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Prepared Statement of Richard K. Bailey 



I. ACRONYMS/ABBREVIATIOWS 



CMP- U.S. Forest Service Comprehensive Management Plan for the 



Hells Canyon National Recreation Area 

 Floaters- Nonmotorized rafters/boaters 



HCA- The Hells Canyon Alliance (a jet boat lobbying organization) 



HCNRA- The Hells Canyon National Recreation Area 



HCNRA Act- The Hells Canyon National Recreation Area Act 



HCPC- The Hells Canyon Preservation Council (The conservation 



organization submitting this testimony) 

 Private (Boaters) Noncommercial motorized or nonmotorized river runners 

 River Plan- The Forest Service's proposed Snake Wild and Scenic River plan 



Snake River- The 67-mile designated Snake Wild and Scenic River, plus the 4- 



mile undesignated section that is v^^ithin the HCNRA 

 Wild Section- The 31-mile "Wild" designated portion of the Snake Wild and 



Scenic River 



II. BACKGROUND AND HISTORY ON MANAGEMENT OF THE SNAKE WILD 

 AND SCENIC RIVER 



The Hells Canyon National Recreation Area Act (HCNRA Act) specifically requires 

 that the use and number of both motorized and nonmotorized rivercraft must be 

 controlled. (See, Exhibit F.) Nonmotorized use and number.i have been controlled 

 and limited since 1977. (See, Exhibit R.) Yet incomprehensibly, motorized use and 

 numbers have never been controlled or limited. 



The following is a history and record of events surrounding this unfair and 

 inequitable use allocation. (This record has been checked and validated by Forest 

 Service personnel.) 



1970 Special Use Permits issued for commercial jet boating from Hells Canyon 

 Dam. 



1973 Special Use Permits issued for commercial (non-motorized) floating from 



Hells Canyon Dam. Trip permits required for all float trips, both private and 

 commercial. 



1975 Public Law 94-199 is signed into lavs' establishing the Hells Canyon National 

 Recreation Area (HCNRA) and the Snake Wild and Scenic River, requiring 

 in part a "provision for the control of the use and number of motorized and 

 nonmotorized rivercraft." 



Testimony of HCPC on River Management 



