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Members who Sponsored/Championed Wilderness Legislation or Amendments in 106th or 107th Congress Senate CA Dianne Feinstein (D) sponsored legislation which designated the Otay Mountain Wilderness Area in southern California (PL 106-145). CO Wayne Allard (R) sponsored legislation which designated the Spanish Peaks Wilderness Area in Colorado’s San Isabel National Forest (PL 106-456). CO Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R) sponsored leg-islation which designated the Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness near Grand Junction, Colorado (PL 106-353) and the Gunnison Gorge Wilderness & Expansion of Black Canyon of the Gunnison Wilderness (PL 106-76). Campbell is also the Senate sponsor of legislation to designate the James Peak Wilderness (S. 1711). CT Joseph Lieberman (D) is the sponsor of leg- islation to designate the 1.5 million acre coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as Wilderness (S. 411). Lieberman also helped lead the successful filibuster of amendments to the Senate Energy bill (S. 517) that would have opened the Arctic Refuge to oil drilling. IL Richard Durbin (D) is the sponsor of America’s Red Rock Wilderness (S.786), a bill which would designate more than nine million acres of land managed by the Bureau of Land Management in Utah as Wilderness. Sen. Durbin also sponsored an amendment last year to the Interior Appro-priations bill (H.R. 2217) to prohibit funding for oil and gas drilling and coal mining activities in national monuments. IL Peter Fitzgerald (R) sponsored an amendment in 2000 to the Interior Appropriations bill (H.R. 4578) to cut $30 million from the Forest Service’s timber sales budget and redirect the funds to fighting wildfires on national forests. MA John Kerry (D) helped lead the successful filibuster of amendments to the Senate Energy bill (S. 517) that would have opened the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling. NV Harry Reid (D) championed and co-sponsored legislation (introduced by former Senator Richard Bryan), which created the Black Rock Desert-High Rock Canyon Wilderness and National Conservation Area in Nevada (PL 106-554). Reid also played a key leadership role in efforts to block amendments to the Senate Energy bill (S. 517) that would have opened the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling. SD Tom Daschle (D) led the effort to craft a Senate Energy bill (S. 517) that did not include a provision to allow oil drilling on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and played a key leadership role in efforts to block amendments to the bill that would have opened the Arctic Refuge to drilling. VA John Warner (R) sponsored legislation (along with former Senator Chuck Robb), which designated the Priest & Three Ridges Wilderness Areas in Virginia’s George Washington National Forest (PL 106-471). WI Russ Feingold (D) sponsored legislation to fund a wilderness study and review for Wisconsin’s Apostle Islands National Lakeshore (S. 134). Funds for the wilderness study (which is now underway) were secured by Feingold in the Interior Appropriations Bill in 2000. House of Representatives CA George Miller (D) authored a Dear Colleague letter asking for support and the implementation of the Roadless Area Conservation Policy that was pub- lished in the Federal Register on January 12, 2001. CO Diana DeGette (D) is the sponsor of the Colorado Canyon Wilderness bill (H.R.4468), which would protect nearly 1.6 million acres of land managed by the BLM and adjacent Forest Service land on Colorado’s West Slope. CO Scott McInnis (R) sponsored legislation which designated the Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness near Grand Junction, Colorado (PL 106-353); the Gunnison Gorge Wilderness & Expansion of Black Canyon of the Gunnison Wilderness (PL 106- 76); and the Spanish Peaks Wilderness in Colo-rado’s San Isabel National Forest (PL 106-456). CO Mark Udall (D) is the sponsor of the James Peak Wilderness and Protection Area Act (H.R.1576) and the Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness (H.R. 1380). Udall has also sponsored amendments on the House floor including an amendment last year to protect the wilderness characteristics of the San Rafael Swell area in Utah and an amendment in 2000 to redirect funds in the Interior Appropriations bill from the timber sales program to protect fish and wildlife in national forests. CT Rosa DeLauro (D) is the sponsor of the