Northwest Montana should embrace Hecla

In addition to being a longtime citizen and business owner in Northwest Montana, I have been honored to serve the public as an elected state representative and county commissioner. I have lived through the economic chaos that has engulfed our area with the collapse of federal forested lands management, subsequent mill closures and now chronic, multi-decadal poverty. I have also had the pleasure of working with Hecla Mining Company on their world-class reclamation of the now-shuttered Troy Mine, as well as their efforts to permit two projects that would provide desperately needed jobs in our area while protecting the environment that we live in and love...