Idaho Wilderness Hearings

Statement:

Mr. Logsdon. Senator McClure, I'm Henry Logsdon. I live in Cataldo, Idaho. I moved from Indiana which used to be a great forest at one time and covered most of the States east of the Mississippi. But right now it's nothing. It grows forests of corn. They chopped down all the trees and made it an agricultural area. For that reason, I moved out to Idaho because Idaho has a great amount of forested land. And I really enjoy working in the forest. I thought I'd come out to Idaho. I want to make the point that I do—I'd like to see Long Canyon be included into the wilderness system. But that's said many times here. 297 I'd also like to talk about the Mallard-Larkin area. And it seems like not too many people have talked to you too much about that. Mallard-Larkins is one area that I have backpacked in numerous times. I've camped on Heart Lake. I've seen quite a few goats, wildlife there. We saw a couple black bear in there. And I want to make a recommendation that the Forest Service proceed with land swaps or land exchange with Burlington Northern land to the north of there and Canyon Creek so that Mallard-Larkin can be increased in size from a pioneer area to a wilderness area much larger than the pioneer area is now. I firmly believe that the Minnesaka Creek should be included for wildlife habitat since this is—a multiple use wilderness has been found to be compatible with the Multiple Use Act of 1964. And I firmly believe that the more wilderness Idaho has, the more multiple uses its citizens will be able to gain from it. Thank you.