Alaska Rainforest Conservation Act (H.R. 2908) which would protect more than 14 million acres of public lands in the Tongass and Chugach National Forests as Wilderness or through other protective designations. CT Nancy Johnson (R) is the lead co-sponsor of legislation to designate the 1.5 million acre coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as Wilderness (H.R.770). Johnson also sponsored an amendment last year to strike from the House version of the Energy bill (H.R. 4) a provision to allow oil drilling in the Arctic Refuge. CT Chris Shays (R) is the sponsor of the Northern Rockies Ecosytem Protection Act (H.R.488) that would designate Wilderness areas and wild and scenic river corridors among other things in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming. MA Ed Markey (D) is the lead sponsor of legislation to designate the 1.5 million acre coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as Wilderness (H.R.770). Markey also sponsored an amendment last year to strike from the House version of the Energy bill (H.R. 4) a provision to allow oil drilling in the Arctic Refuge. MD Connie Morella (R) is the lead co-sponsor of the Alaska Rainforest Conservation Act (H.R. 2908) which would protect more than 14 million acres of public lands in the Tongass and Chugach National Forests as Wilderness or through other protective designations. NJ Rush Holt (D) offered a floor amendment to the San Rafael Western Legacy District and National Conservation Act (H.R. 3605) that would have restricted the use of dirt bikes and other off-road vehicles in the wilderness study areas designated within the Conservation Area. NJ Chris Smith (R) was the sponsor of a floor amendment in 2000 to redirect funds in the Interior Appropriations bill from the timber sales program to protect fish and wildlife in national forests. NY Sherwood Boehlert (R) is the co-author of a Dear Colleague letter asking support of the National Forest Roadless Area Act of 2002 which will codify the Roadless Area Conservation Rule that was pub- lished in the Federal Register on January 12, 2001. NY Maurice Hinchey (D) is the sponsor of America’s Red Rock Wilderness Act (H.R.1613), a bill which would designate more than nine million acres of land managed by the Bureau of Land Management in Utah as Wilderness. NY Carolyn Maloney (D) is the lead co-sponsor of the Northern Rockies Ecosytem Protection Act (H.R.488) that would designate Wilderness areas and wild and scenic river corridors among other things in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming. OR Greg Walden (R) sponsored legislation which designated the Steens Mountain Wilderness in Oregon (PL 106-399). The measure, which was crafted and negotiated in the House, created the first ever "cow free" wilderness area. OR Peter DeFazio (D) co-sponsored and champ- ioned legislation which designated the Steens Mountain Wilderness in Oregon (PL 106-399). The measure, which was crafted and negotiated in the House, created the first ever "cow free" wilderness area. OR David Wu (D) was the sponsor of a floor amendment in 2000 to redirect funds in the Interior Appropriations bill from the timber sales program to protect fish and wildlife in national forests. PR Anibal Acevedo-Vila (D) is the sponsor of the Caribbean National Forest Wilderness Act (H.R. 3955) to designate the El Toro Wilderness area in the Caribbean National Forest in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. VA Virgil Goode (I) sponsored legislation, which designated the Priest & Three Ridges Wilderness Areas in Virginia’s George Washington National Forest (PL 106-471). WA Norm Dicks (D) was the sponsor of a floor amendment in 2000 to strike from the Interior Appropriations a provision prohibiting funding for national monuments. WA Jay Inslee (D) sponsored a floor amendment to the San Rafael Western Legacy District and National Conservation Act (H.R. 3605) that would have expanded the boundaries of the proposed National Conservation Area to include all areas in the San Rafael Swell region that qualify for wilderness designation. Inslee is also the co-author of a Dear Colleague letter asking support of the National Forest Roadless Area Act of 2002 which will codify the Roadless Area Conservation Rule that was published in the Federal Register on January 12, 2001. WV Nick Rahall (D) sponsored a floor amendment in 2001 to the Interior Appropriations bill that would protect national monuments from destructive oil drilling and mining activities. |