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"Top news links, courtesy of Mountain West News. Montana senator's Forest bill divides conservation groupsThe \"golden decade of conservation\" predicted by former U.S. Forest Service Chief Jack Ward Thomas in 1997 hasn't completely come to pass, and Montana U.S. Sen. Jon Tester's Forest Jobs and Recreation Act, which is touted as a consensus bill has deeply divided conservation groups in Montana.Great Falls Tribune; Dec. 16\nFederal appeals court lifts emergency ban on horse slaughterhousesThe emergency ban put in place by the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver in November was lifted by that court on Friday, although it will be several months before processing plants in New Mexico and Missouri could begin production, as the underlying litigation in which the emergency ban was put in place is still ongoing.USA Today (AP); Dec. 15"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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