I would like to commend Senator Wyden for his acknowledgment of this and recognizing it by including over 120 miles of mountain-bike trails within this wilderness designation.
If mediation this week fails, and the Biscuit recovery gets tied into a judicial slipknot, I will advance legislation as a solution.
The real issue here is that Americans want green forests, not blackened ones.
These things need to be going in the same direction and not at cross purposes.
I think it is an excellent bill, and I intend to work with Senators Smith and Craig and all of our colleagues here to see if we can move it ...
We will work closely with you.
with all due respect, my judgment is, we're just not going to increase logging on Federal lands in the Mount Hood Wilderness Area.
Well, we will work with you on that. I can just tell you--Senator Smith knows--there is just a ton of economic hurt out there.
It's a common misunderstanding that the only areas suitable for wilderness are those that are pristine, never touched by man.
Are we protecting Mount Hood for the people or from the people?
I held two open public meetings in Portland and in Hood River.