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However, the Department of Agriculture does not support 

 enactment of H.R. 3732, unless amended to address concerns 

 noted below. 



H.R. 3732 would designate 19 additions to the National 

 Wilderness Preservation System totaling approximately 1.3 

 million acres and 14 special management areas totaling 283,000 

 acres within the affected National Forests. The bill would 

 release the remaining National Forest roadless areas in Idaho 

 to management under Forest Plans. The bill also addresses the 

 issue of water rights, management of designated management 

 areas, and would provide for restoration and rehabilitation 

 projects on certain National Forests in Idaho. 



The bill also includes standard wilderness administrative 

 provisions concerning State jurisdiction for management of fish 

 and wildlife, buffer zones around wilderness, and livestock 

 grazing. 



Even though H.R. 3732 would designate more wilderness than was 

 recommended in Forest Plans, we support the wilderness 

 designations because the areas involved still provide an 

 acceptable balance between wilderness and non-wilderness uses 

 in the National Forests affected by the bill. Support for the 

 wilderness designations is contingent upon protection for all 

 wilderness resources, including water. 



