It seems so long ago, but it was only a couple of weeks back that we at Five Valleys Land Trust were working full-steam with our generous volunteers to plan our 26th Annual Banquet and Auction. Of course, the decision to cancel was quite simple in the face of our shared national health crisis. Not so clear and simple, though, is the question of how life goes on from here, … [Read more...] about Five Valleys: Nature and community inspire in times of challenges
Voices
Sustainable Missoula: Our Collective Crises
By Sara Humphers-Ginther and Kendall ButlerApril 3, 2020
What if climate change threatened your toilet paper supply? What if climate change could be prevented by washing your hands? What if it lived on surfaces? What if it threatened your food supply and your child’s ability to go to school? What if it disproportionately threatened the elderly, the lower income, those without access to healthcare, those with preexisting conditions, … [Read more...] about Sustainable Missoula: Our Collective Crises
Voices: Oil and gas companies hold unfettered access to our public lands
By Rachelle SchruteApril 3, 2020
As a Montanan who cherishes our public lands, I was disappointed to learn that the Department of Interior finalized a draft resource management plan for the Lewistown planning area, which leaves 95% of the public land vulnerable to oil and gas leasing. It’s difficult for me to comprehend how little regard this administration must have for the people of Montana and our … [Read more...] about Voices: Oil and gas companies hold unfettered access to our public lands
Voices: We need a green new deal and I’m voting for Daniel Carlino for PSC
By Devin JacarusoApril 3, 2020
Only a crisis - actual or perceived - produces real change. When that crisis occurs, the actions that are taken depend on the ideas that are lying around. That, I believe, is our basic function: to develop alternatives to existing policies, to keep them alive and available until the politically impossible becomes the politically inevitable.” The words of Milton Friedman … [Read more...] about Voices: We need a green new deal and I’m voting for Daniel Carlino for PSC
Evan Barrett: Responsibilities of citizenship during pandemic
By Evan BarrettApril 2, 2020
As the death toll from the novel coronavirus rises, we are brutally faced with the reality that public policy directly affects the number of Americans and Montanans who are victimized by this modern plague. And also by the reality that, because of its nature, public policy is not always driven by cold hard facts, science and evidence, but is at least partially driven by … [Read more...] about Evan Barrett: Responsibilities of citizenship during pandemic