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<div>Tester's essentially a good man who's let himself be led into a
political trap. It might be instructive to know who he's used as
his sources for the alternative facts he so unfortunately
quoted.</div>
<div>Lance</div>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font size="+3"><b>Alternative facts from
Tester and Daines</b></font><br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><a
href=
"http://helenair.com/news/opinion/guest/alternative-facts-from-tester-and-daines/article_f1307717-611f-5c30-a8da-62ebccd6262a.html"><span
></span
>http://helenair.com/news/opinion/guest/alternative-facts-from-tester<span
></span>-and-daines/article_f1307717-611f-5c30-a8da-62ebccd6262a.html</a
><br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>The February 25, 2015 Washington Post
gave Senator Tester four Pinocchios, the paper's highest rating for
politicians misrepresenting the truth, when Tester asserted that
"every logging sale" in the state was "under litigation" and
"nearly half of the awarded timber volume in Fiscal Year 2014 is
currently under litigation."<br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>The Post's renowned Fact Checker, Glenn
Kessler, found instead that "in 2014, the Forest Service's
Northern Region, which includes Montana, met its timber harvest goal
for the first time in over 14 years. The region harvested 280 million
board feet - enough to build nearly 10,000 homes." Kessler added:
"Given that Tester is the senior senator from Montana, his comments
on litigation in Montana's national forests are embarrassingly
wrong. In both statements, he was wildly off the mark. He needs to
brush up on his facts - and his math - before he opines again on
the subject."<br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>The Forest Service also met its timber
harvest target again in 2015. I have not seen the amount of logging
reported yet for 2016, but the Great Falls Tribune reported in
February: "Logging in Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest best in
decades."<br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>Unfortunately for Montanans, Tester
didn't take Kessler's advice and instead decided to emulate
President Trump and douse us with "alternative facts." In a press
release, Tester, joined by Senator Daines, the National Wildlife
Federation, Trout Unlimited, and a dozen logging and ranching groups,
claimed that environmentalists have shut down logging not just in
Montana but across the West.<br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>As the IR reported from Tester's and
Daines' press release: "The Forest Service estimates 80 forest
projects are on hold because of legal challenges based on the
Cottonwood decision in Regions 1, 2 and 4. Region 1 challenges include
the East Reservoir Restoration Project in the Kootenai National Forest
and the Colt-Summit Restoration and Fuels Reduction Project in the
Lolo National Forest."<br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>But once again the truth, not Tester and
Daines' "alternative facts," tells a different story. A total of
four logging projects in lynx critical habitat are on hold over
concerns for lynx critical habitat - which is a long ways from the
80 projects the senators claim. These are the East Reservoir Timber
sale in the Kootenai National Forest, and the Bozeman Watershed, East
Boulder, and Greater Red Lodge timber sales in the Custer-Gallatin
National Forest.<br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>The Forest Service proposed clearcutting
over 5,000 acres and bulldozing over 41 miles of new logging roads in
lynx critical habitat with just these four timber sales, which is why
they were challenged in court. The harsh reality, undeniably proven by
all the best available science, is that more logging leads to less
lynx. If we're going to protect critical habitat and actually
recover lynx as required by the Endangered Species Act, it's time to
say no more road building and clearcuts in lynx critical habitat.<br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>Furthermore, the Ninth Circuit Court of
Appeals only ordered clearcutting to be stopped in lynx critical
habitat in Region One, not in Regions Four and Two as Tester and
Daines claim. Our senators also fail to mention that the Forest
Service already re-initiated consultation with the Fish and Wildlife
Service last November to comply with the Court Order, and assured the
Court it would be done in a few months, thus completely mooting
Tester's and Daines' "the sky is falling" scare
tactic.</blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>Montanans deserve facts on public policy
issues, not D.C. lies. That means Pinocchio Senators Tester and Daines
must stop deceiving Montanans with their "alternative facts" and
start telling the truth.<br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><i><br>
Mike Garrity is the executive director of the Alliance for the Wild
Rockies and a fifth generation Montanan.</i><br>
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<blockquote>For Immediate Release, March 15, 2017<br>
<br>
Contact: Jamie Pang, <a href="tel:(202)%20347-3737">(202)
347-3737</a>, <a
href="mailto:jpang@biologicaldiversity.org"
>jpang@biologicaldiversity.org</a><br>
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<blockquote>Senators Daines, Tester Introduce Bill Weakening
Protections for Endangered Species<br>
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<blockquote><i>Another Attempt to Overrule Courts and Slow
Landscape-level Protections for Species</i><br>
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<blockquote>WASHINGTON- A proposed bill in Congress would reverse a
9th Circuit Court of Appeals decision from 2015 that required agency
re-consultation for federal management plans regarding endangered
species. The bill was introduced Monday by Montana senators Steve
Daines, a Republican, and Jon Tester, a Democrat, joined by Rep. Mike
Simpson (R-Idaho) and Rep. Collin Peterson (D-Minn.).<br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>The ''Litigation Relief for Forest Management Projects
Act'' would exempt the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land
Management from consulting with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and
the National Marine Fisheries Service over already approved
land-management plans when new species are protected as endangered or
new critical habitat is designated. Such consultations help ensure
that newly protected species are not jeopardized by ongoing
management. <a
href=
"https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2015/12/14/this-study-just-undermined-a-huge-myth-about-the-endangered-species-act/?utm_term=.d63e3a00016f"><span
></span>Astudy from 2015</a> showed that not a single industry
project was halted as a result of Section 7 Consultation.<br>
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<blockquote>"This bill is just another cynical attack to weaken a
key provision of the Endangered Species Act," said Kierán
Suckling, executive director of the Center for Biological Diversity.
"We're deeply disappointed to see Senator Tester and Representative
Peterson once again joining Republican efforts to undermine the
Endangered Species Act. Federal land-management agencies can -
and <i>should</i> - make needed updates to plans when new
species are protected."<br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>The 9th Circuit held in the 2015 <i>Cottonwood
Environmental Law Center v. U.S. Forest Service</i>case that the
Forest Service had violated the Endangered Species Act when it failed
to reinitiate consultation for a logging plan after critical habitat
on federal lands was designated for the Canada lynx. The court also,
however, held that mere procedural violations were no longer enough to
show irreparable harm and warrant injunctive relief, meaning that such
consultations are not a major impediment to completing projects with
little harm to endangered species. The Forest Service has also already
completed or is near completing consultations over the lynx, as
required by the court, calling into question the need for this
legislation.<br>
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<blockquote>"The Forest Service and BLM typically have years of
notice before species or habitat receive protection and have become
more proficient at working with the wildlife agencies to ensure that
endangered wildlife aren't negatively impacted by logging, mining
and other activities," said Suckling. "There is just no need for
this legislation."<br>
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<blockquote><i>The Center for Biological Diversity is a national,
nonprofit conservation organization with more than 1.2 million members
and online activists dedicated to the protection of endangered species
and wild places.<br>
<br>
SOURCE: </i><a
href=
"http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2017/endangered-species-03-15-2017.php"><i><span
></span
>http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2017/endanger<span
></span>ed-species-03-15-2017.php</i><br>
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