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NEWS CLIPPINGS
Wood River Journal Subdivision proceeds without approval
Mountain Express Forest Service Can't Stop Subdivision
in SNRA
The Times News To subdivide or not to subdivide?
Wood River Journal SNRA power play could pull plug on
subdivision
Mountain Express Utility Requests Power for
Controversial Subdivision
Post Register Congress not keeping its word
The Times News Electricial service brought to
controversial property
Mountain Express SNRA Subdivision Cries for Comment
Editorial
Mountain Express Power Line Goes to SNRA Subdivision
Idaho Statesman Sawtooth subdivision worries officials
Idaho Statesman Stop development in rec area
' Wood River Journal Idaho politicians look into status of
Illegal subdivision near Stanley.
Wood River Journal · (Editorial) Finish the job of
safegurading the SNRA
Post Register Agency lacks funds· to fight planned sub
Idaho Statesman
Post Register
Idaho Statesman
AND Sawtooth Construction
Sawtooth lacks anti- growth teeth·
Second landowner starts subdivision
in Sawtooths
Stop Subdivisions in SNRA
News from Mike Crapo Requesting funding 'for Rock Ck Ranch
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Post Register
Post Register
The Challis Messenger
Wood River Journal
Challis Messenger
Times News
Idaho Stateesman
Crapo seeks funds for SNRA scenic
Easements
Work Begins on Second Subdivision in
SNRA
Preserve Sawtooth Recreation Area
SNRA is concerned about proposed
Stanley subdivisions
Craig's lack of leadership threatens
SNRA
Clarification
Don't let subdivisions take a bite out
of Sawtooth area
Save the Sawtooths
United States Congress Press Release from Craig, Kempthorne
and Crago
Idaho Statesman Congress OKs money to preserve Sawtooth
North Side News Jerome Private development concerns SNRA
Forest Service
Wood River Journal Congress OKs funds for SNRA
Mountain'Express Crapo Grabs Funds for SNRA Easement
Wood River Journal Delegation must stop SNRA subdivision
Post Register Congress approves funding to buy
Sawtooth easements.
Post Register Don't jeopardize Idaho's scenic jewels
Idaho Statesman Keep the Sawtooths special
Idaho Statesman Idahoans must battle development in
the Sawtooth area
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Idaho Statesman
Challis Messenger
Delegation seeks Sawtooth purchase
Crapo SNRA funding request approved
for House vote
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Oct 06, 96 The Times News
Oct 09, -96 Mountain Express
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Oct 10, 96 Challis Messenger
Oct 16, 96 Mountain Express
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Oct 17, 96 Challis Messenger
Oct 19, 96 The Times News
Oct 20, 96 The New York Times
Oct 24, 96 Idaho Statesman
Oct 27, 96 Idaho Statesman
Oct 28, 96 Idaho Statesman
Oct 29, 96 Idaho Statesman
Oct 29, 96 Idaho Statesman
Governor Phil Batt visits Challis
Idaho lawmakers seek federal funds
to SNRA land for preservation
Preserve Idaho treasures
Idaho delegation delivers goodies
(2 pages)
Don't let SNRA drop from Congress'
agenda again
Editorial - Finish the Job
SNRA needs long-term acquisition
strategy
Ranger cheers effort protecting
wilderness
SNRA funding request is approved
for House vote
Congress appropriates money for SNRA
scenic easements.
Cartoon: Easement Purchase Funds
Forest Service Negotiates with Piva
County approves Strand's subdivision
Protection for Paradise (2 pages)
(Under NATIONAL) Houses vs. Wilderness
In the Idaho Mountains
Tim Woodward 3 day journey thru
the Sawtooths
7 page article - Saving the Sawtooths
8 page article - Saving the Sawtooths
9 page article - Saving the Sawtooths
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Idaho Congressional
Delegatiqn.
Idaho Statesman
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Idaho Statesman
Mountain Express
Wood River Journal
Challis Messenger
High Country News
High Country News
Idaho Statesman
Idaho Statesman
Times News - TF
Keep Sawtooth safe for future.
