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Paul Richards, a Boulder Montana area businessman, is a former member of the Montana House of Representatives and a former newsman with The Associated Press. In 2006, he was a candidate for the U.S. Senate. Richards’ full testimony before the House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands concerning NREPA is available at: http://tr.im/nrepa
(1 comments) SHARE Friday, May 29, 2009 NREPA – A Homespun Vision for the Northern Rockies
Growing up in Montana, we always heard about "multiple use" for our National Forests. When I was a kid in the 1950s and 1960s, that meant: Hiking, backpacking, wildlife viewing, hunting, grazing, and fishing.
In the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, however, we saw more and more National Forest wildlands converted into single uses: Roads, clearcuts, same-species tree plantations, scars from off-road vehicles, open pit mines...