Pat Williams Interview, June 12, 1997

Pat Williams talks about his wilderness proposal for 1.7 million acres of national forest in Montana. He discusses Montanans’ views on wilderness and how water and wilderness are inextricably linked. Williams recalls defeating the Secretary of Interior’s proposal to open the Bob Marshall Wilderness in Montana to oil exploration. He describes defeating Ron Marlenee in the 1992 election for Montana’s only U. S. House of Representatives seat based on his views about Montana wilderness protection. Williams concludes by discussing Montanans’ close relationship to wilderness and land and it effect on their livelihoods.https://scholarworks.umt.edu/patwilliams_interviews/1002/thumbnail.jp