If the Sewer Benefits Everyone Then Have Everyone Chip In

SEELEY LAKE - The underlying issue of the sewer proposal is Seeley Lake’s ability to sustain itself as a community.

We have seen most private land around Seeley revert to government ownership, so the growth potential of the community is capped. Forces continue in play to depopulate the town. Forest management is decreasing, making it harder to manage large wildfires. Rivers run through them the color of chocolate milk.

The impact of current septic systems on the lake seems speculative. Depends on whose definition of unacceptable impact you use. As I recall, our water plant was necessitated by...