Election "96" What can you do to
increase Future Funding for SNRA
Election "96" Explain your position on
SNRA
Strand Subdivision Gets Custer County
Approval
Letters to Editor - Craig responds
Making Fools of Taxpayers and Heroes
of Developers
Letter from Governor Batt - Pleading
GUILTY to observations inappropriate.
Sawtooth area must be preserved
Press Release - Craig, Kempthorne,
Crapo staff meet with Forest Service
officials
Forest Service: Sawtooth area No. 1
National park fees to double next year
Sawtooths are top priority
Editorial - Encouraging Signs
Rangers seek federal funds,(2 pages)
Forest Service officials meet with
congressional staff
Locals learn the value of a good view
No Home on the Range - Ugly addition
must go
LOCAL - Crapo urges more help for SNRA
Editorial - Fund Sawtooth easements
Crapo looks beyond request for easement
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Mount in Express
Wood River Journal
Larry Craig -
News Release
The Times-News
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Wood River Journal
Challis Messenger
Idaho Statesman
Wood River Journal
Challis Messenger
Wood River Journal
The Times News
The Times News
The Times News
Mountain Express
Mountain Express
Crapo seeks more fding for SNRA
OPINION - Protect SNRA from federal
budget misers
Crapo Makes Another SNRA Funding Bid
Crapo snage money for SNRA easements
Easement funds closer to approval
Craig succeded today in getting Senate
Appropriations approval for nearly
$2 million to protect Sawtooth
SNRA, fossil beds funds clear hurdle
Craig ferries SNRA funds thru committee
SNRA easement funds make way toward
approval in Washington
Craig secures funding for Sawtooths
Dedicated effort will save SNRA for
next generation (Our View)
Streamline process for buying
easements {Editorial)
Crapo visits Hannah Slough, holds town
meeting
Piva turns down feds' land offer
After 25 years, SNRA faces unresolved
issues
Rancher rejects offer for Stanley
Basin Easement
Unfinished business on the SNRA
Sawtooth Society forms to save the SNRA
Piva rejects Forest Service easement
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Challis Messenger
Mountain Express
Rep. Crapo supports SNRA's mixed
missions
Dignitaries salute SNRA on silver
anniversary
Sawtooth National Recreation Area
celebrates 25th anniversary
Piva refuses scenic easement offer
Church on Sunday
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by Greg Moore
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.. A rancher who appears to be
stibdividing his Stanley Basin property
in violation of Sawtooth National
Recreation Area regulations
has the Forest Service hogtied. The
_ agen§· oilly recourse to op the
toevetopment is condemnation-an
expensive process for ch fund:
ing unlikely to be ma- avail-able.
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Steve Rinella, an assistant ranger
who oversees land acquisition
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about six weeks ago to ·mark out
parcels and to build a road. and
culverts ona privately owned, 160-
acre" tract about six miles west of
Stanley'. The site is of Anderson
Creek Road, about one mile north
·of Highway 21, and afords a com..
manding view of the Sawt_ooths
- across open pasture. It is owned by
the Piva family, whose members
live in Challis and own 12 parcels
of land, totaling 1,958 acres;in the
SNRA.
Rinella said one family member,
Bob Piva, has approached the Forest
Service twice with subdivision pro
. · posals, and that both were turned
::· down on the grounds they would
. violate a regulation requiring private
' property on tlie SNRA to maintain a
· pastoral charader. Rinela said Piva
.-·is now apparently proceeding de.'.
·· spite the development's violation of
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r. -:-:Contaded by the Idaho Mounliin
Express, Piva declined to comment
on his plans. But Rinella said
. Piva's earlier proposals were to
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The Sawtooths tower over the 160-acre subdivision site in the Stanley
Basin. The development is in violation of Sawtooth National Recreation
Area regulations, but the Forest Ser�ice is powerless to stop it, unless it
buys the parcel. (£r:press photo by Greg Moore)
create 15 lots.
The SNRA was established in
1972 as an unusual compromise
between the national-park status
proposed by conservationists and
an intent to maintain the area's
ran ching character . In order to avoid
a constitutional "takings" issue.
