May 25 2011
From an AP article posted in today’s Flathead Beacon . . . U.S. Sen. Jon Tester’s bill to increase both logging and wilderness areas in Montana was the focus of another Senate hearing Wednesday as the Democrat hopes to move forward a plan that has already become an issue in his high-profile election challenge from [...]
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 . . .
