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    East Crazy Mountain Land Exchange

    Two more orgs have issued action alerts on this terrible transfer. If you didn't respond above, please use one of these to do so and forward to as many folks as you may know. Heard today that the above alert has generated significant number of letters to the committee, nearly as many comments...
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    East Crazy Mountain Land Exchange

    To take Gerald's advice and trying move this back to topic; our last chance to stop this terrible proposal is upon is and time is of the essence. I have linked to the BHA action alert page because I used it and it is easy to use. I understand the other orgs will be setting one up as well, but...
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    Non resident Landowner incentive.

    I find myself on the side opposing this bill. I think the results are assured after the committee vote on March 21, 2023, but I don’t want the inevitable to occur without directly commenting on this bill. For those who didn’t watch the hearing, Senator Fuller literally handed over ownership of...
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    East Crazy Mountain Land Exchange

    Hey All, Sorry for not checking this more regularly. First and foremost, thanks for your kind comments and replies, they mean more than you know. As you know, sticking your neck out can invite lots of negative byproducts, but happy to pay that price for stuff that matters. Thanks again. I...
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    East Crazy Mountain Land Exchange

    I apologize in advance for the long post, but this is a worthy subject. The portion of the proposal I am in favor of is the consolidation of some of the land in the Crazies, however, the benefit gained by this consolidation is not worth the cost. I am opposed to this proposal for a variety of...
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    Montana Public Trust Coalition

    You are most welcome. One of the common threads that came up in our conversations was that whatever we have that is good, was won with hard work and grass roots folks. It was won on the boots and backs of people from across the political spectrum and that to protect it will require the same...
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    Montana Public Trust Coalition

    Hello All, As you may recall, the last legislative session in Montana threatened a great number of things that many of us collectively value. From the last-minute insertion of outfitter guaranteed tags with no public comment, which overrode a citizen-passed initiative, to the attempts to give...
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    Wilks elk license

    Hello All, To start with, I want to provide a letter from the Governor to the BLM about needing to involve the public (https://governor.mt.gov/LETTER-210701-Gov-Gianforte-to-BLM-APR-public-meetings-comment.pdf.) I have quoted key bits below: “This simply does not constitute an adequate...
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    Elkhorns Grizzly

    I'm west of the interstate as well. I know they had one up at Park Lake last year (or maybe two years ago), so if they aren't in the Elkhorns yet (I haven't seen any, but carry spray every time), they will be.
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    Non-resident outfitter license (MT) Bill is up for hearing 2/2/2021 (SB 143)

    These same tired arguments are as old today as they were 90-days ago and ten years ago when the Montana voters spoke: First and foremost, I agree with Gerald that the question of "who spends more?" is completely irrelevant. If this were our standard, we would just auction the tags, but we...
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    Non-resident outfitter license (MT) Bill is up for hearing 2/2/2021 (SB 143)

    I have little interest in confusing being backdoored by a procedural sleight of hand with being in a position of political weakness when it comes to the Montana voter, in fact just the opposite. When this proposal saw the light of day it was pounded into submission in the most hostile of...
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    Non-resident outfitter license (MT) Bill is up for hearing 2/2/2021 (SB 143)

    1000x yes. This is such an important step. We collectively spend millions and millions with organizations. If they aren't meeting our needs, we need to share that with them. Thank you for doing this.
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    Non-resident outfitter license (MT) Bill is up for hearing 2/2/2021 (SB 143)

    You know you are making progress when the alt handles come out. Priceless. The good news is that the media has begun to pick this up in earnest and a number of papers/magazines are working on unique articles specific to this bill (not associated with the larger legislative stories). The...
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    Non-resident outfitter license (MT) Bill is up for hearing 2/2/2021 (SB 143)

    Not sure but that would be surprising to me as I think they have typically stayed out of this kind of fight over the last few years. The only time I saw them weigh in this session was on the misguided attempt around the proposed government restriction on who a private landowner could and...
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    Non-resident outfitter license (MT) Bill is up for hearing 2/2/2021 (SB 143)

    Eric, Thank you for the kind words about my dad, they are appreciated and I respect your willingness to come on here and provide alternate views. This place is more valuable because of your contributions. I think this will be a place where we will disagree, but I have no intention of walking...
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    Non-resident outfitter license (MT) Bill is up for hearing 2/2/2021 (SB 143)

    This is factually inaccurate. Hotels, restaurants, and grocery stores are also small businesses. This bill results in 3000 people required to stay in elk camp and not those hotels and not eating in those restaurants. This bill takes from them and gives to you. No one needs COVID relief more...
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    Non-resident outfitter license (MT) Bill is up for hearing 2/2/2021 (SB 143)

    I have also sent notes to the electeds wondering where the hotel/restaurant folks are? This is 15,000 nights (3000 tags x 5 night stays) that won't be using hotels and 45,000 meals (15,000 x 3 squares a day) that won't occur in small town Montana hotels/vrbos and small town restaurants/grocery...
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    Non-resident outfitter license (MT) Bill is up for hearing 2/2/2021 (SB 143)

    This breaks my heart, it really does. At $5,000 per guided hunt (intentionally conservative) this just resulted in $15,000,000 of revenue to use to lease up land and keep you off. At $15m with 400ish guides, it is roughly $38k per outfitter. No more complaints about the $1200 stimulus please...
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    Non-resident outfitter license (MT) Bill is up for hearing 2/2/2021 (SB 143)

    Debating it on the floor now
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    SB 143 - Next Steps

    They amended HB 637 to include the 3000 tags to outfitters this morning in the committee. I am not sure they have provided the written amendment yet for review. They also proposed to set back the block management bucks to 25k (which i think is a good thing, but can't swallow the backdoor...

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