As the principal author of CIEDRA, I feel it is appropriate to respond to you directly.
You have always been up front with me regarding your opposition to additional wilderness in Idaho.
We have to undertake these efforts together in a consensus based manner. If we do not, we will never find our way forwar...
While this bill is not perfect, and does need some more work, Senator Risch and I are going to continue working with the...
I know that it's possible.
In May I introduced the Tony Dean Cheyenne River Valley Conservation Act to establish the first grasslands wilderness ar...
I'm interested more in hearing on the procedural basis, how we get to the consensus that we need.
We too, have traveled this path of collaborative conservation on the Owyhee Canyon lands.
I also thank Chairman Bingaman and Ranking Member Murkowski for working with me and Senator Risch on this bill.
These things are difficult, but not impossible.
The effort to protect these ancient lands is citizen driven and buttressed, by the support of groups representing over 1...
Congressman Simpson deserves a tremendous amount of gratitude of the people of the State of Idaho.
The one, of course, most interest to me is S. 3294 which is the CIEDRA, what we call in Idaho the CIEDRA bill.
the intent of CIEDRA is that there shall be no establishment of any federal water rights for these wilderness areas now ...
I believe it is fair to say that those who are entrenched in their positions on one or both of these issues are not inte...
I share your concern about the damage that invasive and noxious species can do to native vegetation and wildlife.
It was done through a process that's very much different than the way we do these things today.
I believe that you worked in good faith on it.
