We're monitoring the results of the top-tier races and sharing our initial response to each of those results (photo by John Fecteau)
This election will have greater implications for public lands than any other in modern memory. Results could translate into an enormous win for conservation, a mix of opportunity and challenge, or something altogether daunting.
Aerial view of Sweetgrass Canyon, part of the Crazies land exchange proposal (photo courtesy of EcoFlight)
Consolidating land in the Crazies is a necessity if we ever want to legislatively protect these mountains in the future.
The Musselshell River Break country, not protected in the final BLM plan for central Montana. (Photo by Tony Bynum)
No matter how much grandiose spin acting BLM director Pendley has put on these plans, they are as much an affront to Montana’s outdoor values as Pendley’s views on public lands.
The Big Snowies (photo by Zack Porter)
The Forest includes some of Montana’s most revered public lands, including the Big Snowy Mountains, the Little Belts, Big Belts, Badger-Two Medicine, Elkhorn Mountains, and the entire stretch of the Continental Divide between Helena and Glacier National Park.
The Big Snowies (Zack Porter)
We’re pleased the Forest Service recognized the importance of conserving the wildest areas along the continental divide and in the Big Snowies.
Crossing a stream in the Crazy Mountains (photo by Aaron Schye)
This poll serves as an opportunity to determine whether our work aligns with Montanans’ values, and whether we are doing our job building grassroots support for the proposals we champion.
