Tuesday, the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing on several bills including the “Montana Headwaters Legacy Act” which would protect 377 miles of rivers in the Custer-Gallatin and Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forests by designating them as wild scenic or recreational. Committee member Steve Daines voiced concern...
Daines Pushing Senate For Expanded Energy Portfolio
According to AAA, the average price of gasoline is now $4.33. In a U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources hearing this week Senator Steve Daines stressed the importance of supporting an all of the above American energy portfolio to lower energy costs and argued current environmental standards are the most stringent of any country.
Senator Daines Pushing For Leases To Continue In Montana
Despite a federal judge striking down a Biden administration moratorium on oil and gas leases last year the Bureau of Land Management has yet to resume them in Montana. At a U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing this week Senator Steve Daines said there is no reason for this
Senator Daines Highlights Concerns With Interior Department’s Role In 30×30 Plan
The Biden Administrations 30×30 plan to conserve 30% of U.S. land use has been welcomed by the environmental community while landowners, producers and other groups believe it would be federal overreach. During a recent Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing Senator Steve Daines highlighted a recent push to the Department of Interi...
St. Mary’s Milk River And Other Projects Receive Infrastructure Funding
More than $300 million was approved Wednesday for Montana water projects by members of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee from the U.S. Senate’s $1.2 trillion infrastructure package. The St. Mary’s Milk River Project is set to receive $100 million of the funds. In addition there is $211 million for three potable wate...