Voices

Lara Salazar writes, "I know that even if we don’t all agree on everything, we will keep finding creative ways to work together to improve our community and the lives of the people who call Missoula home."

Dave Stalling writes, "After years of trying to find a place there, I have finally accepted that it is not a place where I feel welcomed, respected, or supported."

Nancy Keenan writes, "At this moment, I believe Montanans should be willing to look beyond party labels and consider an independent path forward - one that puts country, community, and democracy first."

Mark Van Loon writes, "In the simplest of terms, this means that WE don’t have a voice anymore and also that Montana loses its rights of state sovereignty. Please don’t let this happen."

Mike Garrity writes, "Administratively changing what qualifies as secure grizzly habitat doesn't actually make more secure habitat for grizzlies."

Dave Stalling writes, "A grizzly bear does not care about bureaucratic definitions. It cares whether the landscape provides enough secure habitat to survive." One acre is not habitat security.

Jim Elliott writes, "It seems strange to me that we are willing to condemn people simply because they are members of a group we don’t like."

Jill Bonny writes, "For us at the Poverello Center and others working with people who are unhoused, we prepare for a new set of challenges."

Jason Belcourt writes, "Buffalo restoration is not a threat to Montana. It is a gift. It is a chance to repair the land and honor the first peoples of this place. Montana can choose partnership. Or it can choose conflict."

Mike Bader writes, "The Forest Service and the timber industry have effectively lobbied Congress to enact laws based on fire paranoia that cut the public owners of these forests out of the process."