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Suzanne Cable writes, "The gutting of the Forest Service is just one example of a national crisis that will take years or decades to recover from once we, as a society, choose to stop the damage to our federal system of governance."

Corey Ellis writes, "Our delegation can claim they defended Montana public lands while selling millions of acres elsewhere."

Seven of the wilderness study areas on Forest Service land were created in 1977 by Congressional legislation and another 35 fall under the Bureau of Land Management as National Conservation Lands.

Hundreds of protesters are condemning some of Utah’s recent attempts to reverse national monument designations and transfer federal land to the state.

Wildlife leaders write, "One of our best tools to keep Montana Montana is an important funding source that was established by the Montana legislature in 2021 to protect our outdoor way of life."

The U.S. Forest Service has pulled its intent to issue an official nationwide policy to preserve old-growth forests.

Tracy Stone-Manning, a 1992 graduate from the University of Montana Environmental Studies Master’s program, will leave her post heading the BLM as former President Donald Trump settles in for his second term.

Bill Schneider writes, "We have seen at least five major collaborative proposals that basically divide up the last of wild Montana, some for Wilderness, but much Wilderness-quality lands compromised for other land uses."

Mike Garrity writes, "There's a boiling controversy right now over the future of hundreds of thousands of acres of Forest Service lands abutting Yellowstone National Park and comprising the core of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem."

Katie Bilodeu writes, "Some argue that recreationists are the best wilderness advocates. But if a climber only cares about Wilderness so long as she can use fixed anchors, or a biker only cares about Wilderness insofar as he can bike there, do these folks really care about Wilderness? "