Tester holds, sets open houses on his forest bill

Tim Leeds Havre Daily News [email protected]@havredailynews.com

U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., is holding a series of open houses across the state to explain and collect input on a bill he has proposed to expand both logging and wilderness in Montana. Tester held an open house in Dillon Saturday to discuss the Forest Jobs and Recreation Act, which he has sponsored in the U.S. Senate, and another open house was scheduled this morning in Bozeman. Tester said during a press conference Thursday that he crafted the bill after gathering extensive comments from Montanans about what is n...