Sad but true.
I had hope though after the south crazies land exchange actually worked as the process should in my opinion. That one after looking at the public comment and reevaluating, the Forest Service actually did what the overwhelming amount of public comment implored which was only do...
It’s a raw deal, always has been. The rich get richer. The common public landowner loses big time. Sets a terrible precedence of caving to the rich and not defending public access.
Take the time and read the public comment. 95% against.
Sham of a process. This has been a corrupt fleecing...
Your last sentence makes no sense.
Really can’t do much worse then the current proposed land exchange.
The proposed land exchange defacto gets rid of 50% of the access to the East side of the crazies, Sweet Grass creek. Big Timber canyon is a perfected easement for the remaining 50% and is...
I do enjoy being told how to frame my discontent for this land exchange by someone who opened the barn door to let the wolves in.
Haven’t been in support of this, ever. Thinking a for-profit billionaire club and a bunch of landowners who have systematically shut gates to public access was...
I just read this.
You would be correct per this exchange YC doesn’t directly get acres in the Crazies.
BUT laughable if you think that YC has no interest in the Crazies. As the months and years have went by during this exchange the proof of what YC’s intentions are in the crazies are being...
RobG it is amazing now you are saying that you believe that the Public has rights to Sweetgrass Creek🤯! On this very thread you have belittled anyone who said that. You have relished in the strife that BHA has found in defending the Public landowners equal claim to access on sweetgrass trail...
Also after read through the chain and folks here have written that the proposal has changed, and that change caused them to change their position from support to opposition. Other than the addition of Smeller Lake, I don’t see anything different from the proposal that was shopped around by the...
RobG it has been quite some time since I got up to speed on this thread but reading the past five pages of thread one thing that has had me laughing out loud is your insistence that if people’s comments on this proposal don’t match yours “they will be discarded”! This time around it’s the real...
Great article. Encompasses the history of how we got to where we are now in the Crazies and how the larger precedent these decisions have resonates further across all public lands. Worth keeping your eye on and raising your voice if you value that.
Also of value when discussing the Crazies is...
I don’t think BHA’s stance of objecting to the CMR portion of this trade was ever in question. Their public comment adamantly disagreed with this portion of the trade and they vigorously advocated for folks to submit public comment against the CMR portion of the trade, in my opinion the largest...
I appreciate that you have a role in advocating for this land swap, I am still not sure why you think you or the working group gets to decide what has “meat on it” or frankly why you are extending what you refer to as the “the public comment period”. I am very familiar with public comment and...
SAJ-99,
My proposed solution is clear cut: to address the public access in Sweetgrass Creek first. Unobstructed, historical public access restored to Sweetgrass Trailhead, specifically trail #122. If the private landowners are unwilling to relent illegally blocking public access I see no...