New Direction
Idaho Wilderness Bill Shows Opportunity
By Matt Singer, 5-20-05
Idaho may be gaining new Wilderness, along with some off-roadin' terrain, if Mike Simpson's carefully crafted wilderness bill goes through. You can tell it is probably a good compromise, as many groups are supporting while saying that they would all like to see some changes. In other words, none of them got everything they wanted, but most got enough.
Now the question is whether the compromise can pull through in Congress, where many people will be OK changing it out of principle and many others will be more than happy to help scuttle a compromise.
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