Not everyone agrees. We asked Munson if he knows of a single instance where hunters have been denied access to public lands. He's very smart and very much a defender of our natural resources. For the record, the TRCA is an alliance of the Mule Deer Foundation, the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, Trout Unlimited, Wildlife Forever, the Wildlife Management Institute and the Izaak Walton League of America. But it's not just these respected sportsmen's organizations that think the Forest Service is on the right track.
Surveys show that most hunters and fishermen favor roadless areas, too.
The survey also showed that 64 percent of sportsmen wanted roadless areas maintained at present levels and another 12 percent actually wanted roadless levels increased. The American public is not looking at this thing as a 'lockout'. All of which may explain why Munson and the TRCA are undertaking a campaign to deliver the facts to sportsmen and the American public. As it turns out, most of these areas are roadless for a good reason. Munson says the TRCA is a non-partisan organization that plans to work with Congress and the new administration to hold our national forests in the public trust.