A history runs through it: Zinke public lands bill follows long trail

Two decades of Wilderness debate took an unexpected turn on Sept. 9 when Montana Republican Rep. Ryan Zinke announced a bill creating 132,000 acres of new wilderness alongside 181,000 acres of forest restoration areas and 60,000 acres where motorized and bike recreation activity would be permanently authorized. Can Zinke get the bill through Congress before the end of the year? The post A history runs through it: Zinke public lands bill follows long trail appeared first on Montana Free Press.