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shall be considered eligible for inclusion in the national wild 

 and scenic rivers system, and, if included shall be classified, 

 designated, and administered as one of the following: 



(1) Wild river areas-Those rivers or sections of rivers that 

 are free of impoundments and generally inaccess'ibl e by trail, 

 with watersheds or shorelines essentially primitive and waters 

 unpolluted. These represent vestiges of primitive America." 

 (emphasis added). 



The Snake River in Hells Canyon is anything but free- 

 flowing. The flows are entirely controlled by not only one dam, 

 but by a series of three dams. There are wide, well maintained 

 trails on both sides of the river for nearly the entire distance 

 from Hells Canyon Dam to Pittsburgh Landing. Inclusion of this 

 section of river into the wild and scenic rivers system not only 

 violates the "spirit" of the act, but the actual wording of it. 



The Snake River in Hells Canyon was included into the Wild 

 and Scenic Rivers Act because there were constant threats to 

 construct even more dams in it. All concerned were willing to 

 allow inclusion in order to prevent this from happening. This 

 included jet boaters as well as floaters. Both sides in this 

 present argument know the history of this very well. The 

 "spirit" of the act notwithstanding! 



The attitude, displayed by NORS , of being so adamantly 

 opposed to the elimination of one selective user group, 

 (floaters), while advocating the elimination of another selective 

 user group, (jet boaters), is a blatant example of situation 

 ethics on the part of the NORS staff. Especially in light of the 

 fact that NORS claims to be involved in the fight to keep rivers 

 open to the public by ensuring access. 



Congress declared motorized use of the river to be a valid 

 use in Hells Canyon at the time the Hells Canyon National 

 Recreation Area was created. In addition to knowing that fact, 

 NORS also knows that the river corridor was never declared as 

 "wilderness" by Congress. In fact, it was clearly excluded from 

 the wilderness section of the Hells Canyon National Recreation 

 Area. This attempt to lead their readers to believe that jet 

 boats are being allowed in the wilderness is a misrepresentation 

 to those readers and a show of contempt for the Congress that 

 passed the original act. Their ethics, as well as their motives, 

 in this endeavor are highly suspect. 



Those who wish to eliminate jet boats from the wild section 

 of Hells Canyon often make the false accusation that boaters have 

 refused to be regulated on the river. This statement is 

 compl ete ly false. 



In 1980, powerboaters agreed to a plan to limit jet boat use 

 to only 6 boats/day above Rush Creek Rapid. That number would 

 include 3 commercial and 3 private boats. These numbers were 

 turned down by the Forest Service. Later, it was discovered that 

 the intent of those who were in power within the ranks of the 

 Forest Service intended to eliminate jet boat use altogether. 

 This fact was revealed in an inter-department memo of July 10, 

 1980 from Mr. Housley, Acting Deputy Chief of the U.S. Forest 

 Service, to the Regional Forester of region 6. (exhibit #6). 



Among other things, this memo advocated that since the 



