Voices

Reilly Neill writes, "If more data centers come to Montana, they need to pay the full cost of the infrastructure they require."

Roger Koopman writes, "As Daines is proud to admit, this sly little maneuver had the intended effect of keeping every well-known Republican out of the primary and every well-known Democrat out of the general."

Jim Elliott writes, "I won’t be voting for Kurt, but my hope is that if he becomes our next US Senator that he will still be the same moral and ethical man I once knew and liked."

Mike Garrity writes, "The Forest Service recently amended its Forest Plan to eliminate legally-binding logging restrictions on 1.1 million acres of connectivity lynx habitat -- which is an area larger than Glacier National Park."

Karin Kirk writes "The farther they get in their negotiations with data centers, the harder it is for the public to know what they’re up to, and to participate in the process."

Several groups write, "We believe natural grass is the best choice and will keep working to ensure our parks remain safe for people and the planet."

Josh Liljedahl writes, "Montana’s roadless areas provide essential habitat for big game, protect cold, clean water for native fish, and afford Montanans with wild, uncrowded backcountry experiences that are the envy of the world."

Randy Newberg writes, "Congress is considering a fast-track move that could open the headwaters of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness to a massive copper-sulfide mine by overturning a 20-year leasing moratorium."

Doug James Let’s stop pretending this was normal. Steve Daines walked into a U.S. Senate hearing and introduced a man from his own hometown. A man blistered, on national television, for antisemitic rhetoric, for parroting “replacement theory,” for claiming January 6 rioters were treated worse than Black Americans under Jim Crow. That man is Jeremy...

Climate Smart Missoula writes, "What is actually crazy is that the Trump administration moved to revoke the Environmental Protection Agency’s 2009 Endangerment Finding just a few days later."