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Don Reed | | Political Party: D | | House District 44 |
1. What is your view of the 2004 Attorney General Opinion regarding access to streams from county road bridges ?
I agree - the public should have access to public waterways from public roads. It needs to be codified, though, so there is no question.
2. In your opinion are public property rights important - often as important as private property rights?
Yes
3. Do you believe the state should be allowed to acquire water rights sufficient to allow major streams to function as natural aquatic systems?
Yes
4. Are you familiar with and do you support the Public Trust Doctrine?
Yes - there are lands and waterways that are owned by the public and held in use for the public. This should remain so.
5. Should we consider the sale of water in Montana’s rivers to be moved out of state?
No - water is too important to be up for sale for other states to squander.
6. Should the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks remain the sole decision maker for the allocation of licenses and permits that determine who may legally hunt and harvest Montana wildlife ?
Yes
7. What should be done to reduce elk populations that exceed optimum numbers as defined in current management plans?
Since wildlife is public domain, its management should be the responsibility of the public for the benefit of the public. When elk numbers get too large, hunting should be used as a tool by FWP in accordance with sound wildlife management principles.
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