Senate committee sends Simpson wilderness bill to the floor

The U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee voted Thursday to send Idaho Republican Rep. Mike Simpson's Boulder-White Clouds wilderness bill to the Senate floor. The committee approved the bill, part of a package of bills, by unanimous consent. The fate of the bill remains unclear.  The House of Representatives Monday voted for the bill, which would designate 275,665 acres in three separate areas: the Hemingway-Boulders Wilderness, the White Clouds Wilderness and the Jim McClure-Jerry Peak Wilderness...more

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