1) The Missoula, Montana-based watchdog group, Wilderness Watch, is now tracking nearly 30 anti-wilderness bills currently making their way through the Congressional morass: some would eviscerate the 1964 Wilderness Act itself, while others take aim at specific wilderness areas
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2) and areas being proposed for new wilderness. Sen.
@SteveDaines of Montana introduced legislation that would open five Forest Service wilderness study areas in Big Sky Country, totaling 449,500 acres, to all kinds of multiple use, including intensive resource extraction. -
3) Then in March, newly-elected U.S. Rep. Greg Gianforte of Montana (and the previous boss of Daines in a tech business Gianforte founded) introduced companion legislation in the House. Apparently not satisfied with just joining ranks with Daines, Gianforte at the same time
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4) introduced still another bill that would release an additional 365,300 acres in 24 Bureau of Land Management wilderness study areas in his home state. Together, these two legislators from Montana would throw roughly 1,273 square miles of currently protected wildlands,
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5) or an area well over three-quarters the size of the Bob Marshall Wilderness to the forces of multiple use in the forms of mineral extraction, fossil fuel drilling, road building, and motorized use, forever precluding it from ever becoming wilderness
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5) .Don’t be misled by the liberating sound of the word “release.” In this context, “release” means stripping away wilderness protection and exposing the land to as many multiple-uses the
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6) BLM and the Forest Service will fall for: clear cutting, oil and gas development, hard-rock mining, or building roads to remote hunting and fishing destinations and allowing off road vehicles access to pristine landscapes. It gets worse read more: https://mountainjournal.org/the-death-of-american-wilderness …
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Little odd for him to be trouncing around lands he believes are unconstitutional.
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They're just looking at property they plan on selling their donors for pennies on the dollar.
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Please stay there until Jesus comes for you, thanks.
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Too bad you didn't invite Dick Cheney along.
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Working hard for the rich and the NRA and ignoring what Montana really wants and needs
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This is what politicians and wanna-be politicians do when they are afraid to have a town hall!
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D-bags United
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Putin agrees!
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Would you mind explaining why Trump is withdrawing from a Reagan Era anti-Nuclear Proliferation treaty? This doesn't serve the interests of a single Montanan, though it certainly increases our risk.https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-confirms-us-withdrawal-from-landmark-nuke-treaty-with-russia …
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That is great! I did the same with my 16 year old:)pic.twitter.com/dVtcl0Ps4G
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