[Vision2020] HR 3855

[Pat Kraut]

Ah! And here it is...if the environmentalists would let logging happen we
might not even be talking about selling the land. We might consider indeed
what will happen if the land is sold to private individuals. Ski resorts and
other things that draw a lot of people and take up resources. Most of us in
Idaho are reluctant to go that far...too many people coming into the area.
Too many changes in our resources and I am against it but if it is private
land what say do we have?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don Coombs" <mushroom at moscow.com>
To: "'Moscow Vision 2020'" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2006 3:25 PM
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] HR 3855




Tom Hansen wrote:
  I am all in favor of keeping public lands public.
>
> Once these forest lands are auctioned off to private interests, a mortal
> person's imagination will not even be able to conceive the size of the
next
> WalMart Super Center in Idaho.
>
> I strongly support Idaho BLM acquiring these lands.  The lands will remain
> environmentally managed and Idaho realizes revenue in the process.

I assume you mean IDL (Idaho Department of Lands)
rather than Idaho BLM. (The Bureau of Land Management
is, of course, a federal agency.)

Under IDL, the lands will not exactly be
environmentally managed. The state consitution requires
IDL to manage with only timber revenue in mind, and
yes, that revenue does go to schools. But there is a
huge difference between managing for multi-use
(including recreation) and just cutting everything
cuttable.

Some of the most egregious land management in the past
century is a result of IDL decisions.

Don Coombs

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