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SJM106.........................................by RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT
UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE - Stating findings of the Legislature and
requesting that the United States Forest Service withdraw proposed
regulations published in the Federal Register on October 4, 1999, regarding
forest service land and resource management planning.
02/21 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/22 Rpt prt - to Res/Env
03/16 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 10th Ord
03/17 10th ord - ADOPTED - voice vote
Title apvd - to House
03/20 House intro - 1st rdg - to Res/Con
03/22 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/23 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/31 3rd rdg - ADOPTED - voice vote - to Senate
04/03 To enrol
04/04 Rpt enrol - Pres signed - Sp signed
04/05 To Secretary of State
SJM106
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ||||
Fifty-fifth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2000
IN THE SENATE
SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL NO. 106
BY RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE
1 A JOINT MEMORIAL
2 TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
3 OF THE UNITED STATES IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED, AND TO THE CONGRESSIONAL DELE-
4 GATION REPRESENTING THE STATE OF IDAHO IN THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED
5 STATES.
6 We, your Memorialists, the Senate and the House of Representatives of the
7 State of Idaho assembled in the Second Regular Session of the Fifty-fifth
8 Idaho Legislature, do hereby respectfully represent that:
9 WHEREAS, the United States Forest Service (USFS) published in the Federal
10 Register on October 5, 1999, a proposed rule regarding forest service land and
11 resource management planning; and
12 WHEREAS, the Legislature of the State of Idaho advocates improvements to
13 the forest planning regulations; and
14 WHEREAS, the USFS needs to simplify, clarify and otherwise improve the
15 planning process as well as reduce the burdensome and costly procedural
16 requirements, and strengthen collaborative relationships with the public and
17 other governmental entities; and
18 WHEREAS, the USFS organic act calls for multiple use in managing the
19 national forests with meaningful public input; and
20 WHEREAS, the proposed rules are inconsistent with the legislative direc-
21 tion for multiple uses and high-level sustained yield outputs of the renewable
22 timber resource; and
23 WHEREAS, timber production must remain a primary use in the National For-
24 est System; and
25 WHEREAS, the proposed rules would alter the multiple use and sustained
26 yield mandate prescribed by Congress. Moreover, they reverse the multiple use
27 priorities set by Congress by subordinating timber production to achievement
28 of biological diversity and similar ecosystem goals; and
29 WHEREAS, no other law provides authority for the Forest Service to alter
30 the course of management and primary purposes set by Congress for management
31 of the National Forest System; and
32 WHEREAS, the proposed rules lack commitment to carrying out economic mul-
33 tiple uses; and
34 WHEREAS, the proposed rules fail to provide direction on which plan revi-
35 sions and amendments require environmental impact statements. Procedures and
36 standards should be revised for significant plan amendments; and
37 WHEREAS, the proposed rules provide no effective date for the adoption of
38 an amendment or plan revision.
39 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the members of the Second Regular Ses-
40 sion of the Fifty-fifth Idaho Legislature, the Senate and the House of Repre-
41 sentatives concurring therein, that we request the United States Forest Ser-
42 vice not move forward with final rule based on the October 5, 1999, proposal.
43 Ecological sustainability must start looking at current conditions of the
44 national forests and determining the desired future conditions, which should
2
1 be healthy forests for the American people to use and enjoy. There should be
2 aggressive, active management, rather than passive management, to restore the
3 health of all land identified as being high risk to insect and disease infes-
4 tation and/or catastrophic wildfire. Prohibiting management puts our forests
5 at risk to insects, diseases and fire. These proposed rules will cause greater
6 damage to our forests in the long run.
7 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Legislature of the State of Idaho encour-
8 ages the agency to readdress its entire approach to ecosystem management. The
9 agency needs to streamline and clarify the forest planning and decision-making
10 processes, strengthen relationships with the public, ensure long-term
11 sustainability of forest ecosystems, and promote adaptive management. The pro-
12 posed rules cannot accomplish these critical goals in its current form.
13 Ecosystem management and forest planning cannot be successful if the process
14 becomes the goal. Ecosystem management must instead be considered a tool to
15 accomplish the goals which are set in law and through the development of for-
16 est plans.
17 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate be, and she is
18 hereby authorized and directed to forward a copy of this Memorial to the Pres-
19 ident of the United States, President of the Senate and the Speaker of the
20 House of Representatives of Congress, and the congressional delegation repre-
21 senting the State of Idaho in the Congress of the United States.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 09798
The purpose of this memorial is to ask the U. S. Forest Service not to move
forward with a final rule based on the October 5, 1999 proposal and asks the
Forest Service to readdress its entire approach to ecosystem management.
FISCAL IMPACT
None beyond the cost of Resolution
Contact
Name: Sen. Marguerite McLaughlin 332-1355
Sen. Judi Danielson 332-1308
Sen. Shawn Keough 332-1340
Rep. Charles Cuddy 334-1158
Rep. June Judd 334-1134
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE SJM 106