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Mar

2019

Protect Habitat Montana, vote no on HB265

By Justin Schaaf - March 18, 2019 - Originally Published in the Billings Gazette   Montana’s 30-year-old conservation program, Habitat Montana, is currently under attack – again.Last year, landowners and sportsmen saw the dark side of politics with a disappointing show of power from State Auditor Matt Rosendale, Superintendent of Public Instruction Elsie Arntzen and Secretary of State Corey Stapleton when they voted to delay a conservation easement indefinitely. In response, the Montana ...
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Sep

2018

OPINION: Stop trying to block public access in eastern Montana

By Justin Schaaf - September 7, 2018 - Originally published in the Missoulian. This fall, hunters will have access to an additional 20,000 acres of pristine mule deer and antelope habitat, including 5,000 acres of previously inaccessible public land. The Horse Creek easement was green-lighted by Gov. Steve Bullock just in time for hunting season. This approval went against the wishes of Matt Rosendale, Corey Stapleton and Elsie Arntzen, all of whom voted to indefinitely delay the project ...
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Apr

2018

OPINION: Horse Creek easement offers public access where it’s needed most

By Justin Schaaf and Dr. Matt Rinella - April 7, 2018 - Originally published in the Billings Gazette. On April 16, the Montana State Land Board is expected to vote on providing hunters permanent access to 20,000 acres in a part of eastern Montana where access is needed most: Wibaux County. If approved by the land board, hunters will be able to hunt the Horse Creek Conservation Easement area through Montana Fish, Wildlife and Park’s Block Management Program without ever worrying about ...
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Feb

2018

OPINION: Approach to sage grouse conservation hurts Montana’s people, economy

By Justin Schaaf - February 4, 2018 - Originally published in the Ravalli Republic.  Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke long has long claimed to be a “Roosevelt Republican.” He has said time and again that he will stand with the West and not allow the overreaching arm of Washington, D.C., to hold us within its grasp. But his recent actions have reflected a different approach. In 2015, a diverse group of stakeholders including governors, resource managers, ranchers, farmers, sportsmen and ...
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