Former Idaho Sen. Larry Craig and former Agriculture Undersecretary Mark Rey, now lobbyists, have been pushing for a Lochsa bill for years, and Idaho Sen. Jim Risch is the likely sponsor. Local Forest Service officials confirm they’ve seen a draft bill. Although the Obama administration is generally opposed to legislated land trades, the Forest Service appears ready to wash its hands of the deal and let Congress do the dirty work. This is a bad deal and needs to be stopped in its tracks. The Lochsa trade has never had support beyond the offices of Forest Service Chief Tidwell and Western Pacific Timber. Hundreds of Idahoans have worked for seven years to stop this trade, only to find themselves now in limbo, fearing a land exchange bill that they could be powerless to stop.
Posted on: Wed, 14 Aug 2013 06:54:15 +0000
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