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Only people we 11 -acquainted with the problems of 

 managing publicly-owned wild lands with very valuable 

 resources can appreciate the importance and complexity 

 of the policy decisions which he describes in his 

 remarks. As Assistant Chief in charge of National 

 Forest Administration he was constantly put on the spot 

 by selfish groups or powerful interests who wanted to 

 utilize, or prevent the utilization of, publicly-owned 

 lands or resources as befitted their own purposes and 

 regardless of the public interest or the interests of 

 other groups. Such interests were often able to bring 

 strong pressure. I have never heard that Chris Granger 

 abandoned his principles because of pressure. 



His remarks cover major issues involving timber 

 sale policy, stumpage prices, range distribution, 

 protection and fees, recreation development, wilderness, 

 fish and wildlife, watersheds, special use fees, mining 

 claims, mineral leasing, fire control and engineering. 

 His summary is much too short. Volumes could and should 

 be written about these questions and the complicated 

 inter-relationships which grow up when publicly-owned 

 lands and resources are in competition with privately- 

 owned lands and resources or are needed by private 

 enterprise. Chris Granger is the man who laid down 