Rinella said, the SNRA's regulations
were written to be voluntary.
However, the agency is permitted
to condemn land when the standards
are violated. But Rine·lla said
that in the case of the Piva property,
that would cost at least several hundred
thousand dollars-money the
Forest Service does not have and is
not likely to obtain from Congress
in the near future.
· '"One of the driving reasons for
the SNRA was to keep the big parcels
from getting divided up,"
Rinella said. "But (the Piva parcel)
is one of a handful of big; original
homesteads that we did not get to
as far as getting scenic easements
on. The easement money ran out
before we got to that point.
"We would like to see the land
owners retain the property and continue
doing the same thing the family's
been doing for years, which is
grazing cows. And we'd like them
to have a few dollars to compensate
for that."
Money is available from Congress
every year for acquisition of
. scenic easements on property such
as the Pi vas' through the federal
Land and Water Conservation
Fund-a pool of money funded by
recreation fees and taxes and ofshore
oil drilling. However, Rinella
said, the last time the SNRA was
allocated any of that money was in
1992. He said requests from the
fund require passage through a twoyear
pipeline.
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Recreation Atea will not
stop plans to build a subdivision
in the shadows of some of
Idaho's most majestic: peaks.
'The Stand subdivision is be
ing built in direct violati on of
regulations meant to protect
the scenic qualities of the area.
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The. orJy s ur e way the SNRA
can stop illegal subdivisions is
in both areas. When work began to condemn them. It must pay
anyway, the organization issued for the property, however, and
cease-and-desist orders, which Congress hasn't appropriated
were ignored. money for SNRA r.:ondemnations
The o wner of the 4.8 ncres in years.
Sawtooths/Froml.A
along Highway 21 subsequently Property owners who violate
sold the land to the 'Stands. the regulations are in efect
Their plans call for 10 homes, gambling on the SNRA 's inabiltwice
the number rejected in the ity to stop them.
previous owner's plans. The SNRA was created in
Assistmtt SNRA :Ranger Steve 1972. Led by the late Sen. Frank
Rinella said cease-and-desist or- Church,. Congress passed legis;ders
probably w ou ld be issued to la.tion meant to preserve what
the Strands, who were unavail· was consid ered a special part of
able for comment Friday. the nation.
That doe:m't mean work will The measure received biparti-stop.
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"To them (property owners), gressional delegation. About 90
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money isn't available to fight'
development.
Land for the 10-home Strand
subdivision four. miles north·
west of Stanley bas been
cleared and a backhoe has been
working on 4.8 acres of land.
The property is owned by Dannie
and Sally Strand of Challis.
Travelers on Hig hway 21, the
road from Stan ley to Boise, see
it while passing by.
Work also has begUn on a
160-acre subdivision - Piva.
subdivision - about a mile
away. It also violates SNRA
regUlations.
The SNRA has reviewed and
re jected plans for subdivisions
See Sawtooths/Back Page
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development easements. The 10
percent without easements in- ·
eludes the development.9 now
under way.
"People from all over the
world see this as a grea t place to
develop," said Bethine Church, ,
the senator's widow. "They
don't see it as the little jewel it
is. They don't have Frank's vi- .
sion of it as a special place that
s hou ld be saved."
Refering to th land on which
easements weren't purchased,
she said that "if the whole con·
cept ot' the S'lA could have
been carried out a.t the time, this
sort of thing wouldn't be a prob·
lem. The SNRA is an unfinished
monument."
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OQntact: Susan Wheele-r
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Washington, D.C. -- !daho 2nd District epresenative Mike Crapo
has requested funding from che fiscal year 1997 rncerior Land and
Water Conse:rvation Fund for purchase of the Reck Cre!$!k Ranch and
scenic ea$ements in the Sawooth Natiorl Rcreation Area (SNRA) .
In a let;ter sent . this morning to the· Chairman of the Interior
Appropriations Subcommittee, Ralph Regula CR-Ohio), Capo asked
for committee aupport for funaing for scenic easements and
$500,000-for the purchase of the Rock Creek Rnch near Hailey.
