I don’t live in your community, but I couldn’t help noticing this article.  I love Montana, so please allow me to opine.  I can appreciate someone wanting and needing to diversify their business, even to the extent of pulling logs off the bottom of the lake, especially in tough economic times like this. I can also appreciate the fact that the DNRC would get some revenue from the company wanting to do this.  But the guess that there would be a market for the wood is a little too sketchy and would need more proof before proceeding. Also, based on the already-known environmental risks this would “stir up”,  I really question the logic of going forward.  Perhaps if the company wanted to bear the responsibility of their actions, paying for the cleanup of the lake instead of leaving it to the government to take care of, this idea might have more merit.  If they can still make a significant profit after that expense and keep the environment intact, go for it.

I think it sounds financially risky for that company. The rewards may be high, but the odds are against them.

It’s not as risky as it sounds these days, and by the time they actually got to harvest it, wood that the USSA government allows you to harvest may be scarce. Even when it’s on your own land.
There’s a big market right now with the weathy city creeps for older, better-quality wood and Obama’s Yuppies will pay top dollar.
What’s risky is the actual cost of the lawyering if they lose.

If they do this the Company should have to do more to enhance the quality of the Lake, and the area affected. or let it be
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