{"id":2768,"date":"2025-04-11T12:31:15","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T18:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mtnmamas.org\/?p=2768"},"modified":"2025-04-11T12:34:15","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T18:34:15","slug":"montanas-8-billion-gamble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mtnmamas.org\/sp\/montanas-8-billion-gamble\/","title":{"rendered":"Montana&#8217;s $8 Billion Gamble"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"vc_section\"><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_medium\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h3 class=\"w-text us_custom_eb849559\"><span class=\"w-text-h\"><span class=\"w-text-value\">The High Stakes of Transferring Federal Lands to the State<\/span><\/span><\/h3><div class=\"g-cols wpb_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-6 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"w-image align_center\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mtnmamas.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Final-Tubbs-Land-Transfer-Report_April-2025.pdf\" aria-label=\"MT-8B-gamble\" class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"622\" height=\"804\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mtnmamas.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MT-8B-gamble.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Montana&#039;s $8B gamble report\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mtnmamas.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MT-8B-gamble.png 622w, https:\/\/www.mtnmamas.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MT-8B-gamble-232x300.png 232w, https:\/\/www.mtnmamas.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MT-8B-gamble-9x12.png 9w, https:\/\/www.mtnmamas.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MT-8B-gamble-309x400.png 309w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 622px) 100vw, 622px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_col-sm-6 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>The financial implications of transferring federal public lands to state control are staggering and disproportionately impactful for a rural state with large swaths of national public lands. Montana taxpayers could face a conservatively estimated $7.9 billion hit over the next 20 years. This massive new state tax burden would be primarily driven by the state\u02bcs need to take on wildfire management, the deferred maintenance backlog, and abandoned mine reclamation on public lands.<\/p>\n<p>This report by John Tubbs in conjunction with <a href=\"https:\/\/montanawildlife.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Montana Wildlife Federation<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backcountryhunters.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Backcountry Hunters &amp; Anglers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtnmamas.org\/sp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mam\u00e1s de monta\u00f1a<\/a>, y <a href=\"https:\/\/mtvotersedfund.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Montana Conservation Voters Education Fund<\/a> explores these financial implications and what they mean for states, taxpayers, tourism, and more.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-btn-wrapper align_center\"><a class=\"w-btn us-btn-style_1\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mtnmamas.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Final-Tubbs-Land-Transfer-Report_April-2025.pdf\"><span class=\"w-btn-label\">Read the Full Report<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The High Stakes of Transferring Federal Lands to the StateThe financial implications of transferring federal public lands to state control are staggering and disproportionately impactful for a rural state with large swaths of national public lands. Montana taxpayers could face a conservatively estimated $7.9 billion hit over the next 20 years. This massive new state...","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":2776,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-montana","category-public-lands"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Montana&#039;s $8 Billion Gamble - Mountain Mamas<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mtnmamas.org\/sp\/montanas-8-billion-gamble\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Montana&#039;s $8 Billion Gamble - Mountain Mamas\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.mtnmamas.org\/sp\/montanas-8-billion-gamble\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Mountain Mamas\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MtnMamasOrg\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-04-11T18:31:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-04-11T18:34:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.mtnmamas.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/mt-public-lands-transfer.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mountain Mamas\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@MtnMamasOrg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@MtnMamasOrg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Escrito por\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mountain Mamas\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Tiempo de lectura\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minuto\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mtnmamas.org\\\/montanas-8-billion-gamble\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mtnmamas.org\\\/montanas-8-billion-gamble\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Mountain Mamas\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mtnmamas.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/24278c6e2b6161aea859fefe906ef378\"},\"headline\":\"Montana&#8217;s $8 Billion Gamble\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-11T18:31:15+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-11T18:34:15+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mtnmamas.org\\\/montanas-8-billion-gamble\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":238,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mtnmamas.org\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mtnmamas.org\\\/montanas-8-billion-gamble\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mtnmamas.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/mt-public-lands-transfer.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Montana\",\"Public Lands\"],\"inLanguage\":\"es\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mtnmamas.org\\\/montanas-8-billion-gamble\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mtnmamas.org\\\/montanas-8-billion-gamble\\\/\",\"name\":\"Montana's $8 Billion Gamble - 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