Last, best place for a reason

I spent the morning in the wake of a dog hunting shaprtail grouse on my public land.

On the way back to town I listened to Aaron Flint, host of the radio show Voices of Montana, preach to the choir. He opened the show with a reference to Kerry White, who had called in the previous Friday to lament the closing of roads on public land.

White, a state legislator (R-Bozeman), is an old friend of mine. He’s also a motor-head. If he can’t ride a four-wheeler or snowmobile on my public lands he cries foul, claims he’s been shut out. He’ll hitch his wagon to any nut job that feels the same. He voiced...