"These land acquisitions are important to maintain the natural
herit.age of Idaho," Crapo .sid. "We must preservo che integrity
of scenic wild areas within Idaho nd provide the best
envionment possible for wildlif$. Funding for purchase of all
or part of t.be Rock Creek Ranch would allow t.hte · S\lreau of Land
Management o obtain an important wildlife coridor. The
urehase of scenic easements will help assure that. sorn of the
most beautiful of Idaho lands remains in an· undev.eloped state. " ,
Each year the Ineeior Appopriaions Subcomittee reviews
:req1.1ests from each congressioi1al <iist.rict . to · determine t.he
highest priority items for ld aequisitior. purchase. A decision
regarding crapo's requests is expected o be made within he next
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tooth Wilderness and Boulder-White /ath persotfieadirig this calls iheirof·
Clouds Wilderness Study Area. Today fires with t#-anie_ message. ':· -
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the SNRA is the most popular and ·But 'this whole sitUation has made me.
beloved' piece of public land in Idah?· . op ":lld think. I tlJ.i?k it's time-for Idaho _1
My husband, Frank,.steered the bill to-renew our commttment to' the Saw- ,
whicp. saved the Sawtooths through tooth area. Everyone who was here when
Congress. Sen. Len Jordan and Reps. Or· _the SNRA was created, and eyeryone · val Hanseri and J4n McClure helped him. wh wasn't, needs to thihk a about· Th� lKeJo W<l;Ilted !hls ,l<?wwe·kee e hear,t'ofldaho the "!on- 1 speq?l_)?,Ia:ce·Protected for the future m a derful place 1t 1S today. The 25th anruver- · ·
stiilwa The .. Sawtooth National ·· -isacy neXt year' is a good tirlie for it. How '
R$elio'ji'4l'ea:is that special-way. -·· ·: -.:"JiS i doing? Are we 'lsmg_it wisely? How.
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o1d: "f#: Qwe. ilic,>se who pr!?tected 1t_ .-. "'"f_.b &lven. '··· .much htKairs. We also have a great, per- . '-,,t·Xv!luiy believe the ANRS. ,,._,,,. _s;•h•:PoUl.: " d'"' fo e,, .,,.,. .. exmaneiitresponsioility
to keep the Saw- . . ·panded to more tural boundaries, to .
tooth aiea'spedhl. ·. . . -: :"'' :·.:::-�.<:· .'.' ,,·; ;_;:protect itS watersheds and Wildlife better,-
: :Af this inomen· two illegal subdfvision5 . and to extend· its 'economic benefits to · . arilsve·-hiloo'oufji:iltoe be-built on. eht SANlt. Subdi· .. :Oirtr coiilmnuites. Ohters-say hte crurent 'i Sawtooth Valley and Stanley : area has big probleiD:S that need attention :
Basin'woUid be a crime; it is exactly what firSt. !,think I agree With both cainps. ·
the SaWtooth National Recreation Area · . But what counts is what Idaho thinks-aws.
.c. reated to prevent. I can't beileve' ·· 'all of us, together. I believe Idaho's lead-
Idaho's members of Congress and the For- ers should hold an Idaho town meeting
est Service would allow this. But for three on the future of Sawtooth country. It
years obr congressmen have not gotten could occur over several months next
the Forest Service a single dime to buy year and would have two purposes: to re·
easements on the lands being subili.vided. new our commitment to the SNRA and to
Open space easements benefit every· decide exactly what we must do now to
one. 'The landowner is fully compensated keep it special.
f6r keeping his land unsubdivided.'The But first let's stop these subdivisions.
lands stay on the county tax roles. And · · ' ·
we get Sawtooth country as it is today. Bethine Church, widow of former U.S. It will take a million dollars or so to Sen. Frank Church, spent many summers
stop these subdivisions. Idaho's congres- at a family ranch on the Salmon River in
sional delegation needs to find it. I know the Vhite Clouds. She and her husband
federal money is tight, but I also know sold the ranch so there would be nt? conJ?ict
(Pye been there) that it can be found of interest when Sen. Church moved the
. v.;4en it has to be. Larry Craig, Dirk Sawrooth Natftfnal Recreation Act through
t Kempthorne and Mike Crapo can find it. . Congress in 1 9-";;2.
