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<p><font color="#222222" face="Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal;">The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) needs to hear from you about western
Montana's wildlands. In May, the BLM Missoula Field Office released their draft resource management plan (RMP) and environmental impact statement (EIS). The public is invited to submit comments about this plan through August 15th. </span></font></p>
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<p><font color="#222222" face="Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal;">Tomorrow, Thursday, July 18th, the Montana Wilderness Association is
hosting a comment writing workshop. This is an informal gathering. Drop in any time and stay for as long as you like. </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal;">We'll have materials about the draft
plan on hand for you to explore and MWA staff will help answer questions you have about how to submit a comment. You'll be able to prepare and submit a comment at the workshop. We'll also have food and beverage for you to enjoy. </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></font></p>
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the fate of wild places, and it's important that we tell the BLM why protecting these unique wildlands is so important.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Draft RMP Comment Writing Workshop</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Thursday, July 18th</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">5:30 - 7:30 p.m.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">GoodWorks Place</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">129 W. Alder Street, Missoula</span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">If you can't make tomorrow's comment workshop, please consider using this MWA-hosted portal to submit your comments to the BLM Missoula field office: </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt"><a href="http://salsa4.salsalabs.com/o/51514/p/dia/action4/common/public/?action_KEY=26328" id="LPNoLP930850"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal;">http://salsa4.salsalabs.com/o/51514/p/dia/action4/common/public/?action_KEY=26328</span></a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal;">Questions about the workshop? Contact Erin Clark, MWA western Montana field director, at 406-823-0477</span></div>
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