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711 Franklin St. 

 Rapid City, SD 57701 



The Izaak Walton 

 League of America 



DEFENDERS OF SOIL, AIR, WOODS, WATERS, AND WILDLIFE 



2 September 199:; 



Senator Larry Pressler 

 United States Senate 

 Washington, DC 20510-4101 



Dear Senator Pressler: 



Regarding your hearing to explore issues surrounding public 

 land use and its impact on small business, please include the 

 -following comments in the o-f-ficial hearing record. 



The Black Hills Forest managed by the U.S. Forest Service 

 should be managed to serve a broad spectrum Ot public purposes 

 and uses. Recognizing that the bulk o-f the nation's long term 

 timber potential is on lands owned by industry, -farmer, and 

 other private parties, commodity uses o-f public forests must 

 not be over emphasized at the expense of such public values as 

 fish and wildli-fe, outdoor recreation, water quality, scenic 

 beauty, wilderness, and natural ecosystems. 



The ne;;t generation of forest plans should place greater 

 emphasis on fisheries, aquatic resources, remote habitats, 

 watersheds and wildlife; de-emphasi zie timber harvest 

 relative to other resource values, and scale back excessive 

 road bui 1 di ng . 



The League believes that carefully selected areas that show 

 some evidence of human impact should be designated as 

 wilderness and managed so that wilderness conditions are 

 restored by the forces of nature. 



<i chard Rasmussen 

 State Director, IWLA 



