FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

January 11, 2021

Montana Conservation Voters Launches Montana Pushback

MontanaPushback.org to Safeguard Public Lands, Clean Air and Water

(BOZEMAN, Mont.) — Montana Conservation Voters Education Fund has launched a new campaign today, Montana Pushback, to keep all Montanans informed and equipped to protect Montana’s clean air, clean water and public lands.

The campaign’s website is now online at MontanaPushback.org.

Executive Director Whitney Tawney released the following statement:

“While elected leaders across the political spectrum pledged to support and defend Montana’s outdoors in last year’s election, it’s up to us as Montanans to make sure they live up to their promises. Montana’s brightest days are ahead, but it will take committed Montanans from across the state standing up and pushing back against ill-conceived ideas that will deprive future generations the clean air, clean water and public that so many of us often take for granted.”

On November 3, Montana voters elected an almost entirely new state government.

Almost every candidate who ran for office said they would protect Montana’s outdoor heritage and expand access to our public lands. Now the MCV Education Fund is taking on the task to make sure they live up to their promises.

The MCV Education Fund is facing another unprecedented threat: the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic is forcing all Montanans to work in a completely different way, but also means changes to the Montana Legislature. It will be easier for politicians to pass unpopular legislation without public awareness or participation.

That’s why the MCV Education Fund is launching MontanaPushback.org to keep all Montanans informed and equipped to protect Montana’s clean air, water and public lands. As the new legislature begins and Montana’s new governor takes over, the MCV Education Fund is staying vigilant to the task ahead.

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Montana Conservation Voters Education Fund is a non-profit, non-partisan organization engaging all Montanans and their communities by empowering them to protect our clean air, clean water, public lands and voting rights through education, mobilization and the power of grassroots advocacy. The MCV Education Fund programs educate the public about critical environmental and public lands issues; promote greater nonpartisan citizen involvement in the democratic process; and provide strategic tools to conservation organizations to be more effective.