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The Devil’s Staircase Wilderness Act of 2009 (H.R. 2888)

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The Devil’s Staircase Wilderness Act of 2009 (H.R. 2888) October 28, 2009 Full Committee Markup Reporting H.R. 2888 out of Committee (View Roll Call Vote) The Devil's Staircase Wilderness Act of 2009 would designate over 29,000 acres of federal land in Oregon as wilderness. Wilderness is the most restrictive land use designation, eliminating the use of mechanized recreation and…

Molalla River amendment to the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (H.R. 2781)

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Molalla River amendment to the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (H.R. 2781) October 28, 2009 Markup Reporting H.R. 2781 out of Committee (View Roll Call Vote) This bill would designate segments of the Mollala River in Oregon as components of the Wild and Scenic River Systems. Democrats refused to allow an amendment by Rep. Rob Bishop that would restore rural community funding by…

Missing the Forests for the Trees

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Yesterday’s Wall Street Journal had an interesting article titled, “Aspen Trees Die Across the West” which notes that “perhaps a combination of factors -- is killing hundreds of thousands of acres of the trees from Nevada, New Mexico and Arizona through Utah, Colorado, Wyoming and into Canada, according to the U.S. government and independent scientists.” One of the factors noted is that…

Republican Views on H.R. 2806, "to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to adjust the boundary of the Stephen Mather Wilderness and North Casades National Park in order to allow the rebuilding of a road outside of the floodplain while ensuring that there is no net loss of acreage to the Park or the Wilderness"

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Republican Views on H.R. 2806, "to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to adjust the boundary of the Stephen Mather Wilderness and North Casades National Park in order to allow the rebuilding of a road outside of the floodplain while ensuring that there is no net loss of acreage to the Park or the Wilderness"

Utah Congressional Delegation Expresses Bipartisan Opposition to America’s Red Rock Wilderness Act

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Today, House Natural Resources Ranking Member Doc Hastings joined the entire Utah Congressional delegation in opposing the America's Red Rock Wilderness Act of 2009 (H.R. 1925) – a bill that would lock up 9.5 million acres of land in Utah and block energy development, job creation and public land access.  Of the 146 cosponsors of the bill, not a single one is from the state of…