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The Pacific Rivers Council 



921 SW Morrison, Suite 53 1 • Portland, Oregon • 97205 

 (503) 294-0786 • Fax (503) 294-1066 



4 June 1996 



Subcommittee on Parks, Forests, 



and Lands 

 House Resources Committee 

 U.S. House of Representatives 

 814 House Annex 1 

 Washington D.C. 20515 

 Attn: Dawn Criste 



Re: Testimony of Pacific Rivers Council on Need for Ecosystem Planning Projects 



Dear Members of the Subcommittee: 



Please find enclosed a few remarks in support of regional ecosystem planning, most recently 

 considered in an oversight hearing before your committee on May 21 . In our view, a science- 

 based, landscape perspective is absolutely necessary to provide a rational, long-term planning 

 framework for informed management decisions on our federal lands. It is our understanding that 

 the overwhelming weight of the testimony given at the hearings on this subject was also 

 supportive of regional planning. 



Thank your for your favorable consideration. 



Sincerely yours, 



Mary^ScurJofek 

 Enclosures 



New Visions to Restore America's Rivers and Watersheds , 



offices also in Eugene, Seattle, Sacramento, Boieman and Waabington, D.C. I 



