The pressures placed on these federal lands by Washington bureaucrats does more harm than good in my state of Montana. Domenici's bill would replace the Department of Interior's 1995 plan and revise the schedule of charges for private lessees to graze their livestock on public lands controlled by the BLM and the Forest Service. The bill does not limit the use of federal lands for appropriate multiple use activities in accordance with applicable federal and state laws and the principles of multiple use. This bill also solidifies accessibility to public lands for hunting, fishing, recreational use, and watershed management to Montana's ranchers and sportsmen. I have always fought to maintain and preserve the multiple use of our public lands.
Public lands are just that they belong to the public.
As a result of decreasing the amount of government regulation on Western lands, we actually save taxpayer dollars. This bill makes good sense for everybody livestock owners, sportsmen and even the environmentalists.