Idaho Wilderness Hearings

Statement:

Ms. Pierce. To give backpackers a place to go so they can face nature is a poor reason to declare an areas wilderness. To give motorcycles a place to roar around is a poor reason to declare an area not suitable for wilderness. If the beings most effected by the out comes of these hearings could be here, you would have thousands of natives Idahoans lined up outside ready to give their speech. The elk and the wolves and caribou and mountain lions and eagles and grizzly bears and trout and wolverines and all the others who live in the places under discussion would testify that it's about time their needs were taken into consideration. After it's all said and done, while you were tallying up the total acres that will not become wilderness, don't forget to also tally up the elk fawns that will not be born as a result. Thank you.