Developers and Republicans kill the bill-
Story in New West by. By Courtney Lowery.
It’s hard to find a bright light during the great recession, but if it is killing off the rural sprawl developers who killed the bill, there is at least a bright flicker.
Ralph Maughan
Dr. Ralph Maughan is professor emeritus of political science at Idaho State University with specialties in natural resource politics, public opinion, interest groups, political parties, voting and elections. Aside from academic publications, he is author or co-author of three hiking/backpacking guides, and he is past President of the Western Watersheds Project and the creator of The Wildlife News.
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If the “mainstream” conservation/hunter groups thought that there was a chance they could shoot elk or deer along these rivers, you would see more of an effort and more pressure on our culturally retarded legislators to protect these areas. Too much “no hunting” private property along the rivers.
The 3rd, 4th, 5th, generation Montanans couldn’t care less…the rivers are their local dump sites.
Eventually it will impact the economics of the fly fishing industry when the out of state fisherman decide that floating and fly fishing through neighborhoods isn’t that aesthetically pleasing.
That’s what is happening along the Bitterroot.
This is good news for the outdoors. It is the hard way to do it, but local governments refused to plan, and would never say “no” to sleezy land developers. I hope sales fall so far that remote subdivisions just collapse.
Sales of second homes fall 30 percent. AP