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Several ongoing efforts continue to hold promise to address 

 this contentious issue including compromise language recently- 

 enacted for wilderness in Colorado as well as the Snake River 

 adjudication process. 



The bill attempts to exclude any water facilities, such as 

 impoundments, ditches and pipelines, from the wilderness 

 boundaries proposed in my bill. If, through oversight any such 

 facility is included, I will work to make sure that continued 

 access to these facilities is permitted. 



On Private Property Rights: 

 The bill expands the original language to protect private 

 property rights beyond any previous wilderness legislation 

 enacted into law. This bill would establish a process whereby an 

 owner of property adjacent to wilderness established under this 

 bill could file a claim for compensation for any reduction in 

 property value. Of course, it is often true that private 

 property adjacent to wilderness increases in value. 



In addition, this bill retains language from my original 

 bill to prohibit the creation of buffer zones around a wilderness 

 to the detriment of any adjacent private property. 



On the Idaho Panhandl e National Forests: 

 My bill strengthens the timber management language for the 

 Special Management Areas in Boundary County in recognition of the 

 recent cutbacks in federal timber sales and the recovery actions 

 for species listed or proposed to be listed under the Endangered 

 Species Act. It also provides for an economic analysis to assess 

 the impacts of recovery actions for endangered species. 



My bill still provides for intensive forest management 

 demonstration projects to gather information on increasing wood 

 fiber production through advanced silvicultural practices on 

 areas within Boundary County and portions of the St. Joe National 

 Forest . 



On the Clearwater National Forest: 

 My bill removes some 20,000 acres within the timber base 

 from the proposed Great Burn and Lewis and Clark Wilderness. 

 Specifically, it withdraws Fish Lake and the Fish Lake trail from 

 the Great Burn area. 



The bill proposes an additional 7,000 acres to be added to 

 the Selway Bitterroot Wilderness. These are lands located in 

 White Sand and Beaver Creeks on the Powell Ranger District. 



The bill removes some 123,000 acres of Special Management 

 Areas in East Weitas Creek and the Vanderbilt Hill area. 



