Yesterday President Trump signed the Natural Resources Management Act (S.47) renewing the LWCF and providing protections for a number of areas around the country. Attaboy. A nice summary here from OnX, written by our own Jess McGlothlin (yep, she has a day job too…)
Access and Public Lands
We’ve shared about the current discussion ongoing over the fate of the beloved Madison River in Montana many times before, as well as shared at length here on Chi Wulff over the years about various challenges by mis-directed factions attempting to undermine, or destroy, Montana’s much-admired stream access laws. Count me among those who fear […]
From the good folks at the Utah Stream Access Coalition last week – SALT LAKE CITY, UT – On February 20, the Utah Supreme Court issued its much-anticipated decision in the Utah Stream Access Coalition’s (USAC) lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Utah’s ill-named Public Waters Access Act. In that case, USAC argued that the Act […]
Read more details here, and find a Wyoming legislator to encourage support for HB 99 here. Git ‘er done.
The Madison from Eli Harris on Vimeo. The Madison River is one of Montana’s finest waterways and is at the heart of current ecological debate. As Montana’s population continues to grow, social stigmas and discussions of its overuse have brought about colliding opinions on how to manage our natural resources. From economic commercial dependability to […]
In honor of Veterans Day today, the Dept. of Interior is offering free entrance for one and all to all public lands venues administered under the Interior umbrella, including all BLM lands and the National Parks. Get out there, breathe the clean air, soak it all in, and humbly and sincerely thank a veteran today. […]
Here’s another nifty piece out of the Missoulian (who has been knocking it out of the park lately with some very good, well balanced, objective outdoor articles of late) covering a collaborative effort to open up public access to 26 thousand acres of land in the Dearborn drainage, one of the prettiest and most under-appreciated […]
Today is National Public Lands Day, meaning it’s time to get out there, embrace the public lands we all love and appreciate, and perhaps even volunteer on your favorite (or nearest) public lands project. Read more about NPLD at the National Park Service (their infographic above), the Forest Service, and the BLM.
Another superb vid from Randy covering a critical public lands topic. A must see if you give a damn about public lands.
Tucked away in this month’s issue of Angling Trade is another piece by attorney Mark Squillace on the stream access tussle heating up in Colorado; you can find it on page 20. Squillace writes well, and details the story once again in a pretty concise package. In a stupefying bow to political correctness, the AT […]
Uncommon Ground is a story told through the eyes of a hunter, a story of wild things, wild places, and mostly a story of the land. Randy Newberg ponders what it means to hunt backcountry public land areas. [TRIGGER WARNING: Randy has filmed and produced a wonderful public lands story here, though take fair warning […]
A Letter to Congress from Christopher Newman on Vimeo. A powerful reminder of Wallace Stegner’s words from 1960.
The Heart of the Matter: Navigability, Equal Footing Principle, Waterway Bed Title If you’ve not read about this issue yet, here’s the core of the dispute as outlined by attorney Mark Squillace in Angling Trade here. From the article (emphasis mine) – Roger Hill is a 76-year old Coloradan who likes to fish while standing […]
Several people and entities reported about ten days ago that Montana’s FWP was going to forward their proposed Madison River Recreation Plan and Administrative Rules to the Fish and Wildlife Commission for review at their upcoming 19 April meeting. I held off commenting here as we’ve had an earful of commentary flowing in expressing grave […]
From the video posting on YT – What value do public lands have in our life? Public lands are the backbone of our outdoor recreation economy and at the core of our natural resources economy. How do our decisions today concerning public lands affect future generations? TV Host Randy is a CPA by profession and […]
