The amount of land proposed for this designation is overwhelming--it is the approximate equivalent of the size of the State of Maryland.

I urge the committee to pass H.R. 2781 and designate this section of the Molalla River as part of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.

Peter went above and beyond his legislative duty by trekking last fall to the rarely-visited Devil's Staircase waterfall.

If you do not act Utahns will lose out, Americans will lose out, and, worst of all, future generations will lose out.

The people of Carbon County and the rest of rural Utah trust our Utah Congressional delegation to represent us because they understand Utah and have shown us that they listen.

I do not support H.R. 1925--it does not reflect the collective views of the many interested stakeholders in Utah.

Today it is others trying to dig up the red rocks. Those of us who believe we should preserve our natural treasures for future generations have an obligation to do all that we can to continue the efforts of those individuals like Teddy…

The Bureau of Land Management has already verified that over 75 percent of the public lands protected by this legislation have wilderness characteristics through its past inventories of the land.

The Red Rock bill would designate as wilderness over nine million acres of public lands owned by the American people and managed by the Bureau of Land Management.

I hope that we can still strive to be constructive despite differences.

I look forward to working with you on the many pressing issues facing the BLM.