Survey: Montanans say quality of life getting worse, but support for public lands still strong
An increasing number of Montanans say their quality of life is getting worse and point to ongoing development and what they say is the changing character of the state as primary reasons, according to a biennial statewide poll released Tuesday by the University of Montana.
The 2024 Public Lands Survey is the sixth from UM’s Crown of the Continent and Greater Yellowstone Initiative issued since 2014 and takes the temperature of Montanans across the state on conservation, environmental and growth issues every two years.
This year’s polling was conducted by New Bridge Strategy, a Republican firm, and FM3 Research, a Democratic firm. The companies surveyed 500 registered Montana voters March 23-28 via landlines, cell phones and text messages that linked to the poll online, and the sample has a margin of error of ±4.38%.
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