John Hansen: “Mr. Speaker, this bill directs the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct two land exchanges, the Montezuma Castle land…”

“Mr. Speaker, this bill directs the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct two land exchanges, the Montezuma Castle land exchange in the Coconino National Forest, and the Diamond Point land exchange in the Tonto National Forest. In the Montezuma Castle land exchange, the National Park Service will acquire some riparian areas which are part of the viewshed for the Montezuma Castle National Monument, and the Forest Service will acquire Double Cabin Park. In exchange, 122 acres of National Forest System land adjacent to the town of Payson Municipal Airport will be transferred to private ownership. In the Diamond Point land exchange, the Forest Service will receive a 495-acre parcel known as the Q Ranch in an area where they have completed previous acquisitions and consolidated Federal lands. In exchange, the Diamond Point Summer Homes Association will acquire 108 acres of Federal land which has been occupied by the association's 45 residential cabins since the 1950s. The Tonto National Forest plan specifically recommends conveyance of the Federal land to the cabin owners. The second part of this bill authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain lands in the Mendocino National Forest in California to correct recently discovered errors in the original survey.”