Summary
To qualify for Baucus' "forestry Bond" program, the woodsy parcels must be adjacent to U.S. Forest Service lands, must be at last 40,000 acres in size, and must be covered by a native fish conservation plan approved by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. With an 81-15 Senate vote, and a 318-106 House approval, the farm bill appears to have far more than the two-thirds majority support needed to overcome a presidential veto.
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Farm Bill Includes Land Sale Provision
Montana could purchase vast forested swaths of Plum Creek Timber Co. land, valued at hundreds of millions of dollars, under a little-known provision tucked into the nation's farm bill.
That $307 billion piece of legislation passed through the Senate-on Thursday, after clearing the House a day before.Congressional critics ca...See the full content of this document
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