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Senator Wallop 

 September 19, 1986 

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forest lands and are national forest in character. For 

 this reason, giving them to the U.S. Forest Service to 

 administer is more efficient and, in the long run, will 

 save the taxpaver monev. It makes economic sense for these 

 areas to be managed by one agency instead of two. 



BENEFITS TO NEVADA 



The National Forests of Nevada Enhancement Act will 

 provide our state with tangible economic and environmental 

 benefits : 



1. The natural resources on the transferred 

 lands will benefit from the Forest Service's better 

 funding and professional expertise. Quality resource 

 management is in evervone's best interest. 



2. Nevada's largest industry, tourism, gains 

 from having more green on the map of Nevada. National 

 Forests attract visitors and enhance a state's imaoe. 



3. The Forest Service has a greater number of 

 revenue sharing programs with state and countv 

 agencies than the BLM. Local aovernments in Nevada 

 will benefit financially with additional national 

 forest acreage. 



THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SPRING MOUNTAIN ADDITIONS 



The maiority of Nevadans live in the Las Vegas area, 

 which is one of the fastest growing metropolitan areas in 

 the nation. Located in underground aquifers, twentv-^ive 

 percent of the city's water originates in the Sorina 

 Mountains. At present, only the Mt . Charleston portion of 

 the ranoe is national forest. It is important that the entire 

 watershed be managed by one agencv and that agencv be the 

 U.S. Forest Service with its long historv of aualitv 

 watershed management. 



