Tester’s “Forest Jobs and Recreation Act” gets new Senate hearing
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...
View ArticleSen. Jon Tester’s Forest Jobs and Recreation Act draws mixed reviews
This is a pretty good report on yesterdays’ hearings before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee regarding Sen. Jon Tester’s proposed Forest Jobs and Recreation Act . . . U.S. Sen. Jon...
View ArticleTester’s Forest Jobs and Recreation Act might get a shot before year-end
From today’s Missoulian . . . Sen. Jon Tester’s Forest Jobs and Recreation Act may get a last-minute vote before Congress closes out 2011. But a lot of other Montana-related legislation will probably...
View ArticleTester’s Forest Jobs and Recreation Act dead for 2011
It’s official, Sen. Jon Tester’s “Forest Jobs and Recreation Act” is dead for this year . . . U.S. Sen. Jon Tester’s Forest Jobs and Recreation Act was not included in a House version of the 2012...
View ArticleTea Party group proposes change in Forest Jobs and Recreation Act
From today’s Daily Inter Lake . . . The Northwest Montana Patriots Association, one of more than a dozen Tea Party groups in the state, is weighing in on the Montana wilderness issue with Sen. Jon...
View ArticleTester’s wilderness bill back in play
U.S. Senator Jon Tester has gotten his “Forest Jobs and Recreation Act” included in a current Interior Department appropriations bill. Again. The Missoulian has a write-up . . . U.S. Sen. Jon Tester...
View ArticleGroups want action on Forest Jobs and Recreation Act
According to an editorial in today’s Flathead Beacon, a bunch of the groups behind the development of the Forest Jobs and Recreation Act are getting cranky about its slow passage through the halls of...
View ArticleTester and Baucus make another push to get their forest bills through the system
Senators Baucus and Tester took another swing Tuesday at getting their respective forest bills back under consideration in the U.S. Senate . . . U.S. Sens. Max Baucus and Jon Tester told their...
View ArticleTester’s forest bill set for markup this week
Jon Tester’s Forest Jobs and Recreation Act gets its first real hearing when it comes in front of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee this week . . . Sen. Jon Tester’s bill authorizing...
View ArticleTester’s forest bill passes Senate committee
A tweaked version of Senator John Tester’s Forest Jobs and Recreation Act made it through the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee this morning . . . A new version of Sen. Jon Tester’s Forest...
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