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rules, a nonmotorized period. In fact, it voids future opportunities to obtain such 

 concessions. 



7) The bill is deceptive and condescending in its inclusion of nonmotorized 

 rivercraft in its provisions. First, maintaining recent overall and seasonal use levels 

 of nonmotorized rivercraft is superfluous since the growth of this use has been 

 firmly constrained on the most popular section of the river for 18 years. Second, 

 there is no reason to mandate that nonmotorized use should be allowed at all times 

 on the entire river since there is no social or environmental conflict that would 

 warrant prohibiting it, unlike motorized use. Motorized use impacts nonmotorized 

 recreationists but not vice-versa. 



8) This bill disregards and contradicts the HCNRA Act provision to protect 

 wilderness and scenic values even outside of designated wilderness, and Wild and 

 Scenic Rivers Act direction to protect natural, environmental, and aesthetic values 

 such as the primitive character of designated Wild river sections. This bill sets a 

 precedent of strictly limiting the ability of managing federal agencies to limit high 

 impact recreation use on designated rivers to protect the river environment, the 

 enjoyment or safety of other recreationists. 



VI. EXHIBITS AND ATTACHMENTS 



A page from the HCA appeal of the Forest Service river plan 



Article from the Hells Canyon loumal Newspaper 



Letter to the Editor of the Lewiston Morning Tribune Newspaper 



Article from the Hells Canyon journal Newspaper 



Declaration of Richard Sherwin to the U.S. District Court 



Op-Ed from the Lewiston ^Aoming Tribune Newspaper 



A page from the HCA appeal of the Forest Service river plan 



The HCNRA Act 



Commercial float outfitter's success rates in filling available trips 



Popularity of various rivers among private floaters 



1988 University of Idaho survey of Snake River users 



1994 Eiseline survey of Snake River users 



1995 Washington State University Survey 

 Declaration of Dr. Stewart Allen to the US District Court 

 Letter from Dr Robert O Brien 

 Article from USA Today Newspaper 

 The National Wild and Scenic Rivers Act 

 Legal Memo from HCA to U.S. District Court 

 1993 Forest Service decision allowing unlimited motorized use 

 1977 Forest Service decision to limit nonmotorized use 

 Snake River plan allocation for float and motorized use 

 Forest Service plan s motorized use level increases 



Increase in jet boat use since control of their use and numbers was first required 

 Jet boat use figures from HCPC's comments on the draft river plan 



Map of Hells Canyon National Recreation Area and Snake Wild and Scenic 

 River; Pie Graph of Snake Wild and Scenic River Accidents 



Testiinony of HCPC on River Management 



