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We have come across this in our Defense Appropriations hearings, the amount of money that is going into terrorist groups that is gotten through the illegal trade, exotic animals and tusks and ivory, and devastating populations of…

The second really important thing is the other issue I am working on, and that is trying to tie SRS, PILT, and LWCF together, and get them mandatorily funded and out of the budget.

I don't have a problem with it because it helps maintain the parking lots and bathrooms.

There are rec fees on a lot of our national forests when you go park at a certain place.

It is easy to make that commitment as a government, but as an individual that owns something that is of a certain value.

So as you know, the Fish and Wildlife Service is talking about a rule to clamp down on the legal sale of ivory, ivory that is sold by people for a variety of different, ornamental reasons, firearm, and many other purposes.

We have significant concerns about the reduced funding in the State and Tribal Wildlife Grant Program.

All Members of this Subcommittee are now cosponsors of that legislation, and we really appreciate your support for that.

I wish to thank you, Congressman Simpson, and Ranking Member Moran for all of your work on this front.

I guarantee you we will look into it.

Are you aware of any delays in BLM efforts to reseed burned over areas because of new genetic requirements for seeds that are too localized to be commercially viable?

Appreciate all you guys do.

If you care about jobs, care about the urban forest, if you care about environment, if you care about property value.

I appreciate you being here.

I know they do important work in Idaho, and I suspect everywhere else, but nobody has mentioned stream gauges.

We have to get people to understand fire-wise, prevention techniques when they do buildings around communities.

I actually want to spend a whole lot less money on wildfire fighting by trying to do the things that will prevent the catastrophic fires.

I think that our infrastructure needs are the second biggest problem next to the debt and deficit and getting it under control.