From the outset, The Lodge at Sun Ranch Lodge was designed and operated as an ecolodge. We take environmental education as seriously as any other aspect of our business. While you’re here, ask any staff member how you can participate in our ongoing “citizen science” efforts, or contribute to our Travelers’ Philanthropy program. After your visit, we hope you’ll leave with a greater appreciation of how wildlife, the land, weather, and human behavior are interconnected. The organizations listed below share our passion for sustainability. We hope you do, too.

Sun Ranch Institute (SRI) is the Lodge at Sun Ranch’s/Sun Ranch Group’s nonprofit conservation and community-outreach partner. SRI helps manage and develop our Traveler’s Philanthropy initiative and helps identify opportunities for the Lodge and our guests to contribute to local conservation efforts and our Madison Valley community. The Institute also works closely with the Sun Ranch and our other sister companies to bring a scientific perspective to our work, preserve important open space, and help our neighbors.

To learn more about Sun Ranch Institute’s projects and initiatives—from the Westslope Cutthroat Trout Recovery Initiative to citizen science studies to education programs—at the organization’s website, www.sunranchinstitute.org.

Blue Ribbon Flies (BRF) is proud to partner with The Lodge at Sun Ranch in providing the most innovative and experienced fly fishing guide and outfitting staff in South West Montana and Yellowstone country. BRF and Lodge at Sun Ranch are the leaders in many award winning eco programs, and environmental conservation initiatives. BRF is world renown for its fly designs and patterns. It has produced Telly Award winning fly fishing DVDs such as "Fly Fishing Yellowstone Hatches," "Fly Tying Yellowstone Hatches," "Fly Fishing the Madison River," and "Bonefishing the Flats". BRF's own Craig Mathews is also the famous author of important books like; "Fly Fishing the Madison River," "The Yellowstone Fly Fishing Guide," "Western Fly Fishing Strategies," "Fishing Yellowstone Hatches" and "Fly Patterns of Yellowstone". Our guides are not only patient instructors but also knowledgable experts on everything from fly casting and western fly fishing strategies to showing you some of their off-the-beaten-path secret waters! Blue Ribbon Flies supplies world class guides for your unforgettable fly fishing experience, and The Lodge at Sun Ranch does the rest!