Boulder-White Clouds wilderness bill gets hearing

PUBLIC LANDS — Wilderness politics in Idaho is a fascinating process to watch:

House committee hears testimony on Idaho wilderness bill
At the House Resources Committee’s subcommittee on Public Lands hearing on Idaho Rep. Mike Simpson’s proposed wilderness bill for lands in the Boulder-White Cloud mountains, Simpson’s colleague, Rep. Raul Labrador, said he believed that the public support for the wilderness bill was more likely opposition to the proposal that President Obama could designate the area a national monument.
—Idaho Statesman