The Puget Sound has been at the forefront of restoration. A recent report, "Action Agenda: Financing Strategy -- Estimates of Spending Related to Puget Sound," released by the Puget Sound Partnership, shows the complicated funding situation that projects such as this face. According to the report:
The annual Public Interest Environmental Law Conference will be held in Eugene next week, Feb. 26-March 1, and they have postd the schedule on-line at www.pielc.org.
Wildlands CPR will be represented on three panels. If you're going to be at the Conference, stop by and say hi and hear what's the latest with regards to ORVs, road decommissioning funding, and Forest Service travel planning.
The Montana legislature is set to consider two key bills this week. The first, SB383, would require all off-road vehicles (except motorcycles and snowmobiles) to display a full-sized license plate on both the front and back of the vehicle. The second, HB614, would create a new penalty for anyone violating travel restrictions on any of Montanans public lands whether federal or state owned. The penalty would be a maximum of $500 and up to six month in jail.
Wildlands CPR and colleagues around the country have been working feverishly to ensure that some funding for rural green jobs, through watershed restoration would be included in the stimulus bill.
