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Statement of Jim Owei\s 



Forests, Family Farms, and Energy Subcommittee 



September 10, 1992 



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held redwood forests has been a goal of the State of California and of 

 local legislators since 1990. Governor Pete Wilson has repeatedly 

 acknowledged the need to purchase these groves, and Serwtor Barry 

 Keene and Assemblyman Dan Hauser have worked assiduously to • 

 develop a workable plan to pay market price for these lands before 

 Maxxam destroys them for the corporation's next interest payment. 



There are problems to overcome before this legislation is 

 perfected, and prime among those problems is the comperisation of the 

 landowners, and the recognition of inholder rights. I have worked 

 with the Sbc Rivers Natiorial Forest before, on many of these same 

 issues, and know that this is an issue which Congress, and the 

 agencies, v^dll address before this bill is considered by the full House. 



