An agreement providing public access to more than 99,100 acres of state and Bureau of Land Management acreage in north-central Montana for the next 10 years was quietly announced on Aug. 29 in the Havre Daily News.
The story caught several state and federal officials unaware, which seems unusual considering the agreement provides access to an area that has been at the center of several disputes over the past 17 years.
The most recent confrontation occurred last November, after which retired Montana game warden Lennie Buhmann filed a complaint with the Montana Board of Outfitters. In a written statement to the group, along with a video recording of the interaction, Buhmann said he was confronted by hunting outfitter Chris Faber while on BLM property in southern Blaine County. In a video recorded by Buhmann, Faber accuses him of illegally crossing private and public lands. In July, the board ruled Faber had not violated any board rules or statutes...more
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