Most of you know that I am very passionate about back country hunting. One of the best pieces of backcountry for hunters in all of the Lower 48 is the Rocky Mountain Front in Northern Montana. We filmed a deer hunt there last fall and when you see the country, you will be impressed.
When you see this country, you will understand why the prhase "Big Game Needs Big Country" was used for this effort. It is big country and it hosts the most complex array of native wildilfe herds of any place in the Lower 48.
A bill to conserve the wildlife values of this area has been reintroduced in Congress by Senatory Max Baucus - The Rocky Mountain Front Heritage Act. The purpose of the bill is to take the concerns of locals, hunters, ranchers, outfitters, fisherman, hikers, and work to conserve the wildlife values of the area.
Here is a web page for the bill. You will see the use of the term Conservation Mangement Areas. This is a new designation that makes wildlife the highest priority, without going the full extent of making something a complete wilderness area. It allows for many uses that wilderness areas do not.
http://www.savethefront.org/
This is not some half-baked Washington idea. This is from the Montanans who live there, hunt there, and have livelihoods that depend upon conserving these amazing wildllife values. This is local effort trying to make a difference on conserving our public Federal Lands.
There will be an open house next Wednesday, April 3rd, in Choteau, Montana. It will be a chance for our new Congressman, Steve Daines, to learn more about the idea and why this unique approach to wildland conservation is worth his support.
We have an online petition that is being used to gather signatures for this bill, showing support for the concept. We want to provide Congressman Daines with those signature on Wednesday.
I will be at the open house, sharing my passion for this amazing place. I will be delivering the pile of signatures to Congressman Daines. I hope you will provide your support and I can deliver your signature to the Congressman.
Whether you live in Montana, hunt in Montana, or know of other cool places that could use a model like the one being implemented with this bill, I would ask your favor of signing this petition at the link below.
https://www.change.org/petitions/back-the-front
The elk, deer, bighorns, and the future generation of hunters yet umborn will be the greatest beneficiaries of this effort. I hope you will join us in this effort.
"There can be no greater issue than that of conservation in this country." - Theodore Roosevelt, August 6, 1912
Though he spoke those words over 100 years ago, truer words have never been spoken and never has their been a better chance to put your shoulder to the wheel of conservation and ensure the future of hunting in this amazing place, than with this bill.
When you see this country, you will understand why the prhase "Big Game Needs Big Country" was used for this effort. It is big country and it hosts the most complex array of native wildilfe herds of any place in the Lower 48.
A bill to conserve the wildlife values of this area has been reintroduced in Congress by Senatory Max Baucus - The Rocky Mountain Front Heritage Act. The purpose of the bill is to take the concerns of locals, hunters, ranchers, outfitters, fisherman, hikers, and work to conserve the wildlife values of the area.
Here is a web page for the bill. You will see the use of the term Conservation Mangement Areas. This is a new designation that makes wildlife the highest priority, without going the full extent of making something a complete wilderness area. It allows for many uses that wilderness areas do not.
http://www.savethefront.org/
This is not some half-baked Washington idea. This is from the Montanans who live there, hunt there, and have livelihoods that depend upon conserving these amazing wildllife values. This is local effort trying to make a difference on conserving our public Federal Lands.
There will be an open house next Wednesday, April 3rd, in Choteau, Montana. It will be a chance for our new Congressman, Steve Daines, to learn more about the idea and why this unique approach to wildland conservation is worth his support.
We have an online petition that is being used to gather signatures for this bill, showing support for the concept. We want to provide Congressman Daines with those signature on Wednesday.
I will be at the open house, sharing my passion for this amazing place. I will be delivering the pile of signatures to Congressman Daines. I hope you will provide your support and I can deliver your signature to the Congressman.
Whether you live in Montana, hunt in Montana, or know of other cool places that could use a model like the one being implemented with this bill, I would ask your favor of signing this petition at the link below.
https://www.change.org/petitions/back-the-front
The elk, deer, bighorns, and the future generation of hunters yet umborn will be the greatest beneficiaries of this effort. I hope you will join us in this effort.
"There can be no greater issue than that of conservation in this country." - Theodore Roosevelt, August 6, 1912
Though he spoke those words over 100 years ago, truer words have never been spoken and never has their been a better chance to put your shoulder to the wheel of conservation and ensure the future of hunting in this amazing place, than with this bill.
