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generous estimate of SI 00 per person, the average small powerboat outfitter averaged S2.335 for 

 the summer season. That is with a powerboat and vehicle package costmg S70.000 to SI 50,000 

 each. These are not businesses, they are very expensive hobbies. These outfitters are either 

 working on other rivers most of the time or using their business as a tax write off. In either case, 

 limiting their use in Hells Canyon is certainly not a case of the U.S. Forest Service puttmg an 

 outfitter out of business. 



The proposed bills are designed to allow the jetboat community to continue their unlimited use in 

 Hells Canyon. The bills do not address the intelligent management of Hells Canyon. They are a 

 poor example of attempting to micro-manage a national resource for the benefit of a small, local, 

 well-funded user group. 



I urge you to reject H.R.2568 and S. 1 374 and support the management plan. These bills effec- 

 tively thwart a fair and intelligently prepared United States Forest Service management plan. 

 Passage of these bills will be a step toward the degrading of the poetry that is Hells Canyon. The 

 canyon deserves much better. 



Respectfully submitted, 



George Hauptman 

 Canyon Outfitters, Inc. 

 Halfway, Oregon 



