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Oct

2020

The Sharptail Caucus

Author: Ryan Busse
This article originally appeared in the fall 2020 issue of Backcountry Journal.   BY RYAN BUSSE   As a young man I once stood on a mountain ridge so beautiful that I now find it impossible to describe. It was summer and a bird dog was at my side when I discovered the place that would change my life and come to be part of my very being. Like a military bootcamp, it broke me and then built me back up – wild, harsh and unspoiled by the hand of man and owned equally by all citizens of this ...
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4

Aug

2019

OPINION: Montanans won’t suffer fools gladly — especially when it comes to our public lands

Author: Ryan Busse
Originally published in the Bozeman Daily Chronicle  Montanans are not fools. Hunters, anglers and outdoorspeople, we know how to spot a wolf – especially when they are in wolf’s clothing. New Bureau of Land Management head William Perry Pendley is fooling no one. He’s not even wearing a disguise. Earlier generations warned us to be on the lookout. They saw robber barons ruin our rivers and poison our politics. The Trump administration’s decision to install Mr. Pendley, an unabashed advocate ...
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29

Mar

2019

Public access is worth fighting for

Author: Ryan Busse
By Ryan Busse - March 29, 2019 - Originally published in the Missoulian On Aug. 10, 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt established the Crazy Mountain Forest Reserve and declared that it should be for “the use and benefit of the people.” This and other similar visionary actions resulted in the most treasured of American ideals: the legal right of citizens to access our vast public lands. Areas where legal access is established and maintained is our birthright. Unfortunately, this can change ...
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Jan

2019

OPINION: Montana’s public lands are worth celebrating and defending

Author: Ryan Busse
By Ryan Busse, Maggie Carr, Shane Doyle and Mary Hollow - January 8, 2018 - Originally published in the Billings Gazette. We invite you to join us at noon on Friday in the Capitol Rotunda in Helena for the Rally for Public Lands. Montanans from across our great state will come together at the rally to celebrate our public lands and the outdoor way of life those lands make possible. Public lands unify Montanans by allowing us to live the outdoor lives we love. They allow people of ...
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