If you haven’t heard, False Casts and Flat Tires  recently posted some pics of  bulldozer work in East Tucker that started a fly fishing blog frenzy of anger towards the landowners around the Mitchell Slough area.

Wayne Mumford over at Willfishforwork wrote a GREAT blog that pretty much sums it up. Here is one of his points:

“We have met the enemy, and he is us”. Ok, so that’s quotes been beat to death but like it or not, I think it applies. Changing Montana water law and the attitudes behind them is unlikely and may not even be necessary because the open forum instituted in the 301 permit process gives everyone a voice in the matter- if they choose to use it. It’s not enough to have organized entities like Trout Unlimited represent us, we can’t hide behind them and let them do our dirty work. While they are a great organization they can easily be portrayed as having an “agenda”. One voice is an opinion, many voices; a consensus. When you have a big enough consensus, you get the decision you want. Don’t believe me? Look at the pictures at False Casts and Flat Tires or the old Supreme Court chambers in the Montana Capitol during the last battle over stream access.

 

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