Intelligent Discontent

• Written by: Bob FunkJuly 1st, 2008
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• Category:Environment, Max Baucus
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I applaud the fact that

A huge patchwork of privately owned forest in northwest Montana — much of it abutting wilderness, and together almost a third the size of Rhode Island — will be permanently protected from development under an agreement announced Monday by two private conservation groups, the Nature Conservancy and the Trust for Public Land.

The groups will pay $510 million for about 500 square miles of forest now owned by Plum Creek Timber, a lumber and real estate firm based in Seattle. It is one of the biggest sales of forest land for preservation purposes in United States history, conservation experts said.

And  Baucus deserves credit for  setting up the federal bond that allowed for this to go through. We, as Montanans, need to prioritize conserving Montanan’s beauty - it’s what makes Montana Montana.