Coalition Launches New Website: Clear Look at Sen. Tester’s Forest Jobs and Recreation Act

By Matthew Koehler, Unfiltered 12-09-09

Today, a coalition of conservation organizations and citizens dedicated to wildlands protection, Wilderness preservation, and the sound long-term management of our federal public lands legacy, launched a new website dedicated to a detailed examination of Senator Jon Tester's S. 1470, the "Forest Jobs and Recreation Act."

The growing coalition includes conservation groups from Montana and throughout the country, as well as citizens who are small-business owners, scientists, educators and teachers, health care practitioners, hikers and backpackers, hunters and anglers, wildlife viewers, outfitters and guides, veterans, retired Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management officials, ranchers and farmers, craftspersons, and community leaders - all stakeholders committed to America's public wildlands legacy.

At http://testerloggingbilltruths.wordpress.com you will find:

* Detailed, Line-By-Line Analysis of S. 1470
* Keeping it Wild! In Defense of America's Public Wildlands
* Contact info for citizens to send testimony to the US Senate's Natural Resources Committee, which will be holding a Dec 17th hearing on S. 1470.
* A citizen petition
* Commentary and perspective on S.1470 from experts

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By Matthew Koehler, New West Unfiltered, 12-09-09 | comments (2) | email story | print story

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Comments

By Beargrass, 12-10-09

Thanks for a truthful analysis.

By Bernard Shakey, 12-12-09

I guess we're the only two people interested in the truth behind the pork. Go figure.

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