My Dad was also born in 1951 in Helena. His adopted grandparents homesteaded near Great Falls in 1912. My Mom's grandparents homesteaded near Neihart around the same time. Unfortunately we don't have that place still in the family like on my Dad's side.
I agree with most of the sentiment of this article. Change is the only constant. It's better to plan for change than react to it. Unfortunately there is a great deal of reluctance to deal with some of the unmentioned challenges facing us here in Montana. Climate change is at least as great a threat to the rural lifestyle as anything. It doesn't matter what a bushel of wheat sells for if there was no rain, and therefore no wheat to sell. The public lands we enjoy so much might be sold to millionaires and billionaires who probably aren't from Montana, just because they buy and sell politicians like baseball cards. No mention was made of Big Sky or the Yellowstone club and their waste polluting the Gallatin River and subsequently everything down stream. What shame for the Crown of the Continent to be a source of pollution for everywhere downstream. Tourists won't have as much interest in Montana if our blue ribbon trout streams are ridden with poisonous algae blooms, there is no snow for winter sports on the ski hills, no glaciers in Glacier National Park. And what fun will be had in the summer when the sky is grey and the sun red from 6 or more months of wildfires?
One particular political party denies climate change, suplicates to the desires of the %1, seeks to privatize public resources, and foments a whole host of sexist, racist and outright fascist beliefs. They're sewing the seeds of destruction for Montana, and the rest of the world. But in Montana they're in charge. Is it a coincidence the governor, representative and a senator from this party aren't actually from Montana? Doubt it.
I agree with most of the sentiment of this article. Change is the only constant. It's better to plan for change than react to it. Unfortunately there is a great deal of reluctance to deal with some of the unmentioned challenges facing us here in Montana. Climate change is at least as great a threat to the rural lifestyle as anything. It doesn't matter what a bushel of wheat sells for if there was no rain, and therefore no wheat to sell. The public lands we enjoy so much might be sold to millionaires and billionaires who probably aren't from Montana, just because they buy and sell politicians like baseball cards. No mention was made of Big Sky or the Yellowstone club and their waste polluting the Gallatin River and subsequently everything down stream. What shame for the Crown of the Continent to be a source of pollution for everywhere downstream. Tourists won't have as much interest in Montana if our blue ribbon trout streams are ridden with poisonous algae blooms, there is no snow for winter sports on the ski hills, no glaciers in Glacier National Park. And what fun will be had in the summer when the sky is grey and the sun red from 6 or more months of wildfires?
One particular political party denies climate change, suplicates to the desires of the %1, seeks to privatize public resources, and foments a whole host of sexist, racist and outright fascist beliefs. They're sewing the seeds of destruction for Montana, and the rest of the world. But in Montana they're in charge. Is it a coincidence the governor, representative and a senator from this party aren't actually from Montana? Doubt it.
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