Statement:
Mr. Hentzen. Thank you, Senator. The last speaker was so elo quent that I guess I'll cut this a little short. I don't use wilderness areas very frequently, always seem to be too busy. However, I'm an agricultural engineer, and I'm training in the wise use of natural resources, at least in terms of agricultural production. And I urge you to include most of the remaining roadless areas in the wilder ness system because I think that that's really the best use of these areas. The erosion effects I am familiar with from study in the classroom and observing in the field can destroy the fishery habi tats, and these are in the most part very fragile areas. Really, keeping it roadless, keeping it as wilderness, is not really a change; it's just keeping it in its present undisturbed state. So, really, in conclusion, I urge you to consider the long-term future and keep Idaho a great place to live and also to visit for our tour ists. Keep our streams clear and unpolluted and our wildlife habi tat sufficient and, of course, that, I think, would keep the voters happy. I really request that you support proposal 4 on your question naire that you mailed out.
"Hentzen, Richard D.", Idaho Wilderness Hearings, Center for Digital Inquiry and Learning (CDIL), University of Idaho Library, https://cdil.lib.uidaho.edu/wilderness-hearings/items/aug-11-1983-hentzen-richard-d.html