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Show Garn seeking finalization of Forest Service wildemestudtes U.S. Senator Jake Garn (R-Ut) will co-sponsor a resolution reso-lution urging the National Forest Service to speed up the completion of a second study reviewing and evalu- ating roadless areas of the national forests and national grasslands. "I have joined this effort to expedite the Roadless Road-less Area Review and Evaluation Evalu-ation (RARE II) because it is time for the Forest Service to designate lands as wilderness, or clear them for multiple use. Many western communities depend upon a steady stream of national forest materials for their survival. They are concerned con-cerned that a long study will not solve their resource supply problems, but rather prolong their uncertainty. It is this state of uncertainty that is disruptive of proper public and business policy. If successful, RARE U could help reduce much ot this uncertainty which hangs over forest-dependent communities commun-ities in the West. 'The study is aimed at three major goals," the Utahn said, "1) to identify all of the remaining roadless tracts left within the National Forest System, 2) to make recommendations recom-mendations to Congress as to which of these roadless areas should be included within the National Wilderness System, and 3) to make recommendations recommenda-tions as to which areas should be available for non-wilderness uses, such as multipurpose multi-purpose resource development." develop-ment." "I feel strongly that the bulk of the Forest bervice lands should be available for multiple use," Garn said. "For instance, the Forest Service in Utah has already completed a preliminary survey of its lands and found that 2.9 million acres are roadless, and could be considered for wilderness wil-derness designation. We will have a lot of trouble with their definition of a road, and whether some of these areas are actually 'roadless'." "I must give credit to the Forest Service for taking action," said Garn. "They are moving ahead and this is a real indication of their desire to complete the process. Though there is still much to be done, we can already see the beginnings of a consensus on the High Uintahs. impacts on air, water, enert timber and other resoi still need to be evaluatJ That will be true of the resu' the Forest Service's roadw: areas as well." j |
