Idaho Wilderness Hearings

Statement:

WORKERS LOCAL NO. 1117 Dopp. Mr. Thank you, Senator. I am Jay Dopp and I represent Lumber Production industrial Workers Local 1117 in St. Anthony, Idaho. We support Federal legislation to resolve the wilderness issue in Idaho. We definitely are in favor of immediate congressional action to settle the Idaho wilderness issue once and for all. We feel that this issue has been dragged on far too long now for anyone's good. We also feel that there is far too much land in these roadless study areas that are being considered for wilderness. In fact, many of these areas that are set aside for study really don't have any unique or rare quality that would or should place them into a wil derness category. There are some areas, however, in the study that are truly beautiful wilderness, and we do not want to see them dis turbed. We are all environmentalists in a sense, but we must use commonsense when it comes to determining what should be placed into wilderness and what should be placed into multiple use. So let's get these issues settled. Get the wilderness that is wilderness set aside where it belongs and the rest put back into multiple use and man aged properly. If we just try to work together a little harder, I am sure this issue can be settled in a way that is satisfactory to every one. Thank you.