It is the master plan that scares me the most. That being making the CMR and surrounding lands a National park. That has been coming for years and is what the WWF wants.
It amazes me how many elk hunters fail to realize what is going on with the CMR. On hunting message boards, many are all for Bison introduction and of course they hate private landownership which was behind the I-161 proposal. I- 161 essentially reduced ranchers income within the CMR and surrounding areas. What is happening here is the ranchers are becoming squeezed by competition for rangeland for cattle, and a reduction in hunting income, which will eventually lead to a sell out of private ranches. Add the Bison along with wolves to control them, reduce the ranchers holdings by reducing available grazing for cattle and you have a long term plan for the CMR to become another Yellowstone National park.
The Greenies are sly, they do everything very slowly so as not to upset things too much, this is the master plan. They buy up the land, which is their right, initially allow hunting and grazing and the noose tightens over a 20 year period. I cannot believe that hunting groups cannot see the larger picture. Add Bison, grizzlies, wolves ( already there), reduce ranching and private land ownership and the final transition to a National Park becomes facilitated. Glad I live south of highway 200, maybe that will be the dividing line and I can be spared......
It amazes me how many elk hunters fail to realize what is going on with the CMR. On hunting message boards, many are all for Bison introduction and of course they hate private landownership which was behind the I-161 proposal. I- 161 essentially reduced ranchers income within the CMR and surrounding areas. What is happening here is the ranchers are becoming squeezed by competition for rangeland for cattle, and a reduction in hunting income, which will eventually lead to a sell out of private ranches. Add the Bison along with wolves to control them, reduce the ranchers holdings by reducing available grazing for cattle and you have a long term plan for the CMR to become another Yellowstone National park.
The Greenies are sly, they do everything very slowly so as not to upset things too much, this is the master plan. They buy up the land, which is their right, initially allow hunting and grazing and the noose tightens over a 20 year period. I cannot believe that hunting groups cannot see the larger picture. Add Bison, grizzlies, wolves ( already there), reduce ranching and private land ownership and the final transition to a National Park becomes facilitated. Glad I live south of highway 200, maybe that will be the dividing line and I can be spared......