John Hansen: “I would hope that more Americans would realize this concept of multiple use. It has worked very well for us for a long…”

“I would hope that more Americans would realize this concept of multiple use. It has worked very well for us for a long time and out in the West. What does one do in multiple use when one only has one use like so many of our eastern States that do not even have to consider the issue. The gentleman from Colorado (Mr. McInnis) brought up the idea of grazing. Grazing is basically a tool. Should it be used judiciously? Absolutely. We should not denude the ground. We should be very careful with the ground. But yet, on the other hand, those of us who have been in that business and understand it, as some of my relatives have been, and I have worked on ranches myself, one finds oneself in a situation where grazing on the public ground keeps down those grasses. In Canada, as I understand, at one time, they did away with it; now they are asking people from Montana, North Dakota, and Idaho to bring those cows and sheep over there to keep those grasses down so they do not have the fires. Also, grazing is used in areas to open up trails. Grazing is used for various things. It should not be a thing where we hurt the ground, but that is part of multiple use.”