Climbers warn they cause ice falls and avalanches during summer climbing season-
The usual complaint is that these rouge pilots hurt wildlife. The can also injure or kill mountain climbers Opinion by Jason Robertson. Missoulian.
Ralph Maughan
Dr. Ralph Maughan is professor emeritus of political science at Idaho State University. He has been a Western Watersheds Project Board Member off and on for many years, and also its President. For many years he produced Ralph Maughan's Wolf Report. He was a founder of the Greater Yellowstone Coalition. He and Jackie Johnson Maughan wrote three editions of "Hiking Idaho." He also wrote "Beyond the Tetons" and "Backpacking Wyoming's Teton and Washakie Wilderness." He created and is the administrator of The Wildlife News.
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This is becoming a chronic problem in Montana and elsewhere. To report these violations in the Rocky Mtn area, call the FAA office in Helena @800-457-9917.
You’ll need the registration number which is located on the fuselage (binoculars needed) and also time and date of the violation.