Idaho Wilderness Hearings

Statement:

OROFINO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Mr. Lambrecht. Thank you, Mr. Senator. I'm Marvin Lambrecht. And I'm the vice president of the Orofino Chamber of Commerce. The Orofino Chamber of Commerce, quite naturally, is interested in current, future, economic future of Orofino and Clearwater Counties. In our deliberations, we looked at the two major income producers of the Orofino area; that would be the forest products and tourism. Tourism primarily in the form of recreation, hunting fishing, packing, et cetera. The Orofino Chamber of Commerce has gone on record to urge you to resolve the wilderness area to Federal legislation. Second, we urge you in resolving this issue to closely look at the needs of both our forest industry and our recreation industry. 720 Thank you, Mr. Senator.