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Senate passes public lands bill, including permanent authorization of Land and Water Conservation Fund

February 14, 2019Environmental Issues, NewsLand and Water Conservation Fund, LWCF, public lands billnfpa

Three Types of Public Lands — Three types of public lands: Flathead National Forest is in the foreground, left and right; Montana’s Coal Creek State Forest, including Cyclone Lake, is in the middle distance; Glacier National Park stretches across the background.

The U.S. Senate passed a significant new public lands bill . . .

The Senate passed an omnibus public lands bill on a vote of 92-8 on Tuesday, allowing permanent reauthorization of the Land and Water Conservation Fund and blocking a proposed gold mine on the edge of Yellowstone National Park.

“Everybody is crying,” said Chico Hot Springs owner Colin Davis, who led a coalition of 400 Paradise Valley businesses supporting the Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act. “It’s been a long couple years.”

Davis was on a conference call with Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, as the vote tally was coming down Tuesday afternoon. Montana’s Republican Sen. Steve Daines and Rep. Greg Gianforte also backed the Yellowstone Gateway and LWCF measures.

Glacier & Waterton Lakes superintendents urge action on public lands bill

December 21, 2010Environmental Issues, NewsAmerica's Great Outdoors Act, Glacier National Park, North Flathead Protection Act, public lands bill, Waterton-Glacier International Peace Parknfpa

From today’s Missoulian (see the previous post for the full text of the letter discussed here) . . .

An alliance of veteran superintendents from Glacier and Waterton Lakes national parks has written a letter encouraging swift government action on a public lands bill that would finalize park protections introduced earlier this year. . .

The joint public letter, signed by six former Glacier superintendents and two former superintendents of Waterton Lakes, comes in the final days of Glacier’s centennial year, and as Congress considers a bipartisan omnibus bill aimed at protecting the country’s land, water and wildlife resources. The legislation, called America’s Great Outdoors Act of 2010, encompasses more than 110 individual bills and includes several key protection measures for both Glacier and Waterton Lakes.

Read the full article . . .