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99 CIS H 65130
TITLE: Field Hearing
on the Targhee National Forest
CIS-NO: 99-H651-30
SOURCE: Committee on Resources. House
DOC-TYPE: Hearing Retrieve
the full text of testimony
DATE: Feb. 13, 1999
LENGTH:
iv+160 p.
CONG-SESS: 106-1
ITEM-NO: 1023-A; 1023-B
SUDOC: Y4.R31/3:106-8
MC-ENTRY-NO: 99-15034
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DOCUMENT ON DEMAND: 1-800-227-2477 (Full Text Reproductions)
SUMMARY:
Committee Serial No. 106-8. Hearing in
Rexburg, Idaho, before the Subcom on Forests and Forest Health
to examine implementation of Forest Service Targhee
National Forest (NF) motorized road and travel
management plan in Idaho, focusing on road restriction and
closure requirements.
Purpose of road closures
and restrictions is to protect and restore grizzly bear habitats.
Supplementary material (p. 75-160) includes witnesses' written statements
and a submitted statement.
CONTENT-NOTATION: Targhee
Natl Forest road mgmt plan implementation
DESCRIPTORS:
SUBCOM ON
FORESTS AND FOREST HEALTH. HOUSE; TARGHEE
NATIONAL FOREST; WILDLIFE AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION; HIGHWAYS;
TRANSPORTATION REGULATION; BEARS; REXBURG, IDAHO; FOREST
SERVICE; IDAHO
99-H651-30 TESTIMONY NO: 1 Feb. 13,
1999 p. 3-7
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
CRAIG, LARRY E. (Sen, R-Idaho)
CRAPO, MICHAEL D. (Sen, R-Idaho)
STATEMENTS:
Views on Forest Service
Targhee NF management plan.
CONTENT NOTATION:
Targhee Natl Forest road mgmt plan
implementation
99-H651-30 TESTIMONY NO: 2
Feb. 13, 1999 p. 9-21, 75-86
WITNESSES (and
witness notations):
HAWKINS, STAN (State Senator, Idaho)
GERBER, JIM (President, Citizens for a User-Friendly
Forest)
COOK, ADENA (Director, Public
Lands, BlueRibbon Coalition)
CHRISTIANSEN, NEAL (Chairman,
County Commissioners, Fremont County, Idaho)
STATEMENTS AND
DISCUSSION:
Perspectives on Forest
Service Targhee NF management plan, including road restriction
provisions; objections to various road closure provisions,
citing barriers to forest access.
CONTENT
NOTATION:
Targhee Natl Forest road mgmt
plan implementation
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
CITIZENS FOR A USER-FRIENDLY FOREST
99-H651-30 TESTIMONY NO: 3 Feb. 13,
1999 p. 21-35, 103-127
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
HOYT, MARV (Idaho Representative, Greater Yellowstone
Coalition)
SHURTLEFF, BILL (Chairman, County
Commissioners, Bonneville County, Idaho)
JEPPESEN, GERALD
L. (Commissioner, Madison County, Idaho)
MACKERT, BRETT
(Commander, Fremont County Search and Rescue)
STATEMENTS AND
DISCUSSION:
Mixed assessment of Forest
Service motorized road and travel management plan for Targhee
NF; importance of road restrictions in Targhee National
Forest to protect wildlife habitats and ecosystems; perspectives on
illegal roads used in Targhee NF for various purposes.
CONTENT NOTATION:
Targhee Natl
Forest road mgmt plan implementation
TESTIMONY
DESCRIPTORS:
GREATER YELLOWSTONE COALITION
99-H651-30 TESTIMONY NO: 4 Feb. 13, 1999 p.
35-46
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
MEALEY, STEPHEN P. (Director, Idaho Department of Fish and
Game)
BURNS, JOHN E. (former Targhee National
Forest Supervisor, Forest Service)
SIDDOWAY, JEFF (Member, Idaho Fish and Game Commission)
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
Perspectives on
road restrictions in Targhee NF and related wildlife habitat
preservation issues.
CONTENT NOTATION:
Targhee Natl Forest road mgmt plan
implementation
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
IDAHO
DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME
99-H651-30 TESTIMONY NO: 5
Feb. 13, 1999 p. 46-55
WITNESSES (and witness
notations):
WOOD, JOANN
BARRETT,
LENORE H. (both State Representatives, Idaho)
GEHRKE,
CRAIG J. (Regional Director, Idaho Office, Wilderness Society)
INGOT, BILL (rancher)
MOULTON, ROY
C. (former County Attorney, Teton County, Idaho)
STATEMENTS:
Differing views on Forest Service
motorized road and travel management plan for the Targhee NF.
CONTENT NOTATION:
Targhee Natl
Forest road mgmt plan implementation
TESTIMONY
DESCRIPTORS:
WILDERNESS SOCIETY
99-H651-30 TESTIMONY NO: 6 Feb. 13, 1999 p. 55-60
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
ROBSON,
BRENT (Commissioner, Teton County, Idaho)
BROWN, JANICE M.
(Executive Director, Henry's Fork Foundation)
THOMAS, ERIC
(recreationist)
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
Negative effects of Targhee NF road
closures and restrictions.
CONTENT NOTATION:
Targhee Natl Forest road mgmt plan
implementation
99-H651-30 TESTIMONY NO: 7
Feb. 13, 1999 p. 60-74
WITNESSES (and witness
notations):
RUESINK, ROBERT (Supervisor, Snake River Basin
Office, Fish and Wildlife Service)
BLACKWELL, JACK A.
(Regional Forester, Intermountain Region, Forest Service)
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
Background of
Targhee NF motorized road and travel management plan
development and implementation.
CONTENT NOTATION:
Targhee Natl Forest road mgmt plan
implementation
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
FISH
AND WILDLIFE SERVICE 
