[MCN] Right-wing "conservation" event next week

[Patty A]

Thanks Derek for letting us know about this org.  I had never heard of
them, and after reading your post I looked at their Facebook page.  It
looks like they are very active in Missoula with numerous events that have
taken place near, or in Missoula.   It looks like they have had events with
Wild Mt and the American  Prairie Reserve?  It looks like the event at
Garden City harvest is Feb 9 at 6:30 PM.  I am not certain if folks need to
RSVP?

Thanks Derek,

Patty

On Tue, Jan 31, 2023 at 9:05 AM Derek Goldman via Missoula-Community-News <
missoula-community-news at bigskynet.org> wrote:

> Greetings. I wanted to flag a dubious event occurring at Garden City
> Harvest next week that is being sponsored by a national,
> free-market-conservative, "conservation" organization (the American
> Conservation Coalition), who is apparently to trying gain a toehold in
> Montana. (The event <https://www.facebook.com/events/2264607940367640/>
> is called "Marshall Mountain Info Night," but it doesn't actually appear to
> have any affiliation with the City, the County, or other local
> organizations that have been working to secure the future of Marshall
> Mountain. I am a volunteer board member of one of those groups).
>
> The staff person <https://www.facebook.com/kaleigh.cunningham/about> for
> Amer. Conservation Coalition in Missoula who is organizing next week's
> event is former employee and activist for the Koch brothers' funded,
> Americans for Prosperity (as well as other conservative/libertarian orgs),
> and she organized multiple outreach events
> <https://www.facebook.com/events/465645944369776> for AFP-Montana in
> support of Sen. Steve Daines' 2020 reelection.
>
> (No disrespect intended here at all for Garden City Harvest, who
> generously allows local nonprofits to rent their community space. I think
> they just didn't vet this one well.)
>
> Just sharing to flag potential activities that co-opt other issues to
> build a conservative movement. -Derek
>
>
> *"Once in a while you get shown the light in the strangest of places, if
> you look at it right."*
>
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