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  • Senate Passes Lands Bill One More Time

    Ralph Maughan

    This time just over half the Republicans voted for it too- Senate Passes Lands Bill One More Time. By Kate Phillips. New York Times. The article indicates that this time the House will not reach for the procedural ease of the suspension of the rules procedure. They will consider the bill, I think, under “regular…

  • Big Public Lands Bill Goes Another Round in the Senate

    Ralph Maughan

    As expected the new bill easily beat the U.S. Senate filibuster yesterday- Omnibus bill attached to a new vehicle moved through the Senate filibuster last night by a vote of 73 to 21. Final passage in the Senate will come soon and take it back to the House. Story in New York Times blog, “The…

  • House Votes Down Omnibus Public Lands Bill

    Ralph Maughan

    Its consideration under the “suspension of the rules” procedure was its downfall. A 2/3 vote is required- House Votes Down Omnibus Public Lands Bill. House rules requiring a two-thirds vote proved to be its undoing. By Bill Schneider. New West The vote was 282 in favor and 144 against. I still don’t know why they…

  • Montana Sportsmen Support Wilderness for Scotchman Peaks and West Cabinets

    Ralph Maughan

    These rugged areas are high in fishing and hunting opportunities- Sportsmen Support Wilderness. The River Guide. I haven’t been to these roadless areas, but the relief of the Scotchman Peaks is some of the greatest in Montana.

  • Wilderness Strategy Questioned

    Brian Ertz

    Wilderness ought be worth fighting for George Wuerthner questions the quid pro quo strategy that a small number of groups have claimed necessary to promote wilderness designation – some even going so far as to nearly become cheerleaders for the very industries that threaten the wild. Wilderness Strategy Questioned – Is the future of Wilderness…

  • Omnibus Public Lands bill held up in U.S. House

    Ralph Maughan

    Paleontology provisions threaten bill- This is a big surprise. Because the House leadership wants to pass the bill under suspension of the rules, it requires a 2/3 majority. If it can’t muster that, it goes to regular order, perhaps pushing the bill’s consideration months into the future.* Folks will recall that the massive measure recently…

  • Conservation groups sue over Idaho roadless lands

    Ralph Maughan

    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…

  • Public Lands bill easily passes the U.S. Senate

    Ralph Maughan

    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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