Excellent commentary on conservation and public lands

Three Types of Public Lands — Three types of public lands: Flathead National Forest is in the foreground, left and right; Montana’s Coal Creek State Forest, including Cyclone Lake, is in the middle distance; Glacier National Park stretches across the background.

The Flathead Beacon has posted a couple of excellent, well-reasoned op-eds over the past week.

The first, by Jim McCormack, titled “What Happened to the Teddy Roosevelt Conservationist?“ takes Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke to task for gutting the Land and Water Conservation Fund .

The second, “Montanans Want a Say on the Future of Our Wild Public Lands“ by Connie and Mack Long, has some pointed and reasonable things to say about the importance of public involvement when making broad decisions about public lands.