Montanans love our public lands and waters and have deep connections to our pure setting. Montana’s 1972 Structure codified a lot of Montana’s historic pure useful resource accomplishments instantly into our Structure. These successes embody the restoration of untamed animals throughout our spectacular panorama, the fitting of each day residents to hunt and fish no matter wealth or birthright, our proper to a clear and healthful setting, and even our first-in-the nation stream entry legislation. Sadly, sure elected officers within the final legislature sought to undo over 100 years of our collective public effort — and new threats to our Structure and Montana lifestyle are pending as the subsequent legislature prepares to convene.
The Montana Public Belief Coalition fashioned in response to those assaults on the general public belief. This grass-roots coalition from throughout Montana and throughout the political spectrum has requested all legislative candidates if they’ll promise to defend our structure (as required by their oath of workplace), particularly our proper to hunt and fish in addition to a clear and healthful setting, and to reject any effort to scale back or privatize pure sources already held within the public belief. Solely two years in the past, these issues would have been unthinkable; nonetheless, immediately Montana’s lengthy standing tradition and traditions are in danger.
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Please be a part of us in reaching out to all legislative candidates and asking them to defend our structure, our proper to hunt and fish, our proper to a clear and healthful setting — and to not devalue the general public belief.
You may see the pledge of the Montana Public Belief Coalition, their story, their supporters, and signal on to this broad effort to protect Montana’s Structure right here: montanapublictrustcoalition.com/.
Helena Hunters and Anglers Affiliation Board of Administrators: Steve Platt, Gary Ingman, Gayle Joslin, Rod Bullis, Charlie McCarthy, James Crichton, Doug Powell, Steve McEvoy, and Invoice Orsello.