Statement:
Mr. Pitman. Senator McClure, it's been quite a while, and I'm in support of the ICL. We the people of this beautifully blessed and richly endowed State of Idaho should guard our rich heritage. Yes, the virgin beauty of this State, its wildlife in abundance of a large prospering domain. If we allow big business and other selfish concerns as the timber and mining sanctions to plunber desires at will, we shall no longer be a strong member of this country, plundering — yes, raped — of every desirous faction that most concerns Idahoans hold dear. Yes, if we are not alert, our beautiful State and many of its at tributes may become nothing more than memories of a not too dis tant past. I support the Endangered Idaho Wilderness Core.
"Pitman, Chris", Idaho Wilderness Hearings, Center for Digital Inquiry and Learning (CDIL), University of Idaho Library, https://cdil.lib.uidaho.edu/wilderness-hearings/items/aug-09-1983-pitman-chris.html