Another reason for delisting

Wolves are hitting one Big Hole rancher particularly hard. This is just another reason why it is important to get wolves delisted. Each example similar to this becomes more ammo for the anti-wolf crowd. Delisting and a wolf hunting season would get wolf supporters an effective rejoinder.

And more debate about the number of livestock kills by wolves.

Tester keeps the heat on Plum Creek give away

Sen. John Tester is seeking an investigation into the Plum Creek easement deal.

Farm Bureau not pleased with Slough ruling

Landowners along Mitchell Slough aren't talking about the Supreme Court ruling yet. But the Montana Farm Bureau made it clear it was not pleased with the ruling in this press release.

Good news in the Bitterroot

The Montana Supreme Court, in a unanimous ruling, overturned a lower court decision that blocked access to Mitchell Slough, a side channel of the Bitterroot River. This ends the latest chapter in the long-running debate at Mitchell Slough regarding its status under the Montana Stream Access Law. Hunters and anglers have long argued that the Slough is governed by the SAL. Landowners along the Slough, most notably rocker Huey Lewis of Huey Lewis and the News fame, have in recent decades tried to prevent public access.

The lower court ruled that the Slough was no longer a "natural" waterway as it has been altered by irrigators in the Bitterroot for more than a century. But the Supreme Court shot down that "logic" as it would have meant every river or stream in Montana that has been altered by man (ie. all of them) might no longer be covered by the law.