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  1. J

    SB 287

    That’s the only good news in days. Thank you for your work.
  2. J

    SB 497 - Attack on Stream Access

    I couldn’t agree more, Tone, but I predict that this session will see the same sleazy tactic we saw in the last one—bills that fail getting pasted into other bills just before the end. I hope I’m wrong, and I’ll buy you all beers at the Evaro Bar if I am—but I expect to be having a grim drink...
  3. J

    Non resident Landowner incentive.

    Passed out of committee tonight 12-7, with bipartisan votes opposed.
  4. J

    SB 287

    Carnage, if you’re going to comment you may need to do it without Ben’s input, since MWF expects this to come up for a vote tomorrow. Just like last session, the worst bills are coming right at the end in a great tsunami of horseshit—and kudos to MWF, Ben, and others for alerting us to them at...
  5. J

    SB 287

    That’s largely above my pay grade, but “takings” claims are routinely used to attack or claim public trust resources on private land.
  6. J

    SB 497 - Attack on Stream Access

    Oh, I jumped to the conclusion the author wasn’t the sponsoring legislator, as is often the case. Duh, me.
  7. J

    SB 497 - Attack on Stream Access

    OntarioHunter, where did you find the author info? I’m in awe of you.
  8. J

    SB 497 - Attack on Stream Access

    Montana TU’s action alert.
  9. J

    SB 497 - Attack on Stream Access

    This is likely to be voted on by the whole Senate tomorrow. They are fast-tracking this bomb.
  10. J

    SB 497 - Attack on Stream Access

    Ben, my thanks to you for highlighting this. I will echo an earlier question—what is the best attack strategy at this point in your view?
  11. J

    Gird your loins.

    And I appreciate your courtesy. I hope we can have a beer sometime and talk hunting.
  12. J

    Gird your loins.

    Treeshark, there may be things we agree on, but you and I come at this from very different angles. I see New Mexico as a cautionary tale, where an organization run by a guy who thinks the North American Model is socialist has extraordinary power over tags, has an economic self-interest in...
  13. J

    Non resident Landowner incentive.

    Ben, the very fact that these are owned by non-residents mean that most if not all are amenity ranches. If they are in production ag it’s a hobby operation or a tax write-off, and the four to 20 section NR landholdings this bill addresses are less liable to subdivision and development anyway...
  14. J

    Gird your loins.

    You know it’s a a copy and paste; you’re on that thread. That doesn’t mean the New Mexico privatization experience is not worth pondering for Montanans.
  15. J

    Gird your loins.

    And, better than I, go to a local source: Jesse Deubel, New Mexico Wildlife Federation. Great guy, great organization, and a lot to teach Montana about the forces at play.
  16. J

    Gird your loins.

    That’s an understandable request, but I’m not going to specifically diss organizations in a public forum. Feel free to DM me; I’m not hard to find. Here is the short answer—look at the organizations that have become permit power brokers in those SW states. They are easy to identify, and they...
  17. J

    Gird your loins.

    This is the direction a lot of people and several organizations want to move Montana toward: Did y’all know that compared to Arizona New Mexican issues: 47% more elk licenses, but 13% less public resident, 58% less public nonresident, and 558% more nonresident licenses (public and private)...
  18. J

    Non resident Landowner incentive.

    There is a bonus point component further down in the bill.
  19. J

    Non resident Landowner incentive.

    On reading Ben’s statement of benefits closely, it seems the one real benefit to the resource and public land pressure issues is the displacement of 2550 outfitter and DIY NR hunters (never mind that a lot of outfitters are on private land, and that that displacement affects the rural economy...
  20. J

    Non resident Landowner incentive.

    Given the small number of non-residents who own 2.5K, 5K, 7.5K, etc. acres this becomes a de facto guaranteed or very high probability tag based on land ownership/wealth, and that is both offensive (the vastly wealthy get the biggest bang here as additional tags are awarded for acreage in 2.5K...
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