View Bill Status
View Bill Text
View Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact
HJM010.....................................................by STATE AFFAIRS WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS - Stating findings of the Legislature and urging the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States Department of Agriculture, the Chief of the U.S. Forest Service and Idaho's congressional delegation to prohibit the U.S. Forest Service from interfering, pursuant to the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, with the legitimate use by private landowners engaged in light ranching and farming operations. 02/12 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing 02/13 Rpt prt - to Res/Con
]]]] LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ]]]] Fifty-ninth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2008IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL NO. 10 BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE 1 A JOINT MEMORIAL 2 TO THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE OF THE UNITED 3 STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, THE CHIEF OF THE U.S. FOREST SERVICE, 4 AND TO THE CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION REPRESENTING THE STATE OF IDAHO IN THE 5 CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES. 6 We, your Memorialists, the House of Representatives and the Senate of the 7 State of Idaho assembled in the Second Regular Session of the Fifty-ninth 8 Idaho Legislature, do hereby respectfully represent that: 9 WHEREAS, the U.S. Forest Service was established in 1905 as an agency of 10 the United States Department of Agriculture for the purpose of managing public 11 lands in national forests and grasslands; and 12 WHEREAS, the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act establishes a National Wild and 13 Scenic Rivers System for the protection of rivers with important scenic, rec- 14 reational, fish and wildlife, and other values. The act designates specific 15 rivers for inclusion in the system and prescribes the methods and standards by 16 which additional rivers may be added; and 17 WHEREAS, the Middle Fork of the Clearwater River was included in the Wild 18 and Scenic River System in 1968, authorizing, among other things, the acquisi- 19 tion of easements from private landowners for the protection of the character 20 of the river and its surroundings but was to retain the right for rural agri- 21 cultural uses, including light ranching and farming operations; and 22 WHEREAS, the U.S. Forest Service has interfered with the use of such lands 23 by private landowners within the state of Idaho on the Middle Fork of the 24 Clearwater River, narrowly defining the scope of light ranching and farming 25 operations and the term "livestock," all to the detriment of private landown- 26 ers. 27 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the members of the Second Regular Ses- 28 sion of the Fifty-ninth Idaho Legislature, the House of Representatives and 29 the Senate concurring therein, that the U.S. Forest Service should be prohib- 30 ited from interfering, pursuant to the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, with the 31 legitimate use by private landowners engaged in light ranching and farming 32 operations. 33 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chief Clerk of the House of Representa- 34 tives be, and she is hereby authorized and directed to forward a copy of this 35 Memorial to the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture of the 36 United States Department of Agriculture, the Chief of the U.S. Forest Service, 37 and the congressional delegation representing the State of Idaho in the Con- 38 gress of the United States.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 17832
This proposed joint House Memorial is directed to the Secretary of the
Interior, The Secretary of Agriculture of the United States Department
of Agriculture, the Chief of the U.S. Forest Service, and to the
Congressional Delegation representing the State of Idaho in the Congress
of the United States.
The U. S. Forest Service was established in 1905 as an agency of the U.
S. Department of Agriculture for the purpose of managing public lands in
national forests and grasslands. In addition, the Wild and Scenic Rivers
Act establishes a National Wild and Scenic Rivers System for the
protection of rivers with important scenic, recreational, fish and
wildlife, and other values. The act designates specific rivers for
inclusion in the system and prescribes the methods and standards by which
additional rivers may be added. The Middle Fork of the Clearwater Rivers
was included in the Wild and Scenic River System in 1968, authorizing
among other things, the acquisition of easements from private landlords
for the protection of the character of the river and its surroundings but
was to allow for light ranching and farming.
Recent experience has demonstrated that the U.S. Forest Service has
interfered with the use of such lands by private landowners within the
state of Idaho on the Middle Fork of the Clearwater River, narrowly
defining the scope of light ranching and farming operations and the term
of "livestock," all to the detriment of private landowners.
It is the intent of this Joint Memorial that the U.S. Forest Service
should be prohibited from interfering, pursuant to the Wild and Scenic
Rivers Act, with the legitimate use by private landowners engaged in
light ranching and farming operations.
FISCAL NOTE
Contact
Name: Representative Tom Trail
Phone: (208) 332-1000
Representative Ken Roberts
Representative Paul Shepherd
Senator Lee Heinrich )332-1000
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE HJM 10