Idaho Wilderness Hearings

Statement:

Ms. Erdmanczyk. Hello, Senator. My name is Mary Erdmanczyk, and I am an avid wilderness supporter and believe in the Endan gered Wilderness Core. I am opposed to the hard release language. I believe in soft release because any land that is excluded from this bill and opened for multiple use I support soft release because any land that is excluded from this bill and opened for multiple use that remains roadless to be protected as wilderness during the planning phase of the next forest planning cycle and not left open for multiple use. I work in the medical field, caring for the elderly. and this is just a personal opinion of mine. Every day I work I am faced with the fact that life as an active, caring individual, is only a privilege granted for too short a time. Our wildlands were given to us to enjoy while we have our stay in this world. Their time is and has continued to endure longer than we all are allotted. I see the end of life, on an all too regular basis, and roads, mining and logging are the beginning of the end. I don't wish anyone here to have to endure a slow, emotional death. Our endangered wilderness deserves no less. They deserve the right to pass away on their own. Thank you.