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THE NATTONAL FOREST TASK FORCE OF NEVADA 



241 Ridge Street 



P.O. Box 2670 



Reno, Nevada 89505-2670 



(702) 322-0635 



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September 19, 198 6 



The Honorable Malcolm V/allop, Chairman 



Subcommittee on Public Lands 



Committee on Energv and Natural Resources 



U.S. Senate 



Washington, D.C. 20510 



Dear Senator Wallop: 



I would like to submit this letter as the official 

 testiraonv of the National Forest Task Force of Nevada at 

 the September 19 Public Hearina on The National Forests of 

 Nevada Enhancement Act (S2698) . The Task Force is a 

 bipartisan organization of Nevada leaders from all parts 

 of the state and all walks of life. We formed almost two 

 vears ago to save Nevada's national forests, the Toivabe 

 and Humbodt, from elimination bv the PLM/Forest Service 

 land exchange (Interchange). The bill before vour 

 subcommittee, which would add over a half million acres of 

 BLM's public lands to the Toiyabe and Humboldt National 

 Forests, is a positive outgrowth of that effort. The Task 

 Force wholeheartedly endorses the National Forests of 

 Nevada Enhancement Act and urges its speedy passage. 



THE LANDS ADDED WOOLD BE CONTIRUOUS 

 TO THE PRESENT TOIYABE AND NATIONAL FOREST 

 HOLDINGS AND OF THE SAME CHARACTER 



The proposed lands to be added are approximately ; 



15,000 acres along the East slope of 

 the Rubv Mountains 



l'',000 acres at Mt. Moriah 



28'', 000 acres along the East slope 

 of the Sierra Nevadas 



192,000 acres in the Spring Mountain Range, 

 enlarged up to 254,000 if Lovell 

 Canyon and Mt . Potosi are included. 



