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On the recordSeptember 30, 2009
the people on the ground understood that wilderness was the wrong way to protect the land
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Jim Matheson
Utah

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Matheson argues against wilderness designation for land management.

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Apr 24, 2013

I think this year we have an opportunity to really get something done, and I think we should all embrace that opportunity to try to work together.

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Sep 30, 2009

We have produced wilderness in Utah. We have done it in a short timeframe, and we are poised to do it again and again.

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Feb 13, 2013

Matheson enthusiastically supports both of these goals.

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Apr 21, 2008

Congressman Matheson and I have made significant changes to the previous proposal. . . . We have removed the corridor designations for . . . the Northern Corridor.

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