It's hard work to preserve Montana's soul

As reported by The Bozeman Daily Chronicle, Saturday, January 30, 2010- Opinion, Bob Ekey, Guest Columnist

Every once in a while it is nice to be reminded that patience and persistence pay off.

I was reminded of that a couple of weeks ago while attending a press conference in Helena where energy companies announced they were retiring decades-old oil and gas leases along the public lands of the Rocky Mountain Front.

The room was full of ranchers from the Front, hunters and anglers, oil company executives, conservationists and representatives of the Blackfeet tribe and we were all celebrating the same thing- the protection of the Front.

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