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Statement of Phil Pearl ' 



Pacific Northwest Regional Director 



National Parks and Conservation Association 



Submitted to the 



Committee on Resources 



Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Lands 



United States House of Representatives 



on 



H.R. 2568, Concerning Motorized Rivercraft 



in the 



Hells Canyon National Recreation Area 



April 30, 1996 



Introduction 



Mr. Chairman and members of the Subcommittee, my name is Phil Pearl and I am the 

 Pacific Northwest Regional Director for the National Parks and Conservation Association 

 (NPCA). On behalf of NPCA's more than 450,000 members, I appreciate the opportunity 

 to present the Association's views on H.R. 2568. If enacted, H.R. 2568 would encourage 

 intolerable levels of motorized rivercraft use within the Hell's Canyon National 

 Recreation Area (HCNRA) and set a dangerous precedent for other rivers protected by 

 the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act. We recommend that this legislation not be enacted. 



Background 



The HCNRA was designated by Act of Congress in 1975. The Act requires the 

 protection of wilderness values and requires the United States Forest Service (USPS) to 

 "control.. .the use and number of both motorized and non-motorized rivercraft". The 



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