While Senator Jon Testor of Montana is not someone that I regularly line up with as it relates to carnivore and wildlands restoration issues, I will join MONTANA WILDERNESS in supporting the Montana Lands Act that for the first time will preserve some of the YAAK,,,,,,,located in Northern Montana, some of the most intact ecosytems remaining in the USA where the entire suite of Pre-Columbian Carnivores still clings to life making a living..............Let us get this bill passed ASAP!

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From: Montana Wilderness Association <mwa@wildmontana.org>
Date: Fri, May 27, 2011 at 4:01 PM
Subject: A rancher, a logger and a farmer all say YES to Wilderness
To: rick.meril@gmail.com

Senator Jon Tester's Forest Jobs and Recreation Act received rave reviews in Washington D.C. on Wednesday    Senate hearing video - (6 minute) highlights     "It's a heck of a deal.. it provides infrastructure not only for timber harvests, but also recreation, local economies and outfitters ......I think overall, you couldn't have done a better job,"   Wally Congdon, Montana Cattlemen's Association    "By performing needed restoration work, preserving our high mountain backcountries, guaranteeing recreational opportunities, protecting our clean water, hunting, fishing, grazing for livestock, protecting our communities from catastrophic wildfires, while preserving the wood products infrastructure that still remains. We see this as a win-win for all Americans who believe in the wise use of our national forests."  Sherm Anderson Sun Mountain Lumber Co. President     "The bill will bring important jobs to Montana. It will allow significant mechanical and restoration work to be done. And it will bring new land into our national wilderness systems." Harris Sherman, Undersecretary for Natural Resources and Environment, Department of Agriculture   Add your comments today!      Please submit your testimony to the official hearing record by June 8th Talk about places that are important to you and your family and why you want them to be protected forever!   E-mail your testimony to:    allison_seyferth@energy.senate.gov                 For more information on the bill, click here      Keeping the great in Montana's Great Divide   Passage of the Forest Jobs and Recreation Act will forever protect wilderness along 500 miles of the Continental Divide:    Centennial Mountains Wilderness  Lima Peaks Wilderness Italian Peaks Wilderness West Big Hole Wilderness and Recreation Area Expansion of Anaconda-Pintler Wilderness Humbug Spires Wilderness   Highlands Wilderness and Special Management Area Electric Peak Wilderness and Thunderbolt Creek Recreation Area   Protect Montana's Shining Mountains Passage will forever protect great snow-capped ranges of Southwest Montana:  Snowcrest Wilderness East Pioneers Wilderness West Pioneers Wilderness and Recreation Area Tobacco Roots Recreation Area Dolus Lakes (Flints) Wilderness Stony Mountain and Quigg Peak Wilderness Ruby Mountains Wilderness Sapphires Wilderness   Grow Montana's  Legends   Passage will expand five legendary Montana wilderness areas Lee Metcalf Wilderness Mission Mountains Wilderness Bob Marshall Wilderness Scapegoat Wilderness Anaconda-Pintler Wilderness   The Wild Yaak Passage  will protect wild lands and wilderness-for the first time-in northwest Montana's lush Yaak River Valley with the Roderick Wilderness and Three Rivers Special Management Area

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