Archive for the tag 'wilderness designation'

Oct 29 2011

Baucus will sponsor Rocky Mountain Front Heritage Act

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Posted yesterday evening to the Missoulian (includes a nice map) . . . U.S. Sen. Max Baucus announced Friday he will sponsor a bill to expand the wilderness on the Rocky Mountain Front, saying the proposal has a good chance of being the first wilderness designation in the state since the early 1980s. Conservationists who [...]

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May 25 2011

Tester’s “Forest Jobs and Recreation Act” gets new Senate hearing

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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 [...]

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Feb 05 2010

Tester announces changes to “wilderness bill”

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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. [...]

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Jan 10 2010

Tester’s “wilderness bill” far from a sure thing

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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 [...]

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Jan 04 2010

Practical politics: Rehberg stance on Tester’s “wilderness bill” a concern

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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 [...]

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Dec 15 2009

New York Times posts coverage on upcoming “Forest Jobs and Recreation Act” hearings

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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 [...]

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Oct 28 2009

Headwaters Montana advocates North Fork wilderness

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From the Wednesday, October 14, 2009 online edition of the Hungry Horse News . . . There’s a renewed push for wilderness in the North Fork. Headwaters Montana, a relatively new conservation group has released a plan for land conservation on both sides of the border. Tucked in that plan is a call for 140,000 [...]

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Aug 09 2009

Wilderness debate heats up

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Here’s an interesting article in today’s Missoulian discussing the renewed debate over designation and expansion of wilderness areas . . . For more than three decades, millions of Montana federal acres have been de facto wilderness. Over the past few weeks, those slumbering lands have been shoved back into the spotlight. And last Wednesday, the [...]

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Jul 29 2009

Tester’s forest bill faces challenges

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The Flathead Beacon has a good overview, minus the sound bites and PR-speak, of the challenges faced by Sen. Jon Tester’s Forest Jobs and Recreation Act. Here’s the lede . . . Jon Tester’s recently introduced Forest Jobs and Recreation Act may be the most significant piece of legislation he has created in his, still [...]

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Jul 23 2009

Full text of proposed “Forest Jobs and Recreation Act” available

For those of you who prefer your information raw and unfiltered, this page has links to the full text of Sen Jon Tester’s proposed “Forest Jobs and Recreation Act” and to the associated “Proposed Land Designations” map: http://tester.senate.gov/Legislation/forestresources.cfm. A comfortable chair and beverage of choice recommended prior to reading.

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