🌱 How a land swap reshaped access to nearby Big Timber Canyon

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• How a land swap reshaped access to nearby Big Timber Canyon

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• Wednesday: Pleasant with clouds and sun, with a high of 74 and low of 49 degrees.
• Thursday: A shower and thunderstorm, temps: high: 69, low: 43.
• Friday: Sunny and warmer, with a high of 81 and low of 49 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Trump officials, billionaires and the quiet reshaping of America's public lands (wyofile.com) — Public access to Big Timber Canyon is now limited to a single Forest Service road after a controversial land swap in the Crazy Mountains, raising alarms for nearby communities like Big Timber. The deal, tied to Yellowstone Club interests and Trump-era public lands policies, traded away low-elevation terrain many locals used for hunting and hiking in exchange for harder-to-reach high mountain acreage, despite strong public opposition.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

Livingston

• Montana high school rodeo finals set for June 8-13 at Kalispell (montanasports.com)
• Bankhead wins Dem Senate primary (newsfromthestates.com)
• Park County sheriff sheds light on investigation into Georgeson death (kbzk.com)

Columbus

• Broadview woman seeking signatures to fight proposed data center (ktvq.com)

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