Outdoor Life magazine has named Montana Senator Jon Tester to its annual list of 25 “men and women who have changed the face of hunting and fishing.”

Tester will appear in the magazine’s November issue. The “politician with a hunter’s heart,” as the magazine calls him, was included for recently introducing the Forest Jobs and Recreation Act, which he wrote with input from Montana loggers, conservationists, hunters, anglers and motor sports enthusiasts who worked together to find common ground on a new plan for managing Montana’s forests, according to a press release from the senator’s office.

“There’s something for everyone, but not enough for a single group to claim victory,” Outdoor Life writes.  “The collaborative agreement is being eyed by conservationists across the nation as a model for resolving similarly intractable issues.”

Tester’s office says “the Forest Jobs and Recreation Act will create jobs and reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfire through timber harvest and restoration activities in the Beaverhead-Deerlodge, Kootenai and Lolo National Forests.  It will also create permanent recreation areas and safeguard some of Montana’s best hunting and fishing spots.”

“Now, thanks to a U.S. senator with a flat-top haircut and a butcher’s build, hunters will be able to access these lands, watersheds will be preserved and unemployed loggers and mill workers will go back to work,” Outdoor Life writes.

Tester introduced the Forest Jobs and Recreation Act in July after holding listening sessions in Montana to seek public input about the legislation.

Click here for more information about the Forest Jobs and Recreation Act.