Were you aware that the proposed National Public Lands Restoration Act makes significant changes in regard to public lands in the Western States and resources of the Columbia and Snake River basins?

1. Vests title of properties known as National Forests and Bureau of Land Management properties into State property and prevents the sale of the properties.
2. Outlaws clear cutting of timber and protects water supplies.
3. Places revenue from the public lands into the State Treasury of the State in which the property resides and can be used for public water and sewer systems, development of fish ladders, removal of dams, be used for scientific research to enhance wildlife/fisheries, etc.
4. Makes it illegal to deny entry of the public into the public lands or to charge a fee to walk on a trail or park at a trail head.
5. Directs removal of Grand Coulee and three dams on the Snake River in 10 years if fish ladders cannot be designed in 5 years.
6. Directs The Corps of Army Engineers and Bureau of Reclamation to create dams across sagebrush draws along the Columbia River and Snake River for water holding basins for irrigation for farmers and ranchers to replace water lost due to other dam removal.
7. Directs the Bonneville Power Administration to create windmill generator sites and generator/turbine sites that work off the ocean tides to replace any lost power.
8. Revokes the socialist/communist Columbia River Gorge Commission and returns control of the Columbia River Gorge to the States, county commissioners, and People residing therein and particularly to individual property owners
9. All properties placed into National Monument status since 1980, such as the Upper Hanford Reach, Steens Mountains, and Soda Springs returned to original owners.
10. Requires a 5-year study of the radioactivity in the aquatic life of the Columbia River and the food supply watered by the Columbia River.
11. Retains Federal employment status of employees presently working for the United States Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management; but makes all new employees State employees.
12. In the event that any State refuses to take jurisdiction over the properties or violates the provisions of the Act, title and control of the properties reverts back to the Indian Nations that originally claimed them as tribal lands.

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Mr. Roger A. Stolley

Roger A. Stolley