Clearcuts in Swan Range near Seeley Lake, Montana. Photo George Wuerthner Several editorials have been published widely in Montana papers and elsewhere by supporters Blackfoot Clearwater Stewardship Act […]
Sportsmen’s Heritage Act fails in the U.S. Senate (Updated)
Conservatives kill controversial bill- The Sportsmen’s Heritage Act passed the House last April, and the Senate version sponsored by Democratic Senator Jon Tester of Montana seemed poised to win Senate […]
Opinion: Tester logging bill proposes a calamitous precedent
Key player in passage of the ’64 Wilderness Act blast Tester’s Wilderness/logging bill- This is an opinion in the Billings Gazette by Stewart Brandborg who was executive director of the […]
The battle over Mt. Jefferson in Tester’s Wilderness bill
Continuing fight by Idaho snowmobile interests to keep a small area in Montana out of Senator’s Tester’s Wilderness bill- We have covered this battle before. Dec. 13, 2009. Idaho Senators […]
Senator Tester Betrays Montana Wilderness
Brian Peck Excoriates Senator Tester’s “Wilderness” Bill And The “Environmental” Groups Who Support It. He explains that the “bill would set aside just over 600,000 acres of Wilderness, withdraw current […]
Rocky Mountain Front, wildlife, and other projects get funded in Montana in Interior Appropriations Bill
Bill includes funding to reimburse for wolf kills, but may also contain money for proactive measures- From what I’ve read, this sounds pretty good to me for wildlife and outdoors […]
Bill Schneider: What Tester’s Forest Bill Really Does
Bill Schneider gives it a detailed analysis- I won’t go over the details because Schneider seems to do a good job, but my general impression is that there is no […]