Terry Zink has spent 57 years building a life in Montana’s backcountry. The 57-year-old third-generation houndsman from Marion—a remote town nestled deep within the Flathead National Forest—runs a small archery target business serving outdoor recreation workers and guides who, until recently, had steady employment managing America’s public lands.ContentsDOGE’s Destruction: 16,000 Jobs Eliminated in Public Land […]

Terry Zink has spent 57 years building a life in Montana’s backcountry. The 57-year-old third-generation houndsman from Marion—a remote town nestled deep within the Flathead National Forest—runs a small archery target business serving outdoor recreation workers and guides who, until recently, had steady employment managing America’s public lands. Contents

Those workers are disappearing. Their jobs are gone. And Zink, who voted for Trump in 2024, is watching his customer base—and his livelihood—vanish before his eyes.

“You won’t meet anyone more conservative than me, and I didn’t vote for this,” Zink told Politico reporters as he surveyed the damage. “You cannot fire our firefighters. You cannot fire our trail crews. You have to have selective logging, water restoration, and healthy forests” (1).

  • stylusmobilus@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    13 days ago

    You’re too nice for this time, ay. I have a heap of admiration for your viewpoint.

    Unfortunately, here, it’s naive. Very few change, it’s never by ‘reaching out’ and it’s only ever driven from within themselves.

    The truth is, it’s not worth seeking the few out, because the movement is vast and abhorrent and like what’s been pointed out, it only understands ne language.

    I’m actually not interested in beating it out of them, I prefer to disregard, defend against them if necessary then apply accountability as per damage done, once they no longer hold power. I guess that’s why I admire your kindness because quite frankly I’d be a bit more ruthless in sentencing than a persuasive hiding.