ACTIVIST ALERTS

• HELENA-AREA ACTIVISTS:  Support Better Growth in the Helena Valley (find out how)
• FIX or DITCH the Lieberman-Warner Global Warming Bill For its massive industry handouts, it asks too little in return (Friends of the Earth, January 2008)
• (September 27, 2007) Congress needs to know that many Americans support a carbon tax. Please tell your congresspeople that you support Rep. Dingell's bill. Visit the FOE web site for more information and to TAKE ACTION.
• (August 31, 2007) The Bush Administration has proposed a rule to encourage mountaintop removal mining -- and public comments might be disregarded! Tell Congress to make sure our comments count. FIND OUT MORE AND TAKE ACTION.

How to . . .

• Information about writing a letter to the editor.
• Links to the major newspapers in Montana.
• Pointers on lobbying the Legislature.
  

Contacting Montana Decision-Makers

Governor Brian Schweitzer
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 200801, Helena, MT 59620
Phone: (406) 444-3111

• e-mail: governor@mt.gov
  
• website: governor.mt.gov/

Department of Environmental Quality
Richard Opper, Director
Street Address: 1520 E. Sixth Avenue, Helena, MT 59601
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 200901, Helena, MT 59620
Phone: (406) 444-2544
Fax: (406) 444-4384
TTY: (406) 444-9526
http://www.deq.state.mt.us/index.asp
On-line Contact Form: www.deq.state.mt.us/mail/ContactUsForm.asp

Department of Natural Resources and Conservation
Mary Sexton, Director
Street Address: 1625 Eleventh Avenue, Helena, MT 59601
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 201601, Helena, MT 59620
Phone: (406) 444-2074
Fax: (406) 444-2684
www.dnrc.state.mt.us/

The Montana Land Board
The five members of Montana's Land Board (formally known as the Board of Land Commissioners) are:

• Brian Schweitzer, Governor: (406) 444-3111
  
• Linda McCulloch, Superintendent of Public Instruction: (406)444-5658 • (888)231-9393
  
• Brad Johnson, Secretary of State: Montana Secretary of State • P.O. Box 202801 • Helena, MT 59620-2801
  State Capitol, Room 260 • 1301 6th Avenue • Helena, MT 59620 • (406) 444-2034
  
• Mike McGrath, Attorney General: Department of Justice • P.O. Box 201401 • Helena, MT 59620-1401 • (406) 444-2026 • Fax: (406) 444-3549
  
• John Morrison, State Auditor: 840 Helena Ave. • Helena, MT 59601 • (406) 444-2040 • In Montana (800) 332-6148 •  Fax (406) 444-3497
  

The Land Board is charged with overseeing the management of 5.2 million acres of school trust land in the state. It is responsible for deciding how best to generate revenue for the trust from school trust lands. The Department of Natural Resources and Conservation carries out the management decisions of the Land Board through its Trust Land Management Division.

Contacting Federal Decision Makers

President George Bush
president@whitehouse.gov

Vice-President Dick Cheney
vice.president@whitehouse.gov

U.S. Senator Max Baucus
e-mail:  max@baucus.senate.gov
website: http://baucus.senate.gov/
511 Hart Senate Office Bldg, Washington DC 20510
Phone:  (202) 224-2651
Web Form: baucus.senate.gov/contact/emailForm.cfm?subj=issue

U.S. Senator Jon Tester
wesite:  tester.senate.gov/
204 Russell Senate Office Bldg, Washington DC 20510
Phone:  (202) 224-2644
Web Form: tester.senate.gov/Contact/

U.S. Representative Denny Rehberg
e-mail:  denny.rehberg@mail.house.gov
website:  http://www.house.gov/rehberg/
516 Cannon HOB, Washington, DC, 20515
phone: (202) 225-3211
fax: (202) 225-5687
web form: https://forms.house.gov/wyr/welcome.shtml

Mike Johanns, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture
Mike.Johanns@usda.gov

Abigail Kimbell, Chief of the U.S. Forest Service
www.fs.fed.us/
On-line Contact Form www.fs.fed.us/contactus/