cherokee_outfitters
Please do not take offense. I disagree with having the resident & non-residents split the odds of drawing a tag 50/50.
The residents pay property tax, sales tax & spend money in the state 52-weeks a year. The state manages the game herd.
The Forest service does maintain the forests. I will give you that one.
Around this part of Montana the "Forest Circus" has sat on there hands. They have done very little trail work & NO road work in the ranger district I live in. I talked with a person from the forest service last night, he said count on more of the same for the summer of 2004. He said the dollars just were not there to maintain mountain roads. Hopfully the "healthy forest" plan will put dollars into maintaining the forests & not just buying new gates & locks.