodiment of the Wild West, while at the same time ensuring the state’s abundant wildlife and magnificent forests, fields, lakes and streams are preserved for generations to come." Montana Matters is a collaboration between the International Wildlife Film Festival and Media Center http://www.wildlifefilms.org/ based in Missoula and the Montana Wildlife Federation http://www.montanawildlife.com/ .

Anne Pettinger Cantrell, MSU News Service

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