OPINION: Pass the Blackfoot Clearwater Stewardship Act

By Gerhardt Soeffker - November 8, 2018 - Originally published in the Missoulian. Where I live, near the Blackfoot River, those of us who ply a stick and arrow have been pursuing bugling elk and wary bucks; others have been stripping articulated streamers in front of fall run brown trout. And as the days get shorter, and the nights cooler, it signals the start to general rifle season. For many of us public land owners, this precious time of year marks the start of our time afield in ...