We appreciate the efforts of the Committee leadership and Senator Crapo in reshaping those earlier versions of CIEDRA.
As the principal author of CIEDRA, I feel it is appropriate to respond to you directly.
You have always been up front with me regarding your opposition to additional wilderness in Idaho.
We have to undertake these efforts together in a consensus based manner. If we do not, we will never find our way forwar...
While this bill is not perfect, and does need some more work, Senator Risch and I are going to continue working with the...
I know that it's possible.
In May I introduced the Tony Dean Cheyenne River Valley Conservation Act to establish the first grasslands wilderness ar...
I'm interested more in hearing on the procedural basis, how we get to the consensus that we need.
We too, have traveled this path of collaborative conservation on the Owyhee Canyon lands.
These things are difficult, but not impossible.
I also thank Chairman Bingaman and Ranking Member Murkowski for working with me and Senator Risch on this bill.