So, is it fair to say that the reported numbers do not capture the full cost of grizzlies on livestock loss, or the total actual numbers of animals that are lost due to grizzlies?

I think we both would rather be in Montana at this time of year, or any other time of year, for that matter.

My legislation, the Comprehensive Grizzly Bear Management Act, H.R. 1419, would direct the Secretary of the Interior to remove the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem population of grizzly bears from the endangered species list.

Human-bear conflicts have risen significantly, as bear populations expand into historically unpopulated areas.

These bureaucrats and some members of this Committee insist on telling Montanans how they should go about their everyday lives.

Gray wolves are fully recovered, and should remain delisted in the Lower 48.

Legislation is needed to fix the disastrous Cottonwood decision.

My legislation, the Forest Information Reform Act, amends the Cottonwood requirements for re-consultation in Forest Service plans when new information is found.

It shouldn't be more difficult for the Forest Service to operate in Montana than in Wyoming.

Unless Congress acts promptly to fix Cottonwood, as Congressman Rosendale's FIR Act proposes, the Forest Service will immediately have to re-consult over dozens of national forest plans.

Congressman Rosendale's Forest Information Reform Act (H.R. 200) would permanently fix Cottonwood by clarifying that perpetual reconsultations over forest plans are not required.