Go for it, MWF

Montana Wildlife Federation officials are contemplating a ballot initiative that would affirm once and for all the public right to use highway easements to access rivers at bridge crossings.

The legislature's failure to pass such a law in either the 2005 or 2007 sessions — combined with the intransigence of the Montana Stockgrowers Association, which isn't helping its membership one bit by continuing to stick a finger in the eye of Montana hunters and anglers on this issue — may mean it's time to bypass Helena. Such an initiative would easily pass, I predict.