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Thinking about renting your place in Bozeman, Montana on Airbnb or Vrbo?  Well here are the statistics on where Montana's Airbnb money is made.   However, there are new restrictions in place which make it virtually impossible for non-owner occupied units to be short term rented in Bozeman, and other places are following to include a lot of the Front Range area.   Check the rules carefully, as a place outside of town maybe a better bet if you are looking to Airbnb your property. This seems to follow the type of restrictions that Maui put into place.   Maui’s short-term rental laws require owners to hold valid permits to operate. Under Bill 9, signed in December 2025, approximately 6,000 apartment-zoned rentals (the "Minatoya list") are being phased out to address the housing crisis.   These rentals must cease by Jan. 1, 2029.Rest of Maui County: These must cease by Jan. 1, 2031.  Exemptions apply strictly to hotel-zoned and resort-zoned properties. Operating a legal Short-Term Rental Home (STRH) or Bed & Breakfast (B&B) requires conditional permits and must comply with strict Community Plan Region caps. Furthermore, all hosts must register for a Transient Accommodations Tax (TAT) and General Excise Tax (GET) license with the Hawaii Department of Taxation and pay these taxes directly.  For detailed information on property zoning status and permit applications, visit the Maui County Short Term Rentals portal.

  Photos from https://www.reconnectwithnature.org/news-events/the-buzz/whats-the-difference-bobcat-vs-lynx   Americans tend to equate a mink coat with the epitome of luxury.   However, the most expensive fur coats in the world are defined by the rarity and density of the pelts, with Russian Sable leading the market at prices often exceeding $150,000 due to its silky, silver-tipped texture. Lynx follows closely, commanding high prices because designers use only the white, spotted belly fur, requiring a massive number of pelts for a single garment. Chinchilla is prized for having the softest and densest fur on Earth, while Vicuña, though technically a wool, rivals these furs in cost due to the extreme scarcity of the South American camelid fiber. Together, these materials represent the pinnacle of luxury outerwear, combining intense warmth with storied status. My daughter became interest in bobcat fur, as she attends college where the mascot is a bobcat.   A bobcat fur coat retailing on a specialist fur site might start around $2,000 for a basic sectioned bobcat coat, but most go for a lot more than that if well made from the prized spotted belly fur of well selected pelts.  Bobcat is often confused with lynx, as the pelts look similar, even more so than the animals.   Lynx coats generally cost more than straight bobcat because the fur is rarer and thicker/softer: about $5,000 – $25,000 or more for new high-end pieces. Some luxury pieces with prime lynx belly fur can be much higher ($30K-100K), depending on styling and heritage.  Hunting, trapping, loss of habitat: All of these factors essentially exterminated Colorado’s Canadian lynx by the 1970s. Two decades later, CPW reintroduced 96 of the state- and federally endangered big cats around Creede and Durango, and the

Ron had a .38 colt detective special, blued 3rd generation with pachmayer grips, and buckshot loads for snakes, but .45 ACP we got in the SW Governor may be even better as it also shoots .410 shells in addition to .45 ACP.   Ammo for Governor recommended at Cabela's was Herter's .25acp 230gr FMJ, Herter's select .45 long colt, 250 gr, LFN, and Winchester Super X .410 2 ½ in., ½ ox shot, #4 shot.   

In 2026, Colorado has followed the global trend of declining insect populations, including in protected high-elevation areas — like a meadow outside Crested Butte, which had recorded a 47% decline in insect biomass since 1986, according to a 2024 state report on pollinators commissioned by the state legislature. But we, as anglers, knew this was happening a long time ago.   Thirty years ago, Nick Sawyer wrote about this on chalk streams of the UK. https://ezinearticles.com/?Improving-Rivers-For-Fly-Fishing&id=4219154 The Fario Club talks of it repeated occurring throughout France in the last three decades.   This is an issue that affects us all, not only fisherman, as pollinators are necessary for nearly all of our food grown on planet earth.