Facts Versus Fear

 NY Times: Where Facts Were No Match for Fear - Civic boosters in central Montana hoped for some federal money to promote tourism. A disinformation campaign got in the way. By Reid J. Epstein

She told them the designation would forbid landowners to build sheds, drill wells or use fertilizers and pesticides. It would alter water rights, give tourists access to private property, create a new taxation district and prohibit new septic systems and burials on private land, she said.

None of this was true.