'All hell is going to break loose,' under Heller wilderness bill, aide says
Republican Sen. Dean Heller is seeking to leverage one-party control of Congress and the White House with an idea for a bill that would block future wilderness designations in Nevada.
Heller, who is running for re-election and considered the most vulnerable Republican in the Senate, says he plans to introduce legislation "within weeks" that would strip protections from potentially dozens of designated wilderness study areas.
A wilderness advocate who has worked with Nevada's federal delegation on conservation legislation called Heller's idea a "radical departure" from prior, bipartisan public lands bills.
Heller chose the partisan approach because he's anticipating political blowback from conservationists and wants the legislation to move while Republicans have control of Congress and the White House, a Heller aide told the Lander County Commission during a Feb. 8 meeting.
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