I'm not a tin foil hat type, but the APR does make me nervous. Anytime largely leftist billionaires fund something it gives me pause.
I also understand why people in that particular area are mostly opposed to it. It will surely speed up the decline of the small towns in that area that are...
Ben, I am happy to see you recognize tourism as the economic loser that it is. That's why it's important for MT to have things like ample timber harvests, mining, oil refining etc that support living wage jobs.
Maybe I am crazy, but I don't think any of these activities are problematic if done...
That time is long sense passed. The first time I went to YNP I was pretty disappointed by the traffic and the over all stupidity of excessive visitors.
We re getting off the track now, but tourism based economies don't support living wages but for only a very select few business owners and even then it's not as good as one would think.
I say this from the standpoint of owning and operating a Canadian fishing lodge in a former life.
I also...
Wolves are not endangered in the GYE either. Haven't been for a long time.
The park boundary is the line in the sand and bowing to rabid leftist animal rights activists is never a great strategy long term. In fact it's a guaranteed loser.
One other thing. Get a handle on what's going on in region 1 for both deer and elk. Region one hunters have flooded into place like SW ND the Breaks, which further clouds things on public land. Keep in mind I am not saying I blame the region 1 guys, I'm am just saying the lack of game in that...