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Senator Wallop 

 September 19, 1986 

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The attached map should be made a part of this record and 

 included in my testimonv. 



Each of the parcels abuts either the Toivabe or the 

 Humboldt National Forests and is of the same character and 

 qualit". Thev should be added to enhance the national 

 forests and for ease of economy and management. 



WIDESPREAD POPULAR SUPPORT 



The importance of adding these lands to Nevada's 

 national forests first surfaced at the three land exchange 

 public hearings held in Nevada in June, 1985. Almost all 

 testified that they w^ere opposed to anv national forest 

 lands being transferred to the BLM, and many supported 

 contiguous BLM public lands being transferred to the U.S. 

 Forest Service. In Las Vegas for example, petitions with 

 manv signatures were submitted asking that all of the PLM 

 holdings in the Spring Mountains be classified as national 

 forest . 



Thus, the concept behind the Enhancement Act was 

 developed not bv government officials but bv citizens at 

 the grassroots level. Furthermore, in a bipartisan show of 

 unitv, this bill was introduced and is co-sponsored bv all 

 four members of Nevada's Congressional Delegation. The 

 four largest newspapers in Nevada, the Las Vegas Pevipw- 

 Journal, the Las Veaas Sun, the Reno Gazette-Journal and 

 the Nevada Appeal, have endorsed the Enhancement Act 

 editorially. It is clear that the vast maioritv of 

 Nevadans would like to see their national forests arow. 



INCREASED GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY 



The acreage to be transferred is comparativelv en/'. M. 

 The BLM administers 48.8 million acres in \>"?'^a, 

 comprising 69% of the state. The Forest Service, with =.3 

 million acres, administers only 8%. Transferring a ' - T f 

 million acres of BLM lands to the U.S. Forest Servi-<=> is 

 not a significant change in the administration of '■"■!---il 

 lands in Nevada. The four areas in the Act which wn.' ' "-e 

 added to the national forests all abutt existina natir-'' 



