In 1959, the Montana Legislature passed a bill allowing the Fish and Game Commission to create archery-only seasons for Montana's Big Game. This was the sentiment at the time in 1960:
Less than a week into bow season for elk and deer in Montana, I have seen no less than 7 different facebook posts with folks asking if anyone has any blood tracking dogs....
Don't see near that in entire 6 week rifle season. Just an observation.
Ochenski is an interesting fellow. Sometimes right(ish) while simultaneously usually doing nothing to solve the problem and in fact making it worse with his rhetoric.
I am being purposefully vague, but I have engaged with certain watershed efforts, and the irrigators willfully involved. In some...
Very cool stuff @Schaaf .
I think I’ve shared this on here before, but I found this buried in the mud of the upper Blackfoot River near where Arrastra Creek drains into it from the north. A mountain bison of yesteryear.
The minute I dug it out of the bank it started falling apart. I took it...
I somewhat agree, but mostly disagree.
On one-hand it is a luxury, and when I think of the volunteers I work with, it does skew a bit older. That said, the fact is essentially everyone I know who volunteers is just as busy as anyone else. The young volunteers I know are just as busy as the...
I am a fan of these collaborative efforts. I think we really need to do our best to "set in stone" what the management of certain chunks of earth will look like for the decades to come as soon as possible in the now. The chances of a lot of different ideas that are a net-good will fade - not...
It's been interesting to see groups who cheer wildly at certain animals being trucked into certain geographies to improve their prospects, who on this issue are using terms like "bucket biology" and poo-pooing the whole effort - simply because it reduces the likelihood of the griz continuing to...
As a volunteer I am:
- Member of a local landscape related working group
-President of a local nonprofit
-Chair of a county Parks,Trails, and Recreation Board
-Assistant Chief as well as Trustee of a local VFD
- author a semi-monthly column in the local newspaper (uncompensated)
I’ve also...
That's a fair point. Counterfactuals are tough to assess, and take more time and effort than I've got.
Just high level. There's examples where the $ is providing a clear benefit to the Public Trust, and there are examples such as Buzz provided, where the animals are being taken from the...