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Nevada's casinos, visitors also flock to Nevada to take advantage of the 

 camping, boating and wilderness opportunities available. The change in 

 designation of forest lands to BLM may, in fact, eliminate the public's 

 consideration of these lands as vacation opportunities and subsequently 

 reduce the revenues from this source. These revenues are especially impor- 

 tant to rural communities that often have little other source of income. 



Staff urges the subcommittee to support S. 59/H.R. 267 as well as S. 854 

 described earlier. Both bills are extremely important to the citizens of 

 Nevada. 



