Establishing protection for these activities ought to be one of the goals that we look at.
So allowing paddling certainly would not underlie the values for which this river was established or is used?
We are tradition bound and we hide behind that, and we refuse to think outside the box.
What does the Federal Government have to lose by allowing States a greater place in the management of the lands between their borders?
Shame on America. Let us wake up to really what has happened to us.
You are strongly opposed to it because it would take too much work to try and implement a solution ahead of time. That testimony is the indi...
There are Federal lands that are being managed by State and local government by an agreement.
I wonder if they are prepared to do those kinds of agreements.
So would it not be wise to do it now in legislation? Why is the Department so adamantly opposed to solving the problem ahead of time?
It is not an issue of want. We do not have the authority to return money that has been obligated from a donation.
Do you know whose decision it was to close the parks despite the offers from the States?