Good afternoon, everyone. The subcommittee will come to order. T purpose of todays hearing is to receive testimony on 15 bills pending before the pin lands, are forest and mining subcommittee. Because of the large number of bills on todays agenda, i wont go through all of them right now, but the complete agenda will of course be included in the record. I want to note that we have a former member of our committee here, former senator mary landrieu, and we have members who will be joining us shortly who have another Committee Assignment at the moment and others who will be joining us telephonically. I also want to begin by recognizing the staggering loss of life that has occurred embedded within what has shaped up to be a really horrific wildfire season. More than 36 people have perished in infernos raging throughout the western United States this year, dozens more are missing. In oregon, my colleague senator widens home state, thousands have lost their homes and over half a Million Peop
Works subcommittee will address options to address the wild fires and Forest Management. This includes testimony from an interior Deputy Department official and deputy chief of the u. S. Forest service. Good afternoon, everyone. This subcommittee will come to t order. The purpose of todays hearing is to receiveands testimony on i bills pending beforece the publo lands force and mining subcommittee. Because of the large number of t bills onhe todays c agenda, it going to go through all of them right now. But the complete agenda will, of course, be included in the record. I want to note at the outset weve got a former member of our committee here, former senator from louisiana, longtime member of the senate and this committee is in the back. Weve got members who will be at t who have tly another Committee Assignment at the i moment. E. We have others who will be d eme joining us dtelephonically. As i want to recognize the staggering loss of life that has occurred embedded within what has
Man in the american west, most of the land is public land. Its owned by all of us. This is nonowhere more true in e lower 48 thahan in nevada, where close to 90 of the land is owned by the federal government. Its owned by us. Chisisholm partrticularly in nevada, so many people are oriented t to spendingng time on public lands, whether you hunt, you fish, you just enjoy it casually, you horsebackride, youre a rancher, youre a miner, youre a farmer. Whoever you are, you spend time out on your public lands, and its an amazing part of our legacy, and its something that really distinguishes the United States, distinguishes nevada as a great, great place to live. Baca one of thehe beauties of nevada is that we have thesese millions and milillions of a acs ofof public lands, but sometimes thisis can lead d to conflicts,s you have g generations of people who come throuough and engage eh ththe land in different ways. Br [applause] nancy pelosi today we unveil a portrait of one of the greatest l
Mining and ranching interests. Tv reporter the town of ely cod experience the most impacts from the gat basin naonal park. My resides lieve thathe parks popularity could spill over into ely and rejuvenate an otherwise dormant economy. Christensen when he heard that there was support for a national park, he saw a solution. Reid i was willing to compromise significantly. Laxalt didnt kill it. Im sure he uld have, buhe didnt. Because of him, i made it smalr than it should have been, and i also allowed grazing ont. Cows d sheep uld graze there. I got it passed, and so there was talk about the seetary of agriculture at that time. Was recommending to president reagan to veto that. Ronald reagan democrats and republicans must join together not to do whats easy, but to do what is right. Reid so i called william penn mott, the director of park service, and i said, mr. Mott, theres talk about vetoing my park. How do you feel about it . He said, i, as a young park ranger, was asked by one of the
This two and a half hour hearing included testimony from an interior Department Official and deputy chief of the u. S. Forest service. Receive testimony on 15 bills pending before the public lands Forest Service and mining subcommittee. Because of the large number of bills on todays agenda, im not going to go through all of them right now, but the complete agenda will of course be included in the record. I want to know they have a former member of the committee here, senator landrieu with us in the back and weve got members who will be joining us shortly have another Committee Assignments at the moment. We have others who will be joining us by telephone i believe. I also want to begin by recognizing that a staggering loss of life that has occurred and embed it within what has shaped up to be a really horrific wildfire season. More than 36 people have perished in the inferno is raging over it towards the westn United States. Dozens more are missing. In oregon, my colleague, senator wyde