<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div>Shame on Senator Tester, Senator Daines, Rep Ryan ZInke and the people on this press release who are undermining America's judicial branch of government and America's public lands and wildlife. </div><div><br>Make no mistake, if you are concerned with what might happen over the next few years in Washington D.C. at the hands of the GOP controlled Congress and President Trump on a host of important issues (not just public lands and environmental issues), you can thank Senator Tester, Senator Daines and the people listed on this press release for opening up the door to Congress and President Trump simply passing laws to overturn important rulings from the U.S. Federal Court System. <br><br></div><div>Please remember the names of the collaborators and hold them accountable for this travesty of justice. <br><br>Thank you.</div><div><br></div><div>- Matthew Koehler</div><div>WildWest Institute </div><div dir="ltr"><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg" style="text-align:center" align="center">
<b class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:times,serif;color:black" class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg">Daines, Tester, Zinke Introduce Legislation to Reverse Disastrous Court Ruling
</span></b><span style="color:black" class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg" style="text-align:center" align="center">
<i class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"><span style="font-family:times,serif;color:black" class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg">Cottonwood Decision Harms Commonsense Forest Management Projects</span></i><span style="color:black" class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg" style="text-align:center" align="center">
<span style="font-family:times,serif;color:black" class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"> </span><span style="color:black" class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"><b class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"><span style="font-family:times,serif;color:black" class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg">U.S. CONGRESS</span></b><span style="font-family:times,serif;color:black" class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"> —U.S. Senators Steve Daines and Jon Tester and U.S. Representative Ryan Zinke today underscored the urgency
in reversing the ruling of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in <i class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg">Cottonwood Environmental Law Center v. U.S. Forest Service</i> by introducing bipartisan bicameral legislation to do just that.
</span><span style="color:black" class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"><span style="font-family:times,serif;color:black" class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"> </span><span style="color:black" class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"><span style="font-family:times,serif;color:black" class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg">The
bill seeks to codify the Obama administration’s position that federal
agencies are not required to consult with the Fish and Wildlife Service
at a programmatic level when new critical
habitat is designated or a new species is listed. </span><span style="color:black" class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"><span style="font-family:times,serif;color:black" class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"> </span><span style="color:black" class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"><b class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"><span style="font-family:times,serif;color:black" class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg">“Congress
needs to take urgent action to reverse the disastrous activist court
ruling for the sake of forest health, recreation, and watershed and
habitat protection,”</span></b><span style="font-family:times,serif;color:black" class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg">
Daines stated. <b class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg">“By seeking a
simple fix and codifying the Obama administration’s own position into
law we can protect Montana jobs and continue with commonsense
collaborative forest management projects that have been harmed by this
court decision.”</b></span><span style="color:black" class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"><b class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"><span style="font-family:times,serif;color:black" class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"> </span></b><span style="color:black" class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"><b class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"><span style="font-family:times,serif;color:black" class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg">“This
bipartisan bill starts the conversation about how to address the
Cottonwood decision, and is the first step in ensuring Montana’s outdoor
economy isn’t crippled by unnecessary
red tape,” </span></b><span style="font-family:times,serif;color:black" class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg">said Tester. <b class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg">“The
Cottonwood decision could not only handcuff responsible timber
projects, but it could also stifle trail maintenance, critical
conservation efforts, and efforts
to increase public access to our favorite hunting and fishing spots.”</b></span><span style="color:black" class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"><b class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"><span style="font-family:times,serif;color:black" class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"> </span></b><span style="color:black" class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"><b class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"><span style="font-family:times,serif;color:black" class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg">“Our
forests are in poor health in part because of activist judges who would
rather see them burn to the ground than properly managed,”
</span></b><span style="font-family:times,serif;color:black" class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg">Zinke stated.<b class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg">
“The legislative fix the senators and I are proposing is simple and
noncontroversial. I see no reason why we cannot reverse this decision as
quickly as possible to protect jobs,
recreation, and habitat.”</b></span><span style="color:black" class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"><b class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"><span style="font-family:times,serif;color:black" class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"> </span></b><span style="color:black" class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"><span style="font-family:times,serif;color:black" class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg">Currently there are conflicting circuit court interpretations in the Ninth (<i class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg">Cottonwood Environmental Law Center v. Forest Service</i>) and Tenth Circuits (<i class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg">Forest Guardians v. Forsgren</i>)
on this matter of wide-ranging import, but the Supreme Court denied the
Department of Justice’s petition to settle the discrepancy.</span><span style="color:black" class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"><b class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"><span style="font-family:times,serif;color:black" class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"> </span></b><span style="color:black" class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"><b class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"><span style="font-family:times,serif;color:black" class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg">Julia Altemus, Montana Wood Products Association:
</span></b><span style="font-family:times,serif;color:black" class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg">“This
disastrous Court ruling could cripple access to wood for Montana's
mills who are already struggling to survive and undermine many
collaborative projects that are already in process. Thank
you to Senator Daines, Senator Tester and Representative Zinke for
working to reverse this job-killing court ruling.”</span><span style="color:black" class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"><b class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"><span style="font-family:times,serif;color:black" class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"> </span></b><span style="color:black" class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"><b class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"><span style="font-family:times,serif;color:black" class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg">Mac Minard, Executive Director Montana Outfitters and Guides Association:
</span></b><span style="font-family:times,serif;color:black" class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg">“Montana’s
outfitters and guides rely on Montana’s treasured landscape and the
management of that asset. The delegations effort to mitigate process
requirements for land managers and allow them
to manage and restore our National Forests is vital to the continued
success of the many small business across Montana that rely on the great
outdoors.”</span><span style="color:black" class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"><b class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"><span style="font-family:times,serif;color:black" class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"> </span></b><span style="color:black" class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"><b class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"><span style="font-family:times,serif;color:black" class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg">Errol Rice, Executive Vice President, Montana Stockgrowers:
</span></b><span style="font-family:times,serif;color:black" class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg">“The
implications that the Cottonwood decision could have on not only forest
management projects in Montana, but also on efforts to improve grazing
or outdoor recreational opportunities are dire.
