Chief, in mentioning Clinton, you seem to be referring to his creation of National Monuments. Your information is a bit shaky. The federal government owns 630 million acres of land across the country. Clinton designated 4 million acres of new Monuments. What the designation prohibits is road building, livestock grazing, and mining. These lands are available to public use. That they don't have roads cut into them is what makes them especially valuable to wildlife production. The best deer and elk hunting in Montana is found on much of these lands. They preserve these treasures for the creatures they support and for the enjoyment of future generations. The controversies over national monuments have to do the with exploitation of resources versus the preservation of a few remaining wild places.
