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    SB 442 - Habitat and Access

    The cruiser cam video of his stop a few years back did not disappoint. Everything I was looking for.
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    SB 442 - Habitat and Access

    The veto override is dead due to the senate leadership. Fitzpatrick is still upset over the surprise sine die motion. The override needed two-thirds of each chamber and that will not happen. "Senate President Sen. Jason Ellsworth, Senate Majority Leader Sen. Steve Fitzpatrick, and 26 other...
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    Bipartisan bill to reintroduce wolverines in CO legislature.

    Here's a recent article from the Guardian covering the proposed reintroduction. It offers some additional details and a few contrasting perspectives and opinions...
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    Burn boss indicted

    No chance I'm pleading guilty. Federal official acting in official capacity within scope of the position. The burn boss should be entitled to immunity from state or local prosecution under the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution. His lawyer should have the case moved to federal court where it...
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    Bipartisan bill to reintroduce wolverines in CO legislature.

    Opposition to wolverine reintroductions will likely include concerns over potential loss of winter recreation areas (motorized mostly) and restrictions on winter recreation development (ski areas). Wolverines generally avoid motorized areas with some use, I hesitate to say low/moderate/high use...
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    The Big Snip - How bad is it?

    Definitely worth it. Take the full three days to recuperate. Myself and two buddies got it done last year, experiences varied. I got the young doctor, I had valium on board when I left home, procedure was probably 15 minutes total. Smoke wasn't nearly as bad as I anticipated. There was a...
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    American Cities

    Your standards for dressing and fitness are quite different than mine, but free country and all that. Looks like a bunch of scrawny, uncoordinated teens in red t-shirts and hoodies wearing masks with a few older pudgy guys thrown in.
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    I-193 to exempt MT Landowners from elk/deer/bear regs

    Vote breakout from the Flathead Beacon article. " The eight Republican members of the committee agreed, framing it as a private property rights issue and revealed no compunctions about supporting it. “I’ll be a yes. One reason is I’m a big private property guy,” said Sen. Steve Hinebauch...
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    Corner crossing again.

    https://womenunderthebigsky.com/2016/05/18/shelby-demars/ selected (and condensed) quotes from the interview" If you could choose anyone to be your mentor, who would you choose? If forced to choose only one—Margaret Thatcher, hands down. I have great respect for the Iron Lady—she was a...
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    Triple the Outfitter/Guide Client Days on the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest

    Here's the public project page: https://www.fs.usda.gov/project/bdnf/?project=56926 "Under the Proposed Action, the likelihood for an increase in competition or goal interference would be highest in FWP’s general elk hunting units 211, 214, 216, 304, 318, and 350 which are located in the Big...
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    Wildcat Bend Acquisition - Montana Land Board 11/20/2023

    Just listened to the meeting and Knudsen's dissent was based on his concern over access and a potential lawsuit. To paraphrase, he's seen too many oxbow properties go to court and wants secure access before voting yes. One amusing exchange included Knudsen saying his office has only known about...
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    Wildcat Bend Acquisition - Montana Land Board 11/20/2023

    Approved 4-1. Knudsen dissented. No official release that I've seen yet.
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    As they lay

    She surprised me at close range on the way out after elk gave us the slip.
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    Crops and their Contents

    Rocky Mountain Front Sharp-tailed. Kinnikinnick berries and a few mosses.
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    MT opener

    hiked up to a glassing knob in the dark, waited for light, saw the elk I was looking for, spent the rest of the morning closing the distance, another hunter (teenager, maybe?) got to him first, tried to enjoy the rest of the unseasonably warm day.
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    Grizzly Incident Count

    "Among 41 mortalities of independent bears, causes of death were: agency removal due to conflict (15); automobile collision (10); poaching/malicious kill (4); defense of life (3); illegal defense of property (2); accidental poisoning (1); agency removal due to injury (1); capture-related...
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    Grizzly Incident Count

    A few individual deaths is not the issue, it is the aggregation of all human caused mortality that is the problem. I'll use the numbers from the NCDE Grizzly Bear Population Monitoring Team Annual Report from 2021 as I live and work within it and thus are more familiar with it than the GYE. This...
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    Grizzly Incident Count

    I've also been thinking about the numerous in grizzly encounters this year, and while griz numbers have increased, I think that @156256Wenaha and @YukonGold are probably on the right track that it is more a function of the drastic increase of humans living, recreating, and expanding into former...
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    Grouse! Let’s See Them

    First grouse with the new gun.
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    Crops and their Contents

    Ruffed; mostly kinnikinnick and a few snowberries.
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