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  • Op-Ed: Coronavirus shutdown exposes need for regulatory takings legislation in Montana

    Chuck Denowh, United Property Owners of Montana|Updated Jul 8, 2020

    Keeping Montanan small businesses afloat during the coronavirus shutdown was one of the most important actions taken by our federal government. The relief package kept many people working and may prevent, in the long term, the closure of thousands of businesses. Some have characterized the relief for business owners as "bailouts." They're not. A bailout is a government handout to businesses that lost money due to their own mismanagement. The government bailed out financial...

  • Bison EIS draws battle lines in Montana, and FWP is on the wrong side

    Chuck Denowh, Director, United Property owners of Montana|Updated Jan 21, 2020

    The Montana Department of Fish Wildlife and Parks is now formally recommending the introduction of free-roaming bison in Montana after the release of a long-awaited environmental impact statement. It's a move that dramatically intensifies conflict over wildlife management in Montana. And worse, it's a sobering message to the thousands of Montanans who provide habitat to wildlife. FWP has made clear it would rather advance the agenda of a radical, out-of-state environmental...

  • Op/ed: Why we're fighting to stop the American Prairie Reserve

    Chuck Denowh, United Property Owners of Montana|Updated Nov 20, 2018

    Parker Heinlein's recent column in the Bozeman Chronicle ("Fewer cowboys? Don't blame the American Prairie Reserve," Nov. 1) is a perfect example of the derisive attitude that has turned so many Montanans against the American Prairie Reserve (APR). How could anyone object, Heinlein wonders, to APR creating an "American Serengeti" in north-central Montana? After all, jobs in cattle country are low paying and antiquated, so why won't these people just step aside and let the APR...

  • BLM should reject APR plan that would destroy Montana rangeland

    Chuck Denowh, United Property Owners of Montana|Updated Apr 17, 2018

    The radical proposal by the American Prairie Reserve (APR) to fundamentally shift long-established grazing practices on 250,000 acres of public property ought to be rejected by the Bureau of Land Management. Not only would the proposal cause destruction of rangeland and wildlife habitat, ultimately the APR represents a fundamental threat to the Montana ranching families who’ve made this area their home for generations. The APR has petitioned the BLM to make several major c...