Citizens For Balanced Use files suit against closure
The Citizens for Balanced Use (CFBU) attorney filed legal action against the Badger 2 Medicine late last week.
The Forest Service closed 182 miles of road and trail in this area leaving less than 10 miles open to multiple use and the roads that remain open are all short segments that access trailheads with now locked gates. All snowmobiling in this area was closed in the decision.
CBU will fight this illegal and unacceptable action. The cost of litigation is always expensive and CBU would appreciate any and all contributions to help in the funding of this action. Send your tax deductible donations to CBU, Box 606, Gallatin Gateway, 59730. Mark your donation “B2M’
I appreciate all those CBU members and supporters that are helping to fight the new Tester wilderness legislation. I am proud to say that all the user groups remain united in this fight. Senator Tester’s staff has begun to attempt to divide recreation, agriculture and the resource industries with their rhetoric and false statements. We all need to remember that by standing together, we will prevail.
The environmental organizations are very concerned that the people of Montana have come together to support each other. These environmental groups continue to contact organizations with statements of false promises in an effort to divide us.
Senator Tester, under the direction of Tracy Stone-Manning, has made a commitment to the environmental communities on the East and West coasts to designate more wilderness in Montana to pay them back for the hundreds of thousands of dollars contributed to the Senator’s election.
Do not fall into their trap of deception. CBU has not heard from a single individual or organization that supports Tester’s S1470.
For further information, call Citizens for Balanced Use at (406) 600-4CBU or their website, www.citizensforbalanceduse.com
The Forest Service closed 182 miles of road and trail in this area leaving less than 10 miles open to multiple use and the roads that remain open are all short segments that access trailheads with now locked gates. All snowmobiling in this area was closed in the decision.
CBU will fight this illegal and unacceptable action. The cost of litigation is always expensive and CBU would appreciate any and all contributions to help in the funding of this action. Send your tax deductible donations to CBU, Box 606, Gallatin Gateway, 59730. Mark your donation “B2M’
I appreciate all those CBU members and supporters that are helping to fight the new Tester wilderness legislation. I am proud to say that all the user groups remain united in this fight. Senator Tester’s staff has begun to attempt to divide recreation, agriculture and the resource industries with their rhetoric and false statements. We all need to remember that by standing together, we will prevail.
The environmental organizations are very concerned that the people of Montana have come together to support each other. These environmental groups continue to contact organizations with statements of false promises in an effort to divide us.
Senator Tester, under the direction of Tracy Stone-Manning, has made a commitment to the environmental communities on the East and West coasts to designate more wilderness in Montana to pay them back for the hundreds of thousands of dollars contributed to the Senator’s election.
Do not fall into their trap of deception. CBU has not heard from a single individual or organization that supports Tester’s S1470.
For further information, call Citizens for Balanced Use at (406) 600-4CBU or their website, www.citizensforbalanceduse.com
Wreck claims lives of three area men
Three area men, one from Dupuyer and two from Valier, died as the result of a two vehicle accident on Wednesday at approximately 1:50 p.m.
The accident occurred at Hwy. 89 and Seven Mile Lane, the Dupuyer/Valier cut across road, just north of the town of Dupuyer.
The vehicles involved were a 1976 Ford 4W-drive pickup, driven by Delbert Breding who was northbound on Hwy. 89 when he turned west and collided with a southbound 1995 Buick.
The Conrad Volunteer Fire Department’s Quick Response Unit responded with the “Jaws of Life” to the accident. Four firemen used the extrication equipment to remove two victims.
Pronounced dead at the scene of the accident was Breding, age 71, from Dupuyer, Wayne Anderson, age 71, and Elias Waldner, age 60, both of Valier, who was a passenger in the Anderson vehicle.
The accident remains under investigation by the Montana Highway Patrol with the Pondera County Sheriff’s Department assisting.
According the MHP, the road conditions at the time of the accident were wet but speed was not a factor in the crash.
The accident occurred at Hwy. 89 and Seven Mile Lane, the Dupuyer/Valier cut across road, just north of the town of Dupuyer.
The vehicles involved were a 1976 Ford 4W-drive pickup, driven by Delbert Breding who was northbound on Hwy. 89 when he turned west and collided with a southbound 1995 Buick.
The Conrad Volunteer Fire Department’s Quick Response Unit responded with the “Jaws of Life” to the accident. Four firemen used the extrication equipment to remove two victims.
Pronounced dead at the scene of the accident was Breding, age 71, from Dupuyer, Wayne Anderson, age 71, and Elias Waldner, age 60, both of Valier, who was a passenger in the Anderson vehicle.
