Legislation

Congressman McCarthy Highlights Wilderness & Roadless Area Release Act of 2011 Congressman Kevin McCarthy today highlighted H.R. 1581, legislation he introduced to increase access to public lands for all Americans. The Wilderness and Roadless Area Release Act of 2011 would release approximately 43 million acres of Wilderness Study Areas (WSAs) and Inventoried Roadless Areas (IRAs) [...]

Citizens for Balanced Use S1470 is now S268      Senator Tester has returned with his wilderness bill. formally S1470  Under the new number of S268, Senator Tester is continuing to pay back his environmental friends with another 1,035,307 acres of proposed wilderness and restricted land located mostly in the Beaverhead Deerlodge National Forest.   His new bill [...]

H.B. 309 CBU believes this bill will clarify private property of man made ditches for agriculture and does nothing to adversely affect the current Stream Access law.  Several years ago CBU testified and were able to add the 2 most important amendments to the original Stream Access bill. 1. Of the over 1200 stream access points across the state. [...]

Press Release Subcommittee Chairman John Fleming Questions Superfluous Spending and Increased Land Acquisition in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service FY 2012 Budget Request     WASHINGTON, D.C., March 2, 2011 - Today, the House Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular Affairs held an oversight hearing on the FY 2012 budget request for the U.S. [...]