After a birthday weekend in where I ate way too much, I really can’t digest this piece on Tester’s bill. The main complaints seem to be:
1. Mandated logging
2. Removal of Wilderness Study Areas
3. Dangerous precedent in which local industry takes the reigns of federal land via congress
4. Bill was crafted in secrecy.
I applaud Tester for trying something. I applaud the Montana conservation groups who want to protect wilderness. But I cannot applaud this bill.
