by Web Editor | Jun 5, 2017 | News, News/PR
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue was in Great Falls Thursday for an “agriculture summit” hosted by Senator Steve Daines. Perdue promised big changes at the U.S. Forest Service, which his department oversees. Former Georgia Governor Sunny Perdue has only been...
by Web Editor | Oct 10, 2016 | News, News/PR
Two western senators urged members of the conference committee negotiating a comprehensive energy package to move quickly because their states have been devastated by this year’s wildfire season. Sens. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and Steve Daines, D-Mont., sent...
by Web Editor | Sep 19, 2016 | News, News/PR
State foresters would have more ways to help manage federal and private forests under a bipartisan proposal authored by senators Steve Daines and Amy Klobuchar. Daines, R-Mont., and Klobuchar, D-Minn., introduced the Environmental and Economic Benefits Restoration Act...
by Web Editor | Sep 30, 2013 | News, News/PR
Politics aside, a logging bill now halfway through Congress would transform the Montana logging industry from a trickle to a torrent. The Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities Act envisions a six-fold increase in timber harvest from Montana’s nine national...