The Montana Stockgrowers Association thanks Sen. Daines, Sen. Tester
and Representative Zinke for introducing this bill to reverse this
harmful decision and for their efforts on behalf of Montana’s ranchers.”</span><span style="color:black" class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"><b class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"><span style="font-family:times,serif;color:black" class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"> </span></b><span style="color:black" class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"><b class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"><span style="font-family:times,serif;color:black" class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg">Ravalli County Commissioner Greg Chilcott, Coalition of Forested Counties, Montana Association of Counties:
</span></b><span style="font-family:times,serif;color:black" class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg">“The
Ninth Circuit Court’s ruling in Cottonwood Environmental Law Center vs.
U.S. Forest Service, if left to stand, would drastically increase the
regulatory burden on federal agencies and further
delay needed forest management. This bipartisan legislation to reverse
this unnecessary requirement will allow the Forest Service to continue
their important restoration work to increase the health and resiliency
of our national forest lands.”</span><span style="color:black" class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"><b class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"><span style="font-family:times,serif;color:black" class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"> </span></b><span style="color:black" class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"><b class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"><span style="font-family:times,serif;color:black" class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg">Dale Bosworth, Retired Chief of the United States Forest Service:
</span></b><span style="font-family:times,serif;color:black" class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg">“With
a career dedicated to managing the health of our national forests, I
greatly appreciate the delegation’s efforts to reverse a crippling 9th
circuit decision that would further reduce the Forest
Service's capacity to carry out their mission. With robust analysis on
the ground in every project, the Forest Service is held to high
standards in regards to critical habitat and endangered species and
additional regulatory burdens courtesy of the 9th Circuit
court are unwarranted and unnecessary. This legislation will allow the
agency to continue their important work and get more restoration work
done across Montana.”</span><span style="color:black" class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"><b class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"><span style="font-family:times,serif;color:black" class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"> </span></b><span style="color:black" class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"><b class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"><span style="font-family:times,serif;color:black" class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg">David Allen, President & CEO, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation: “</span></b><span style="font-family:times,serif;color:black" class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg">The
Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation applauds Senator Daines,
Senator Tester and Representative Zinke for introducing legislation to
reverse the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Cottonwood v. U.S. Forest
Service decision. The court’s decision will delay management projects on
federal lands that are needed to reduce wildfire
risks, improve forest health and wildlife habitat and enhance
recreational opportunities. The decision encourages endless litigation
to stop projects that have already been evaluated and approved by
federal agencies. We need legislation like this to keep frivolous
lawsuits from delaying and stopping important federal land management
projects.”</span><span style="color:black" class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"><b class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"><span style="font-family:times,serif;color:black" class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"> </span></b><span style="color:black" class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"><b class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"><span style="font-family:times,serif;color:black" class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg">Joel Webster, Director, Center for Western Lands, Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership:
</span></b><span style="font-family:times,serif;color:black" class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg">“TRCP
and, moreover, America’s sportsmen and women are committed to finding
sensible ways of improving our national forests to the point that they
support not only thriving populations of fish and
wildlife, but also our hunting and fishing opportunities. A variety of
factors have slowed the active management of our national forests
dramatically, negatively impacting forest health, including wildlife
populations. Bipartisan legislation authored by Senator
Daines, Senator Tester, and Representative Zinke, which would reverse
the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision in the case of
<i class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg">Cottonwood v. United States Forest Service, </i>addresses
one of the challenges to increasing management and restoration of our
national forests, and we hope that Congress will act on this reasonable
legislation.”</span><span style="color:black" class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"><b class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"><span style="font-family:times,serif;color:black" class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"> </span></b><span style="color:black" class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"><b class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"><span style="font-family:times,serif;color:black" class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg">Doug Ferrell, Board Chairman, The Friends Of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness:
</span></b><span style="font-family:times,serif;color:black" class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg">“The
Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness applauds and supports the work of
Sen. Daines and Tester and Rep. Zinke on bipartisan legislation to
minimize problems and delays from the recent Cottonwood
court decision. Based on our extensive participation in forest
collaborative groups in both Idaho and Montana, we are aware that forest
projects receive rigorous analysis of resource impacts. More layers of
analysis are clearly not needed and would only serve
to add expense and delay.”</span><span style="color:black" class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"><b class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"><span style="font-family:times,serif;color:black" class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"> </span></b><span style="color:black" class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"><b class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"><span style="font-family:times,serif;color:black" class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg">Becky Humphries, Chief Conservation and Operations Officer for the National Wild Turkey Foundation:
</span></b><span style="font-family:times,serif;color:black" class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg">“The
National Wild Turkey Federation strongly supports the efforts of
Senator Daines, Senator Tester and Representative Zinke to reverse the
ninth Circuit decision pertaining to the Endangered Species
Act, Section 7 consultation for an approved National Forest Plan.”</span><span style="color:black" class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"><span style="font-family:times,serif;color:black" class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"> </span><span style="color:black" class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"><span style="color:black" class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"><a href="http://www.daines.senate.gov/download/forestserviceoncottonwood" class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:times,serif" class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg">According to the U.S. Forest Service</span></a></span><span style="font-family:times,serif;color:black" class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg">,
80 vegetation management projects and hundreds of millions of board feet are at risk due to Cottonwood.</span><span style="color:black" class="gmail-m_-6742894163853553778gmail-m_205606531639287684gmail_msg"></span></p>
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