Working on a Weekend

[Ben Lamb]

Some days, my job is pretty cool. I contribute to Outdoor Life's Open Country Blog about Access. A few weeks ago, Senator Tester contacted me about sitting in on a panel with some of the biggest names in Access & Conservation as well as with Secretary Sally Jewell to discus the importance of access and the Land & Water Conservation Fund. RMEF, Boone & Crockett, TRCP, BHA, MWF, TU, etc all had folks at the table to discuss access issues from the perspecitive of the muddy boots that do the work.

Here's the piece that came out of it: http://www.outdoorlife.com/blogs/op...ervation-land-access-and-recruiting-new-hunte

Couple of photos:

 

[idnative1948]

Double time and a half for OT

 

[shoots-straight]

Way to go Ben. Thanks for the OT.

 

[What Map]

Ben, sounds like a productive meeting. I enjoyed reading your Outdoor Life thread about it.

 

[Jwill]

Agreed, good stuff Ben!

 

[Ben Lamb]

There were a lot of Hunt Talkers at the table:

Randy, of course.
Joel Webster (JWebster) who works for TRCP
Joe Perry (Pierre)
Nick Gevock (MWF)

it was a pretty impressive collection of knowledge at the table. I was impressed with Secretary Jewell's command of the issue, but more-so impressed with David Allen's and Tony Schoonen Jr's.

I did have a chance to ask the Secretary what she thought about the idea of transference of public lands to the states and her reply was an emphatic "no way."

Good to hear.

 

[ShootsManyBullets]

Right on. Great piece and thank you for your contributions.

I enjoyed some haute cuisine myself this evening thanks in part to a Wyoming landowner who enrolled his property into the HMA program.