Building on Sen. Tester Bill, Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness Receives Permanent Protection as Public Lands
June 29, 2024
June 29, 2024
WASHINGTON, June 29 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, issued the following news release on June 28, 2024:
U.S. Senator Jon Tester today celebrated the completion of the second phase of the Absaroka-Beartooth Gateway acquisition project by Custer Gallatin National Forest, in partnership with the Greater Yellowstone Coalition (GYC). This project was made possible by the Senator's Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act, which permanently withdraws federal mineral rights on roughly 30,000 acre . . .
U.S. Senator Jon Tester today celebrated the completion of the second phase of the Absaroka-Beartooth Gateway acquisition project by Custer Gallatin National Forest, in partnership with the Greater Yellowstone Coalition (GYC). This project was made possible by the Senator's Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act, which permanently withdraws federal mineral rights on roughly 30,000 acre . . .