Support shared for governor candidates
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Editor,
I am an outdoor recreation enthusiast, conservationist and outdoor retail manager, and I am supporting Whitney Williams and Buzz Mattelin for the governor’s office. They are Montanans committed to protecting our public lands from wealthy out-of-staters and foreign interests.
These lands are critical to our way of life in Montana, and they support the hunting, floating and recreation lifestyle and economy that we hope to pass on to future generations.
Our family and our business benefits every day from access to healthy public lands and waters. Montana’s recreation economy generated $7.1 billion in consumer spending and more than 71,000 jobs in 2018. Whitney and Buzz are committed to preventing the sale and transfer of our public lands and that is reason enough to support them.
I happen to know Buzz on a personal level, and you won’t find a better embodiment of what it means to be a Montanan. He runs a successful farm in Culbertson and has traveled the globe promoting Montana products, via the Montana Wheat and Barley Committee. I’ve even managed to scratch down a couple of pheasants on that beautiful Mattelin family farm along the banks of the Missouri River.
Adding Buzz to the ticket is the perfect way to add representation for the eastern part of our great state. If you are wondering where Culbertson is located, it is about 540 miles east of Missoula — more importantly, it is 1,900 miles west of New Jersey.
Mathew Churchman
Missoula