The accident remains under investigation by the Montana Highway Patrol with the Pondera County Sheriff’s Department assisting.
According the MHP, the road conditions at the time of the accident were wet but speed was not a factor in the crash.
Is there a chick-a-dee in your future?
By Buck Traxler, I-O Editor
So, how do you feel about chickens? Or better yet, it may be better to ask, how do you feel about your neighbor raising chicks?
The city council is looking into this and doing some research after a resident brought up the question.
At the present moment, there is no ordinance either for or against raising backyard chickens within the city limits. And while it isn’t exactly comparing apples to oranges, as the saying goes, city residents are allowed to have two rabbits.
According to My Pet Chicken there are a number of reasons to raise chickens.
One would be the obvious; your backyard chick would have the best and most nutritious eggs on the block.
A common misconception about chickens, and one that most people would not admit to not knowing, is that hens will lay eggs and do not need a rooster around to help them out.
While chickens are not a “lap dog” nor will they greet you at the door with a wagging tail, they are much easier to care for.
There is no twice-daily feeding, no baths, no grooming and with the proper roost, they’re a very low-maintenance pet.
Like any pet animal, there is some care to be taken with chickens, such as checking daily for eggs, feed and fill the feed and water containers as necessary, change the bedding as least once a month and remove the free fertilizer (poo) so that it can be put to good use.
Chickens are basically a very quite pet. You may only here them when they lay an egg or are threatened. Roosters on the other hand will “crow all day long.”
Authorities will tell you it is best not to have just one chicken. They are social animals and do not do well alone. And guess what, there really is a pecking order and it is well defined. It seems it is the chicken’s way of preventing mayhem, even if there are just a few chicks.
And, chickens really do come home to roost. They will come back to the same place to sleep every night. They can roam around your yard during the day and when it starts to get dark, they will return to their coop.
Chickens are good for your yard, as they like to eat pests or any garden pest they can get their beaks one, not to mention the good fertilizer they drop around. They also like to eat grass.
However, I wouldn’t get rid of my lawnmower just yet. If the council allows backyard chicks, there will certainly be a limit as to how many.
Nevertheless, you just might wow you neighbors, being the first on the block to have a pet chicken.
On the other hand, if chickens are allowed, will it open the door to having other types of pets? Like cats and dogs, will chickens need to licensed?
Just a couple of points to ponder at the next council meeting on Oct. 19, 7:30 p.m. in city hall.
By the way, can you say KFC?
So, how do you feel about chickens? Or better yet, it may be better to ask, how do you feel about your neighbor raising chicks?
The city council is looking into this and doing some research after a resident brought up the question.
At the present moment, there is no ordinance either for or against raising backyard chickens within the city limits. And while it isn’t exactly comparing apples to oranges, as the saying goes, city residents are allowed to have two rabbits.
According to My Pet Chicken there are a number of reasons to raise chickens.
One would be the obvious; your backyard chick would have the best and most nutritious eggs on the block.
A common misconception about chickens, and one that most people would not admit to not knowing, is that hens will lay eggs and do not need a rooster around to help them out.
While chickens are not a “lap dog” nor will they greet you at the door with a wagging tail, they are much easier to care for.
There is no twice-daily feeding, no baths, no grooming and with the proper roost, they’re a very low-maintenance pet.
Like any pet animal, there is some care to be taken with chickens, such as checking daily for eggs, feed and fill the feed and water containers as necessary, change the bedding as least once a month and remove the free fertilizer (poo) so that it can be put to good use.
Chickens are basically a very quite pet. You may only here them when they lay an egg or are threatened. Roosters on the other hand will “crow all day long.”
Authorities will tell you it is best not to have just one chicken. They are social animals and do not do well alone. And guess what, there really is a pecking order and it is well defined. It seems it is the chicken’s way of preventing mayhem, even if there are just a few chicks.
And, chickens really do come home to roost. They will come back to the same place to sleep every night. They can roam around your yard during the day and when it starts to get dark, they will return to their coop.
Chickens are good for your yard, as they like to eat pests or any garden pest they can get their beaks one, not to mention the good fertilizer they drop around. They also like to eat grass.
However, I wouldn’t get rid of my lawnmower just yet. If the council allows backyard chicks, there will certainly be a limit as to how many.
Nevertheless, you just might wow you neighbors, being the first on the block to have a pet chicken.
On the other hand, if chickens are allowed, will it open the door to having other types of pets? Like cats and dogs, will chickens need to licensed?
Just a couple of points to ponder at the next council meeting on Oct. 19, 7:30 p.m. in city hall.
By the way, can you say KFC?