Ran across this piece yesterday in the Billings Gazette – Guest Opinion: Generations of Respect Protect Montana’s Open Lands.
From the article –
Montana open land defines who we are and what we are. The authors of this article are connected by blood, a grandfather and granddaughter, and we are connected to Montana’s great outdoors through affection, appreciation and admiration.
Open land helps sustain Montana’s economy and nourish our souls. Yet all too often we take our vistas, farms and ranches, wildlife habitat, river bottoms and recreational opportunities for granted – as if Montana can’t and won’t change. As if our open land will always be there.
Read the full article here.
There are a lot of ways to share about open, public lands, though we’d argue that parents and grandparents teaching their kids and grandchildren the true bounty that open public lands offer to a state and nation is one of the very best ways to pass on that heritage.
Get your kids and grandkids out there today.
The public lands grabfest is far from over…
(A McGlothlin family Thanksgiving morning breakfast at the Snake River Overlook in GTNP about 20 years ago. Little did we know what living life as an outdoor family would mean for our kids down the road…)
