Refreshing to hear a voice of reason

The end must be near.

Whitey’s becoming a voice of reason.

With Republican lawmakers in Helena advocating the transfer of federal lands to state control, Rep. Kerry White (R-Bozeman) called the plan “unrealistic.”

He told the Billings Gazette the transfer would be too technically complex.

An incumbent, who has served in the Legislature since 2012, White has been a vocal opponent of the Endangered Species Act and advocated for increased motorized access on national forest land

He sits on the Environmental Quality Council, a subcommittee which has been examining ways to better coordinate state a...