I read this whole conversation and it wasn't even close. I googled BHA and signed up.
Tarkio, where you come to think, "we have far more designated wilderness than needed" I can't imagine. You are free to have your opinion, however unwarranted, but that's all it is - your opinion. For sure it isn't mine nor that of anyone else that is a serious outdoorsman of any sort. Anyone that hunts public land for big game out west, or anywhere else for that matter, understands that. The orange army is everywhere. And that is just one argument that we don't have enough wilderness.
Please tell me how much is enough?
Right now in the United States we have wilderness areas that add up to a land mass equal to the state of California. Over 109,000,000 acres currently in wilderness areas and that doesn't include WSAs
How much more would you like to see? How about if we add more that would amount to another land mass area the size of New mexico or Arizona? Would that satisfy you?
I also appreciate your sideways swipe at me as not being a serious outdoorsman. That's 2 different attacks of me simply because of my opinion and beliefs. Real open-minded of you.
I am very amused by these statements that the orange army is everywhere. I agree if everywhere is within a mile of any road. But the reality of vast swaths of PUBLIC LAND in Montana is farther than a mile from any road and all you have to do is hike that mile+ on most public lands and you are alone. This fallacy that you have to be in a wilderness area to achieve this peace is not reality here in Montana.
