We are told it is evil to stand against such grand political schemes as global warming. The other day, we saw this global warming creep down Mount Baldy shouting the ominous warning that winter is at our front door.

It is no accident that the "truth is cool" and that global warming is just wrong! The truth always enjoys the backing of fact without exception. Global warming is severely lacking the truth.

Likewise, the public land resource management conspiracy continues to force the truth to the back seat. The continued attempts to marginalize the truth in the name of collaboration or other political maneuvering continues to be exposed and reveals that reality is clouded by self serving interests.

This scenario reminds us of the ostrich whose head is buried deep in the sand. Mr. Ostrich, blinded and unsuspecting, is about to be the recipient of unmentionable acts to his exposed posterior. We urge our ostrich to pull his head out of the sand very soon. Only then will he be able to see the foundation built on false promises has a very dim future.

Our federal government is on the fast track to criminalize the use of natural resources across America. H.R. 980 is lurking with restrictions on 24 million acres. H.R.2807 for wildlife and S787 for water will restrict the use of all public lands. H.R.3692 weighs in with restricting 58 million acres of public lands, and S1470 will restrict an additional 1.1 million acres. Our unsuspecting ostrich fails to see his "environmental kula" coming.

The truth is obvious and the facts show we are up against deceitful opponents. We are dealing with a bureaucracy with an unlimited budgetary appetite, compounded by special interest groups that have a mission with no end in sight and no accountability of either. Rising to the challenges we face each day, we stand on the facts in order to expose the truth!

We pray that our labor today will provide the needed dividends in time for tomorrow. We will continue to seek a forest policy that can protect the land and serve the people. We will continue to fight to insure future generations of American citizens enjoy our sacred rights, and we urge you to join us today.

The truth that everyone needs to know is here, and that truth shall set us free.

Tim Ravndal is the timber resources representative for the Montana Multiple Use Association.