Idaho Wilderness Hearings

Statement:

Ms. Gundersen. Thank you, Senator, for the opportunity to tell you a little bit about my concerns. I did live, Senator Symms, back in the days before electricity, be lieve it or not. I moved over from Oregon in 1949, and have lived here ever I am a public school teacher, and I teach a course on the American West, and I have long been concerned about preserving the best that we have in this State. Economic pressures and any pressures, which could result in opening of wilderness lands for so-called multiple use should be carefully considered. Too much is at stake: Loss of living space for wildlife, impairment, and loss of watersheds, loss of pristine forests, et cetera. And worst of all, lost of a legacy, loss of the way it was when the land lay without the heavy hand of conflicting human in terests which refuse to learn about stewardship. Preserve the bulk of the land in Idaho that remains public for this generation and for those who may follow. Thank you. since. 567