I couldn't imagine a better place

I found some new country to hunt last week. A large expanse of federal land, it offers limited motorized access. In the short time I spent there I saw grouse, partridge, pheasants, ducks, mule deer and antelope.

I can’t wait to return.

Upon my arrival back at the house, however, I heard Jennifer Fielder, a Republican state senator from Thompson Falls, decrying the dismal state of our federal lands on the Voices of Montana radio show.

Fielder advocates transferring federal public land to the states. Earlier this year she was named CEO of the American Lands Council, a non-profit organizatio...