Statement:
Ms. Norell. Good morning, Senator. My name is Teri Norell and areas. The Boise National Forest is a good example of areas that were missed during RARE II. How can an area be classified as wilder ness or nonwilderness without first knowing what it has to offer? Conservation groups and concerned citizens have spent this past summer diligently working at collecting current information on roadless areas to determine their wilderness and nonwilderness values. The research these groups are doing entail looking into the eco nomics, wildlife characteristics, mining activities, logging potential, watershed quality, grazing activities, and recreational uses in this area in hopes of coming up with a concise idea of how these areas should be classified. Because of the October deadline for presenting a proposal, the conservation groups are limited in the number of areas they can thoroughly research. It seems the time factor has become more im portant than the areas themselves.
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