Large Crowd Descends on State Capitol for Public Lands Rally

By Myers Reece - January 14, 2019 - Originally published in the Flathead Beacon. Roughly 2,000 people packed into the state capitol in Helena on Jan. 11 for a raucous rally in support of public lands, during which throngs of residents from diverse backgrounds across Montana held up signs, chanted and made their voices heard both figuratively and literally. The event was the third in a series of rallies held every two years, beginning in 2015. The 2017 gathering was a similarly boisterous ...