Newspapers Endorse Passage of LWCF

Montana's economy, tourism industry and outdoor recreation industry benefit from the Land and Water Conservation Fund. 

From editorials in Helena and Missoula newspapers. It’s time for common sense leadership in Congress to get things in order. We know there is much to do to pass a budget before Dec. 11 and avoid a government shutdown. And in any other year, it might seem reasonable that funding for the LWCF take a back seat. But not this year, not now. We call on U.S. Sens. Daines and Tester and U.S. Rep. Ryan Zinke to fight hard for Montanans and for the reauthorization of the LWCF. We ask them to fight against the radical movement in the Republican Party that is pushing to kill what has been the most successful recreation and conservation program in our nation’s history.