Jul 23 2009
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.
Jul 18 2009
The Daily Inter Lake posted a set of well-written articles late last night on Sen. Jon Tester’s Forest Jobs and Recreation Act, including an interesting overview of previous efforts. Looks like Jim Mann had a long, hard day putting all this stuff together. Here are the links and lead-ins . . . Tester unveils new-style [...]
Jul 18 2009
Here’s the Associated Press coverage of Tester’s forest bill . . . U.S. Sen. Jon Tester is tackling bitter, decades-old forest disputes head-on, unveiling a plan Friday that promises both more logging and more wilderness areas in Montana. Read the entire article . . .
Jul 18 2009
The Missoulian is all over Senator Jon Tester’s “Forest Jobs and Recreation Act” (mostly called “Tester’s wilderness bill” throughout the week). The big reveal was at a meeting in Townsend Friday afternoon. The Missoulian posted a basic write-up shortly thereafter, followed by two lengthier articles early Saturday morning. What’s the North Fork connection? The projects [...]
Jul 14 2009
OK, it’s official. U.S. Senator Jon Tester will introduce his “forest jobs and stewardship bill” on Friday, July 17 during a 1 p.m. news conference at RY Timber in Townsend. The Missoulian has a brief write-up, including the obligatory, sound-bite quote . . . U.S. Sen. Jon Tester will introduce his much-anticipated bill designed to [...]
Jul 14 2009
According to today’s Missoulian, Sen. Jon Tester’s office is being a little more forthcoming this week about the wilderness bill he intends to announce Friday. See our previous post for background information. Here’s the lede . . . There may be more ideas than acres going into an anticipated wilderness bill under construction in Montana [...]
Jul 14 2009
The High Country News has a lengthy but excellent piece covering some of the background and thinking behind Sen. Jon Tester’s wilderness bill. Although it focuses on the Beavercreek-Deerlodge Partnership, the article includes lots of good supplementary information that helps put Tester’s plans in context. It takes very little reading between the lines to realize [...]
Jul 08 2009
Surprise! A lot of folks are starting to grumble about the level of secrecy surrounding Senator John Tester’s wilderness planning. This may just be a case of Tester practicing the “art of the possible,” but expect some additional ideas to get tossed in his lap. In the North Fork area, the long-standing Winton Weydemeyer Wilderness [...]
Jul 04 2009
As mentioned in a couple of earlier posts today, Sen. Jon Tester is looking at backing a number of possible wilderness designation proposals. The previous post links to an article giving a pretty good overview of the Beaverhead-Deerlodge proposals, but is quite vague on the one in the Seeley Lake area and another in “northwestern [...]
Jul 04 2009
The Flathead Beacon posted a much more complete AP article on Senator Jon Tester’s wilderness area plans than the one we linked to earlier today. There’s more detail on the Beaverhead-Deerlodge proposal, which appears to be somewhat contentious. It also reveals that the Seeley Lake area proposal came from the Blackfoot-Clearwater Stewardship Project and the [...]
