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HJM004........................................by RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE - LAND CLOSURES - Stating findings of the Legislature
and requesting the President to direct the National Park Service to
promptly and fully comply with the presidential proclamation of November 9,
2000, and stop closing lands.
02/14 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/15 Rpt prt - to Res/Con
02/22 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/23 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/26 3rd rdg - ADOPTED - voice vote - to Senate
02/27 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Res/Env
03/05 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 10th Ord
03/06 10th ord - ADOPTED - voice vote
Title apvd - to House
03/07 To enrol
03/08 Rpt enrol - Sp signed
03/09 Pres signed
03/12 To Secretary of State
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ||||
Fifty-sixth Legislature First Regular Session - 2001
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL NO. 4
BY RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION COMMITTEE
1 A JOINT MEMORIAL
2 TO THE PRESIDENT, SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES IN
3 CONGRESS ASSEMBLED, AND TO THE CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION REPRESENTING THE
4 STATE OF IDAHO IN THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES.
5 We, your Memorialists, the House of Representatives and the Senate of the
6 State of Idaho assembled in the First Regular Session of the Fifty-sixth Idaho
7 Legislature, do hereby respectfully represent that:
8 WHEREAS, the expansion of the Craters of the Moon National Monument was
9 imposed by Presidential Proclamation on November 9, 2000. The exterior bound-
10 ary of the expansion encompasses over 673,000 acres, with some 410,000 acres
11 to be managed by the National Park Service. Except for some non-federal lands,
12 the Bureau of Land Management will manage the remaining acreage; and
13 WHEREAS, the area to be managed by the National Park Service was tradi-
14 tionally open to hunting; and
15 WHEREAS, relevant language in the proclamation states:
16 "Nothing in this proclamation shall be deemed to enlarge or diminish the
17 jurisdiction of the State of Idaho with respect to fish and wildlife manage-
18 ment"; and
19 WHEREAS, the National Park Service administered portion of the expansion
20 is intended by that agency to be closed to hunting in contradiction of the
21 specific language of the November 9th proclamation; and
22 WHEREAS, we find no provisions that allow the administering agency to
23 ignore the terms of the proclamation, and the Idaho Fish and Game Commission
24 must finalize its annual big game hunting rules and publicize said rules in
25 March of this year; and
26 WHEREAS, the Governor of the State of Idaho, with the support of the Idaho
27 Fish and Game Commission, has conveyed his deep concern by letter dated Janu-
28 ary 31, 2001, to the Secretary of the Interior; and
29 WHEREAS, it is imperative that the National Park Service cease efforts to
30 close the lands within the expanded monument to hunting and that the state of
31 Idaho be able to continue to manage unimpeded the wildlife therein as provided
32 in the Presidential Proclamation; and
33 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the members of the First Regular Session
34 of the Fifty-sixth Idaho Legislature, the House of Representatives and the
35 Senate concurring therein, that we respectfully request that the President of
36 the United States direct the National Park Service to promptly and fully com-
37 ply with the provision of the Presidential Proclamation cited herein and cease
38 and desist its efforts to close lands within the expanded Monument to hunting.
39 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chief Clerk of the House of Representa-
40 tives be, and she is hereby authorized and directed to forward a copy of this
41 Memorial to the President of the United States, the Secretary of the Interior,
42 the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives of
43 Congress, and the congressional delegation representing the State of Idaho in
44 the Congress of the United States.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 11089
A memorial opposing the closure of certain lands within the
expanded Craters of the Moon (Great Rift) National Monument to
hunting.
FISCAL IMPACT
None.
Contact
Name: Roger Fuhrman, Department of Fish and Game
Phone: (208) 334-3771
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE HJM