His chairmanship of the Senate Interior Appropriations subcommittee, as well as his position on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources committee gives Montanans a strong voice on multiple use issues and wise forest management. I know Conrad will continue to support these values and this heritage industry in our state. Loggers ARE environmentalists. They care about the environment because they make their living from it. And if they do their work responsibly, their children and grandchildren can be loggers as well because timber is a replenishing resource.
Some people seem to forget that.
Forest health is not about clear cuts. Not everyone wants to make a living in an office or in a city. Some of us want to make a living in the great outdoors. And just because we make our living off the land, doesn't mean we don't care about it or worse, that we are out to destroy the land. We too want a clean environment, a place to recreate and hunt and fish and just enjoy nature's beauty.