by Mike Garrity | Feb 11, 2015 | AWR, wilderness, wildlife
by Dylan Brown, E&E reporter From E&E News PM Singer-songwriter Carole King made the rounds in Washington, D.C., today promoting legislation that would designate as wilderness 23 million acres in the Rocky Mountains. A resident of Sun Valley, Idaho, King has...
by Mike Garrity | Mar 23, 2014 | AWR, map, wilderness
A New Kid on Block? Environmental Cred is Contested Democratic Senate Candidate Adams Supports Broad Wilderness Bill Tester’s Bill will Devastate a Precious Ecosystem Montana Opinion: Other State Wilderness Bills are before Congress Map, Forest Jobs & Recreation...
by Mike Garrity | Mar 20, 2014 | AWR, forest, wilderness
by Gazette State Bureau HELENA — Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Dirk Adams said this week he supports a regional wilderness bill that would designate an additional 6.4 million acres of wilderness in Montana. Adams, a rancher from Wilsall, said if he’s elected,...
by Mike Garrity | Jan 8, 2014 | AWR, fish, forest, wilderness, wildlife
by Steve Kelly, Opinion, Reeder’s Alley, Helena Independent Record Wilderness activists remain strongly divided over Senator Tester’s Forest Jobs and Recreation Act. For a long four years, Sens. Tester and Max Baucus have dodged genuine public debate on...
by Mike Garrity | Dec 30, 2013 | AWR, bears, forest, lynx, opinion, wilderness
by Michael Garrity, Guest Opinion I enjoyed John Adam’s excellent article on Sen. Jon Tester’s logging and wilderness bill. This is the first time a reporter has done an in-depth article on Tester’s bill and explained why many Montanans are opposed...
by Mike Garrity | Jun 4, 2010 | AWR, logging, roads, wilderness
by John S. Adams, Triune Capitol Bureau HELENA — A new Senate committee rewrite of Sen. Jon Tester’s forest bill is circulating among members of the group that helped draft the original measure, but some of the original bills supporters say the proposed changes...