Senate Committee endorses Rocky Mountain Heritage Act
The U-S Senate Energy and Natural Resources committee this morning unanimously endorsed the Rocky Mountain Heritage Act. The measure was introduced by Senator Max Baucus of Montana who is a Sr. member of the committee. The Committee is made up of 12 Democrats and 10 Republicans who unanimously approved the measure on a voice vote.
The Heritage Act will create 67-thousand acres of new Wilderness in the Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex west of Choteau and Augusta. It will also create 208-thousand acres of a conservation management area which will limit road building.
The Act will now be scheduled to be heard by the full Senate and then would have to move on to the U-S House where Montana Representative Steve Daines hasn't taken a position on the controversial measure.
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