Montana Congressman Greg Gianforte and Senator Steve Daines have now introduced bills to release wilderness study areas across Montana. Their bills cover 29 different WSAs, because as Gianforte said, “Nearly 700,000 acres of Montana’s public lands have been in limbo…
"Illegal migrants, human traffickers, and drug smugglers, whether crossing by foot or using vehicles cause substantial damage to the natural and cultural resources found on federal lands. Tremendous amounts of human waste and garbage are left on borderlands every year.…
The environmental groups opposing Aspen assert that the city doesn’t need the water, though that is a difficult case to make against any growing city. One opponent says the city is speculating and doesn’t really intend to build the reservoirs,…