Scott Seidman wrote:

Assuming that it's true, and that the Ranch didn't ask him to leave five
times or something. Frankly, I find it hard to believe that this sequence
of events happened exactly as described. Note that the article doesn't
solicit info from the Ranch.

A fellow on the Outdoorsbest Rocky Mountain forum wrote to Three Forks
Ranch and received this reply:

"You may do as you wish with your clients, but this story is very skewed
in favor of building sympathy for this trespasser. Mr. Pagliasotti,
drove 1/4 mile off RCR 129, through a very well signed gate, into an
irigated meadow, that had two of my clients accompanied by one of my
guides, standing next to a Ford Excursion that had the Three Forks logo
on the door. The guy was either drunk or blind. Everything around him
screamed private property, yet he maliciously decided to trespass and go
fishing. If I had it to do over, I would not change my actions.

"We purchased this 50,000 acre property to keep it as one of the last
remaining large blocks of land in this area not subdivided. In order to
do that we have to make a living off the land. We are in the cattle
business, but that alone does not pay the bills on this property. We are
in the hunting and fishing business, to compliment the cattle business,
and try to keep from subdividing this property . We are also very
conservation minded, having completed the largest "privately funded"
river restoration project in the history of the United States. The
Little Snake River was a lost fishery before we completed this project.

"Private property rights are very important, and must be upheld. This
person blatantly, violated those rights. We have a right to protect our
property, as do you.

"Regards,

"Jay Linderman
General Manager
Three Forks Ranch"


This is the link to the topic on the Outdoors best forum:

http://outdoorsbest.zeroforum.com/zerothread?id=285085