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Conservationists: Senator Jon Tester will bring Montana first new wilderness designation in decades

Wilderness advocates and key officials say Sen. Jon Tester’s office http://tester.senate.gov/ has plans to bring Montana its first new wilderness designation since the 1980s.

But Tester’s office is keeping details quiet, just saying that anyone interested in how forests are managed should contact the senator.

Congress voted earlier this year to set aside more than 2 million acres in nine states as protected wilderness, from California’s Sierra Nevada mountains to the Jefferson National Forest in Virginia. Montana was not included in those designations.

Full Story: http://missoulian.com/articles/2009/07/04/bnews/br63.txt

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