HR 232: States to acquire NFS lands for timber, mining, ...

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Rand Man
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HR 232: States to acquire NFS lands for timber, mining, ...

Post by Rand Man » February 2nd, 2017, 3:26 pm

On Jan 3rd, 2017, Rep Don Young, a 21-term representative for Alaska in the House, introduced HR 232 "State National Forest Management Act of 2017".

Young previously introduced the same bill, HR 3650, which ended up approved by the House Natural Resources committee vote of 23-15 (Zinke voted against), but saw no further action in the 114th.

Wilderness Society:
[HR 3650] authorize states to seize millions of acres of national forest land from the U.S. Forest Service and prioritize those lands for logging. This bill would circumvent bedrock environmental laws and effectively take a great, wild national resource--forests prized for wildlife habitat, clean water and outdoor recreation, among many other values--and treat it as merely a means to clear cut more trees for lumber.

More at:
http://wilderness.org/blog/house-consid ... over-bills
This year:

HR 232 - State National Forest Management Act of 2017
https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-con ... -bill/232/

Previously:

HR 3650 - State National Forest Management Act of 2015
https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-con ... -bill/3650

HR 3294 - State-Run Federal Lands Act
https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-con ... -bill/3294


Additional:

Committee vote on HR 3650:
http://naturalresources.house.gov/Uploa ... R_3650.pdf

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