WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Sen. Steve Daines issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Steve Daines today spoke with Jon Raby, the Nevada State Director for the Bureau of Land Management, and Christopher French, Associate Chief of the U.S. Forest Service, in a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing. They discussed his "Montana Sportsmen Conservation Act" to resolve Wilderness Study Areas (WSAs) in Montana, improving access for recreation, wildlife management, and grazing.
Daines' opening remarks:
Thank you, Chairman Barrasso and Ranking Member Cortez Masto, for holding this hearing. Included in today's agenda is one of my bills, the Montana Sportsmen Conservation Act. As a fifth generation Montanan and an avid outdoorsm...