Aug 31 2010
From today’s Missoulian, here’s a good overview of the current status of Sen. Jon Tester’s proposed Forest Jobs and Recreation Act. Short version: Still stuck in committee because of debate over the logging mandate . . . The first questioner at Sen. Jon Tester’s Monday public forum in Missoula wanted to know how the Forest [...]
Jun 17 2010
From today’s Flathead Beacon . . . U.S. Sen. Jon Tester released some changes Thursday to his logging and wilderness bill, beating back a Washington, D.C.-based rewrite of the carefully crafted Montana compromise. Read the full article . . .
Jun 13 2010
From last Wednesday’s Flathead Beacon . . . U.S. Sen. Jon Tester has dismissed a proposed rewrite of his forest bill as “dead on arrival,” and promised to publicly post his counteroffer that is expected next week. Tester’s bill would create new wilderness in parts of Montana, while increasing logging requirements and establishing permanent recreation [...]
Feb 05 2010
If you’ve been following the progress of Sen. Jon Tester’s Forest Jobs and Recreation Act, this is fairly interesting. From today’s Missoulian . . . Reacting to both criticism and constructive advice, Sen. Jon Tester revealed a thick list of changes to his Forest Jobs and Recreation Act during a visit to Missoula on Friday. [...]
Jan 10 2010
Today’s Missoulian has a pretty good status report — with video, no less – on Senator Jon Tester’s proposed Forest Jobs and Recreation Act. Here’s the lead-in . . . U.S. Sen. Jon Tester’s Forest Jobs and Recreation Act awaits committee action in Washington, D.C., but back home his fellow Montanans are busy pushing and [...]
Jan 04 2010
Watching Senator Jon Tester’s “Forest Jobs and Recreation Act” make its way through the system is a real lesson in practical politics. It made it past the initial, more or less pro forma hearings in front of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. Now, Congressman Denny Rehberg is getting into the act with a [...]
Dec 23 2009
Congressman Denny Rehberg is still testing the waters when it comes to taking a position on Senator Jon Tester’s “Forest Jobs and Recreation Act.” Rehberg has lined up five “listening sessions” on the proposal at various sites around Montana. Read the press release for details.
Dec 17 2009
An AP article posted in today’s Missoulian summarizes some of the concerns with Sen. Jon Tester’s Forest Jobs and Recreation Act expressed by Agriculture Undersecretary Harris Sherman during today’s hearings on the bill. (Sherman is the Forest Service’s boss.) This is one of those read-between-the-lines articles, not to be taken entirely at face value. Nevertheless, [...]
Dec 17 2009
From today’s Flathead Beacon . . . The governor says he is backing U.S. Sen. Jon Tester’s plan to both create more wilderness and mandate more logging. Gov. Brian Schweitzer, a Democrat, submitted the testimony in advance of Thursday’s hearing on the bill in the U.S. Senate. He says it will create good jobs with [...]
Dec 15 2009
Yesterday’s New York Times carried coverage, with a minimum of snark, on Senator Jon Tester’s proposed “Forest Jobs and Recreation Act” bill. The article includes a pretty good discussion of the issues likely to be covered during the upcoming hearings on the bill, which are scheduled for this Thursday. Trying to satisfy everyone from wilderness [...]
