Hunting initiative aims for access to wildlife
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Great Falls Tribune: The struggle for access to public wildlife on private land in Montana may go to the ballot box in the form of a citizen's initiative that would abolish outfitter-sponsored nonresident big game licenses.
Citizen's Initiative 161, sponsored by Montana Public Wildlife, was certified by the Montana Secretary of State's Office and is out for signature gathering. If enough people sign the petition, it will be on the ballot in November. "This is a natural progression of people being upset over a long period of time," said Kurt Kephart of Billings, who heads MPW and is the person behind the initiative. "It was bound to come to this eventually." Kephart is upset that outfitters lease private land and lock out the general public. He blames the outfitter-sponsored nonresident big game licenses, created by the Legislature in 1995, adding that no other industry in the state is guaranteed a client base.
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