Legislation

Outdoors groups urge Congress to defend Clean Air Act CBU opinion: The story below talks about mercury contamination in our waters, and how the high water runoff will pull mercury off the land scape into the water ways. The only part the do not mention is the high amounts of mercury emissions released during uncontrolled” let it [...]

On June 22nd the House Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands will hold a hearing titled “Opportunities for Outdoor Recreation on Public Lands.” While the final witness list has yet to be released we anticipate that motorized recreation will be represented on the panels.  The Hearing, which will be [...]

Utah, Alaska and Wyoming to pursue wild lands lawsuit Utah officials said Tuesday they will continue to pursue a lawsuit against the federal government over a public lands policy the U.S. Interior Department withdrew last week. Also Tuesday, the governors in Alaska and Wyoming said they won’t withdraw a request to join the lawsuit until [...]

Rehberg, Lummis, Simpson Urge Interior Department to Modify Job-Killing Winter Use Plan for Snowmobiles 05/31/11 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Denny Rehberg (MT-AL), Cynthia Lummis (WY-AL) and Mike Simpson (ID-02) today contacted Interior Secretary Ken Salazar asking for specific modifications to the Interior Department’s Winter Use Plan Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Yellowstone National Park.  All three [...]