Comment from Giese, Monte Giese
Monte Giese GieseOpposeIndividual
Summary: An individual from Montana opposes any revisions to existing wilderness policies, arguing that current wilderness areas provide essential public access to unspoiled land and should be preserved as they are.
I am writing regarding docket number FWS-HQ-NWRS-2026-2575, I would be opposed to any revision to existing policies. I am blessed with a number of wilderness areas in my home state of Montana, including the Bob Marshall, Scapegoat and Great Bear, all of which I have spent time in for the last 25 years. They are areas in which all citizens of this country can fish, hunt, recreate and see unspoiled land. In a day and age when soaring land values make ownership of beautiful places challenging for most Americans, Wilderness areas provide every citizen of this country ownership of a beautiful, valuable place. The legendary Bob Marshall said something that is appropriate to consider. He said "The Wilderness holds answers to questions we have not yet learned to ask." Once we lose the innate nature of wilderness, we can never get it back. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. These wilderness areas are definitely not broke.