Tester’s Forest Jobs and Restoration Act included in Senate’s Interior Department appropriations bill

Sen. Tester’s Forest Jobs and Restoration Act may be inching towards passage this year. From today’s Missoulian . . .

U.S. Sen. Jon Tester’s Forest Jobs and Restoration Act is included in the Senate’s Interior Department appropriations bill, giving it a chance of passage in the 2012 federal budget.

The bill provides annual funding for the Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Environmental Protection Agency, Bureau of Indian Affairs and U.S. Forest Service wildland fire management.

The 183-page bill was released Friday.

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For further information, check out Sen. Tester’s Forest Jobs and Restoration Act mini-site.