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HELENA, Mont. - Activist groups and the Confederated Salish Kootenai Tribes (CSKT) put forward a petition Tuesday to rename three Montana geographic sites currently named after Jefferson Davis, the former Confederated States of America president.
The Montana Racial Equity Project, the Montana Human Rights Network, Forward Montana Foundation, Mai Wah Society, Montana Wilderness Association, The Wilderness Society and the CSKT sent the petition to the U.S. Board of Geographic Names.
They are asking the board to change the names of the following places listed in the petition: Jeff Davis Peak, located in the southern Bitterroot Range in Beaver County, to Three Eagles Peak in recognition of Salish Chief Three Eagles.
Montana Wilderness Association s Madison-Gallatin Chapter is pleased to announce Jayda Brown, a senior at Belgrade High school, is the winner of the 2021 Wilderness Essay Contest.
Brown s essay discusses the importance of protecting Wilderness and wildlands in the effort to mitigate the effects of climate change. MWA s Madison-Gallatin Chapter congratulates Brown for her essay and the value she places on Montana s wild public lands.
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For decades, oil and gas companies have taken advantage of a broken federal leasing system in an effort to stockpile our nationâs precious public lands. The industryâs exploitation of this system has prompted Montanans and other stakeholders across the West to call for reforms to the leasing system. Those calls have gotten louder over the last few years as itâs become more apparent the system is undermining our public lands, outdoor recreation economy, and the economic health of local communities.
Thankfully, the Biden administration acted quickly upon taking office, putting a temporary pause on all new oil and gas leasing so it can review the system and make it work better for everyone. As the administration uses this pause as an opportunity to evaluate the leasing program, itâs crucial that it address the glut of public lands the industry has leased.
The Montana legislature passed a House bill on Tuesday to implement the recreational marijuana legalization initiative passed by voters in the November election