H.R. 4272 will ensure local knowledge is applied to Federal decisionmaking on access.
For too long the Forest Service has arbitrarily and capriciously closed roads without public notice or consultation.
The feeling that folks I represent have, and that I have deeply is you already locked off X percent per forest on wilder...
In what amounted to an assault on good process and rural traditions on public lands...
the agency, frankly, ignored local citizens.
I look forward to working with the committee to mark up this bill and move it promptly to the Floor for final considerat...
Access to these forests is a cultural and social mainstay as well.
It seems access constantly is being restricted.
It was clear to those who participated in the process that the Forest Service had largely, if not entirely, ignored thei...
I would like to express that we are committed to working with Representative Walden and Congress to ensure the best poss...
Over half of Oregon's land--53 percent, to be exact--is controlled by the Federal Government.