http://missoulanews.bigskypress.com/LettersToTheEditor/archives/2010/02/25/unnecessary-tinkering Comments On: Unnecessary tinkering en-us Copyright 2010 Missoula News. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, Missoula News readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact Missoula News. wil@desert.net (Missoula News Webmaster) Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:00:01 -0600 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:30:00 -0600 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.montanaforests.org/about).

What's I find particularly interesting is that when you read major portions of the official testimony from The Wilderness Society you'll notice that when it comes to issues of mandated logging and NEPA provisions within FJRA, the concerns expressed by The Wilderness Society are nearly identical to the concerns expressed by members of the Last Best Place Wildlands Campaign and by the US Forest Service leadership.

Specifically, The Wilderness Society's said: "We oppose Congressionally mandated treatment levels in the bill because they, a) neglect the root causes of the problems this bill is intended to address, b) set an adverse national precedent, c) create unreasonably high expectations, d) fail to provide the agency the resources it needs to do its job, and e) most important, we do not believe this approach will work on the ground.
Posted by Matthew Koehler]]> Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:02:09 -0700 Missoula News
Lecticia: Having a little fun with you opening paragraph (above), I have some questions for you:

Why would Senator Jon Tester create a bill that Forest Service officials, including the top Forest Service official in America, say won't work?

A bill that the top Forest Service official in the country says would cause serious budget shortfalls for national forests in Montana and throughout the region and country?

A bill that includes mandated logging levels which the Forest Service says are "unachievable and perhaps unsustainable?"
Posted by Matthew Koehler]]> Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:57:21 -0700 Missoula News Posted by Zahnie]]> Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:26:14 -0700 Missoula News