Advocacy and Outreach
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Fish fare well at 2019 Montana Legislature
Our efforts in the 2019 Montana Legislature paid off. Literally. This session we led sporting and conservation groups’ efforts to secure the most responsible fish and wildlife budgets that have passed the legislature in decades. Specifically, we restored cuts that important projects and agency divisions suffered in the last biennium. MTU’s Clayton Elliott worked to…
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How You Can Help Save the Smith
If you care about the Smith River, we encourage you to write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper, as well as to Governor Steve Bullock, your representatives, and also to Montana’s Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ). While DEQ is no longer accepting comments on the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the large…
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What happens when the ore is gone?
Mountain West News highlights what happens when mining operations close up shop. The legacy of hard rock mining continues to haunt the West. The boom and bust cycles of hard rock mining, poor regulation and the protection of bankruptcy shift costs to taxpayers and the environmental damage persists forever. Read more here.