Wilderness/Roadless
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Interesting, a move up from collaborationism- Idaho has more roadless, undeveloped national forest land than any other state but Alaska. Compared to most other western states only a modest portion of this has been protected as designated Wilderness. The rest was allocated into various categories in an initiative pushed by Jim Risch during his brief…
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The critical vote was 66-12- The Caucus. New York Times blog. On a Sunday, the Senate Votes Yes on a Lands Bill. By Carl Hulse. Here is the AP story. Senate boosts wilderness protection across US. By Mathew Daly. The bill now goes to the House where there should be no challenge unless the bill…
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Many people don’t realize the Wilderness Act also applies to national parks– Another point is that Ken Salazar is still a U.S. Senator. It is smart not to resign your old job until you actually confirmed (witness Bill Richardson who is still New Mexico’s governor) – – – – – – Salazar is also pushing…
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Prospects for “wilderness bill” have now improved- Walt Minnick, the Democrat who defeated incumbent nutwinger Bill Sali for Idaho First Congressional District, joined with Idaho Second District Representative, Republican Mike Simpson to reintroduce the controversial Central Idaho Economic Development and Recreation Act (CIEDRA) on the first day of Congress. With Democrats in control the prospects…
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There could be 573,000 acres of new Montana designated Wilderness!! But the reality is the total price paid would represent a net loss- Several mainstream groups have joined forces with representatives of the wood products industry in a grand attempt to end what I call the “Wilderness Drought.” But, the bill that has come out…
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Early resurrection planned in the next Congress- Although it was supposed to move in the lame duck session, that session fizzles and the bill was pulled under threat of filibuster by Tom Coburn (R-OK). Senator Reid, the major leader, has announced that an unrevised version of the massive public land bill (pieces of public lands…
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This may be a good idea- In New West, Bill Schneider wrote: “We Americans have high expectations for President-elect Obama and the bluer-than-ever Congress, and a good way for them to convince us we did the right thing is immediately codify the Roadless Rule.” Rest of the story. Time to Codify the roadless rule. New…
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Lame-duck public lands blockbuster legislation expected- Assuming there is a lame duck session of Congress (very likely), this bill could designate a lot of public land areas “this” or “that.” 53 new measures were added to the omnibus bill on Oct. 31. It is hard to figure out what is in this bill. Here is…