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In the Fiarfield Sun Times, celebrating a century of service to North Central Montana, Coogin has submitted a story in the opinion section.
Public Lands Debate Marred by Camouflaged Activists
He's got the same article in the Desert News, tweaked to Utah, that just popped up.
Public Lands Debate Marred by Camouflaged Activists
... Out-of-state radical environmentalists are dumping resources into opposing state land management. Environmentalists don’t want states to have control. Why? Because states tend to be friendlier to things like energy development than the Obama administration, and the groups ideologically oppose affordable energy and other development projects.
However, knowing their anti-gun or anti-energy agendas would not be well-received in many western states that are politically purple or red, they’re camouflaging their efforts by manipulating the more politically conservative sportsmen community through groups like Trout Unlimited, Backcountry Hunters and Anglers, and the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership.
These groups claim to represent sportsmen when discussing land use, energy and other policy issues. But they really ought to be called “Green Decoys. ”
They have been active across the west, holding public lands demonstrations at several state capitol buildings – including one in Helena – in order to mobilize hunters and anglers to protest any changes to the management of public lands.
These environmentalist-funded sportsmen groups claim their goal is to protect access to these public lands for those who wish to hunt and fish, but a quick look at their “dark money” financial backers makes their true motive clear: To lock away land from being utilized for economic growth and jobs...
He's got the same article in the Desert News, tweaked to Utah, that just popped up.
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