Secretary Vilsack has a new vision for the USFS. In Montana just a few days ago, the Secretary talked about how a bill that I happen to have...
Anecdotal and collected data show that up-front collaboration is breaking the gridlock in our forests and help to get work accomplished on t...
Unfortunately, what I do not see in the budget is the accountability to manage the money.
I do not believe that EPA needs additional congressional authority to specifically protect children's health.
Libby is also a place where EPA has found asbestos contamination so pervasive--and the conditions so severe--that it warranted the declarati...
The solution is a targeted program championed by Senator Tester.
It's imperative water quality in this key area be maintained.
The legislation will protect the water quality of downstream flows to key wetlands in this drainage area.
Which is--I believe it is recreation and----
I can't sit here and tell you I have a game plan that's going to solve that issue right now, in the coming years.
Is it your opinion that work will be able to be used in the recertification project to help drive costs down?
the fact is, if we don't get the levee certified, if they don't have the means to do it, and the flood insurance goes up, houses don't get s...
The money that's been appropriated hasn't even kept up with inflation.
And it's not only time; it's liability, too, because during that 2-year period, the liability shifts to local cities, towns, counties.
These are important projects, and they need to be finished. In order to be finished, we need to have the resources.
I don't think it's going to come out of the mountains of Montana.
What are we going to do about it?
Is release based off of endangered species or is it--is it based off of shipping needs downstream?
