In the Senate, Jon has to work hard to make sure folks understand what it means to be from Montana. Public access to public land is one thing that makes the Treasure State so special.

Montanans share values like hunting and fishing — an outdoor heritage that gets passed down to our kids and our grandkids. As a third generation family farmer who’s made his living off the land, and as a father and a grandfather who’s passed down these Montana values, Jon believes in protecting Montana’s outdoor heritage.

Jon strongly supports local efforts to manage public lands and resources and has passed new laws to support those efforts.

In Montana’s vast national forests, Jon is working to see an end to the decades of political gridlock that has left Montana with lost timber jobs, closed mills, millions of beetle-killed trees, bigger forest fires, and no new wilderness protection in the past thirty years. That’s why he’s introduced his landmark Forest Jobs and Recreation Act.

Jon also believes there are some places in Montana — like the North Fork of the Flathead — that are too special to not protect for future generations, which is why he’s working hard to put the North Fork off limits to mining.

Click HERE to see Jon’s record of results protecting Montana’s outdoor heritage.