NEW: Sheehy’s Company Deletes Website Section About Ranch’s Proximity to Public Lands
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, May 20, 2024
CONTACT
rehm@mtdems.org
Helena, MT – New reporting from Heartland Signal revealed that Tim Sheehy’s company deleted key details about Little Belt Ranch’s proximity to public lands from its website, following reporting that they refused to allow public access.
Earlier this month, NBC News reported that Transplant Tim Sheehy refused to participate in Montana’s Block Management Program, which would allow Montanans public access to his recently-purchased “prime elk-hunting” land. However, Little Belt Ranch was willing to charge rich tourists $12,500 for luxury hunting excursions that promised “private access to over 500,000 acres of National Forest.”
Earlier this year, Little Belt Ranch “boasted about its proximity to public land and impressive game in a section titled ‘The Ranch.’” Now, that section has been deleted – covering up Sheehy’s tracks.
Read more below.
Heartland Signal: Tim Sheehy Removes Public Land Advertisement From His Ranch’s Website
May 20, 2024
Richard Eberwein
U.S. Senate candidate Tim Sheehy, who is seeking the Republican nomination in Montana’s Senate race, removed a section from his ranch’s website advertising its proximity to public land.
Prior to March, the property’s website also boasted about its proximity to public land and impressive game in a section titled “The Ranch”. This section has since been deleted, and a recent NBC News report confirmed that the property does not allow public hunting access on its 37,000 acres.
Little Belt also does not participate in Montana’s block management program, which is specifically designed to work with private land owners to provide free public hunting access to people in the state. As recently as 2022, Sheehy’s ranch did provide luxury hunting packages, including one for $12,500.
According to a voter survey poll from March conducted by the University of Montana, 47% of the state’s voters consider clean water, clean air, open spaces and open public lands to be very important factors in deciding who to elect.
###
