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The Wll before you today repre$ent« such an effort. Within a year after the 

 original federal land swap proposal, Nevadant had reached agreement on a package of 

 seniible agency boundary adjustment* that would enhance public land management while 

 increasing agency efficiency. Introduced laat session as the National Forest of Nevada 

 Enhancement Act of 1986, it called for the transfer of soma 531,000 acres of land 

 from the Bureau of Land Management to the Forest Service, and approximately 23,000 

 acres from the Forest Service to the Bureau. It would simplify boundary lines and 

 consolidate agency holdings. One of its major strengths is the consolidation in Forest 

 Service management of heavily used recreation lands near the metropolitan areas of 

 Las Vegas and Reno. As you recall, this bill passed in the House of Representatives, 

 but did not come to a vote in the Senate before the end of the 9»th Congress. 



The State of Nevada stin strongly supports this proposal. It achieves the goals 

 the Reagan administration set for its original land swap proposal! (1) It would Improve 

 service to the public. (2) It would improve administrative efficiency. (3) It would 

 reduce the oost of doing business. This bill has two Important additional benefits! (1) 

 It was developed by and has the support of Nevadans. (2) It would enhance the 

 management of our land and resources, including sensitive watershed areas, wildlife 

 habitat, graring resoireea, mineral resources, and increasingly valuable recreational 

 opportinities. 



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