OPINION: Our public lands are worth fighting for

By The Bozeman Daily Chronicle Editorial Board - July 7, 2019 - Originally published in the Bozeman Daily Chronicle  The war on access is becoming the defining public lands issue of the 21st century. And ground zero in that war may be the Crazy Mountains northeast of Bozeman. Private landowners there have been shutting off traditional public access to Forest Service land interspersed with private holdings throughout the mountain range. Because of old square-mile land grants the federal ...