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Testimony 



by 



Stan Dixon 



Humboldt County Board of Supervisors 



Representing the First District 



before the 



Subcommittee on Specialty Crops and Natural Resources 



Committee on Agriculture 



U.S. House of Representatives 



October 13, 1993 



Mr. Chairman, Distinguished Committee members, ray 

 name is Stan Dixon. I am a member of the Humboldt County 

 Board of Supervisors representing the First District. 



I am here today to urge you to not support H.R. 2866 

 regarding the acquisition of forest lands in Humboldt 

 County. My reasons are many, but I will try to be brief. 



This proposal, as currently written to include 

 nearly 44,000 acres of timberland, would have a profound 

 effect on the communities and the people of Humboldt 

 County, as well as severely limiting the ability of County 

 Government to provide necessary services. 



As I relate these remarks, you must understand that 

 I begin from several basic assumptions. I was privileged 

 to attend the President's Forest Conference in Portland, 

 Oregon last April and as did many others, I left with the 

 assumption that this President, this Administration and 

 this Congress clearly understood the need for balance as 



