News Channel 13 Online Posted: Tuesday, 02 March 2010 9:42PM Montana leases speak out against increased fees on their state lease lands.   “I was always taught a deal is a deal. And I think that they ought to stick with the original terms of the lease at least till the termination of that lease.” In [...]

By JIM MANN/The Daily Inter Lake Goto the InterLake Online to see reader comments there. By Brian Tanko’s judgment, the choices were only bad or worse, so he has decided to move his cabin off a leased lot of state land on McGregor Lake to avoid future costs and uncertainty. And he’s not alone. “I’m in [...]

Here’s the video footage of the KECI news story

Here’s the text of the story by Heidi Meili on KECI.  Go to the KECI Video post to play the video.   Cabin Site Lease Rates Increasing Heidi Meili (11/06/09) About 800 families who lease lots on state land are facing higher rates. I visited lessees who live on their lots permanently.  They say the new assessments [...]

Heidi Meili of KECI Channel 13 in Missoula has been working on a piece about the Cabinsite Lease Program. She has contacted many leaseholders as well as Ron Waterman, our attorney. We think the piece will be favorable – given the amount of research she did. I hope we get our message across! The piece [...]

I just recieved this message.  Anyone interested in being filmed for a news story? Hi Phyllis, I am trying to shoot a story on the cabinsite lease fee increases through the DNRC. I see your name on several of the websites I have reasearched on the subject. I need to interview at least one cabin [...]

Email addresses for contacting the press about your thoughts on this issue FEEL FREE TO ADD MORE IN THE COMMENTS BELOW Lee Interprises owns the Helena Record, The Missoulian, the Great Falls tribune, and the MT Standard – so sending info here should hopefully have some impact  information@lee.net Helena Record The IR welcomes signed letters of all [...]

This article appeared in the Missoulian and the Helena Independent Record.  Go to the Missoulian Online to view reader comments and post your own. HELENA – For the nearly 800 people who lease cabin sites from the state of Montana, this summer brought some sobering news: Rental rates are going up, and not just a [...]

Hello Leaseholders Just wanted to let you know that Monday’s Land Board meeting will be broadcast on TVMT for those of you unable to attend. (See below for info.) In addition, a reporter from Montana Public Radio will be there a do a clip for that evening’s news and we also expect a few newspapers [...]

Our legal rep, Ron Waterman, really wants us to get press coverage prior to or at the Sept. 21 Land Board meeting. Please send the attached document to at least one publication, radio station, etc., hopefully that would achieve our goal. Once you send it, if you’ll comment to this post so we know that outlet is [...]