Elk Oasis to Remain Accessible as BLM Drops Land Swap Proposed by Texas Billionaires

By Justin Stakes

Backcountry Hunters & Anglers declares victory for public lands sportsmen, conservation in wake of today’s decision

Washington, DC -(AmmoLand.com)- Prime public lands big-game habitat in Montana will remain open and accessible to hunters and other recreationists following a Bureau of Land Management decision not to pursue a controversial land swap proposed by Texas billionaire businessmen Dan and Farris Wilks.

Backcountry Hunters & Anglers applauded today’s announcement by the BLM. Members of BHA’s Montana chapter had joined other sportsmen in the state in opposing the proposal, which would have permanently transferred to private ownership BLM lands including the Durfee Hills, home to Montana’s largest elk herd, and other parts of the Big and Little Snowy Mountains.

“Montana hunters, anglers and other public lands users can celebrate in the wake of today’s decision by the Bureau of Land Management,” said BHA Montana Chapter Chair John Sullivan. “The Wilks brothers’ proposal would have permanently divested citizens of some of our most valuable and unique big-game habitat, including a public lands oasis that harbors one of the largest elk herds in the state.”

“This questionable land swap represents the very worst of the public-lands transfer scenarios currently at play across the West,” …Read the Rest

Source:: AmmoLand