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CRAIG: (202)"224-1009
KBMPTHORNE: (202) 24-6142
CRAPO: (202) 225-5531
CJWGKEMPTH�· STAFF MEE:t·Mm rOam savic;i oFFICiALS ·
Will work to develop tl "Strategie AcqtO:UtioD Plan for Idaho"
W ASHlNGTON. DC - Staff frOJll the ofices of Sexmtor Lmy Ctai Senator Dirk
Kem and Congressr:n.m Mike Crapo rnet with U.S. Forest Servi officials Tueay to
develop a strategic: &.Qqution p to protect federa.lly-designated scenic lands in Idaho S1lCh as the
Sawtoth Naticmil R.ccxeational Area (SNRA)•
Craig ccd the :[J).C(.'ting to make certain that ftlnding for Forest Service land acquisition$
un.d eucmc::uts in 1hc President" s fiscal year 1998 budpt -- whic:h is due to Cos in .a few
months - refl=u the prioriti cf Idaho. An uxgent response ws.s made neceS3ty by the proposed
development plans of private property owners within' the Sawtooth National Recreational Area. The:
Forest Service opo$t!S those plans.
Ccnpss Monday approved ssoo.ooo for the putah of easemCl'lts thin the SNRA.
The F 9r=st Servic;e ves f1.1.nQ.inz evcxy year to purdwle larld within federally-designated
c areas from privan, Ian.dawners who are wilini to sU. Members of the Idaho delegation will
work with Fotest Service and Bureau of Land Manasement oficials ever tbe next several months to
ensure that federally-tlesignated seem" areas within Idaho- sueh as the Sawtooth the Frank Chnreh
WiJd!mleS and the Snake River coridor .. . arc: targeted. for sucb funding.
'"'I'he point crf tbj{¢� was to establish a plan so that 1dahc1s orities are pized in
the Forest Service·s budget,•• $:aid Craig. ''The meting wa.s an important first stap toward ensuring
that .the rights of prop¢I'l'Y owners are protec:tecl while also pteseMDg the scenic: beal.lty of the
Sawtooth.··
"We have asked the Forest Service to provide us with their plan on how to address these
eir&al iesu." hptoem ais.d ..As eht eorst SYeri:ce eastbilhses piroirites fot acq,aiuitons, hte
delegation can then work to make sure the budg allow them to negotiate with willing sellers. •·
"It is im.portmt that we preserve the scenic heritage of oux state. •• Cnlpa said. "While some
fu.Qding has been provided for easements within the SNRA. much more work is neded o:a this
issue. This cooperative efort will ;o fu in protectil'lg private property rights and conserving the
natttnU beauty of" these sensitive areas in Idaho.'"
.Ropresenting the U.S. Forest St::l'Vice at the meting today wwc Eleancr Towns, National
Dh-tor of Lan; Brent Handley, Land Acquisitions specialist; 9lld James Snow. Deputy A.s!iistant
Oeneral CollUel for the T].S. Dcpent of Agriculture.
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Tuesday, October 1, 1996
Congress 0 Ks money
to preserve Sawtooths
$800,000 will be used to buy
scenic easements from
private property owners
By Tim Woodward
The Idaho Statesman
The prospect of new subdivisions rising
in the shadow of the Sawtooth Mountains
grew more remote Monday, courtesy of the
U.S. Congress.
The $389 billion spending bil approved
by the Senate on Monday night and quickly
signed into law by President Clinton includes
$800,000 that can be used to buy
scenic easements from property owners
planning developments on private land in
the Sawtooth National Recreation Area.
Easements' are a way of compensating
landowners for relinquishing their right to
subdivide their property.
"This funding will help preserve the
scenic heritage in the Sawtooths," said
Rep. :Mike Crapo, &-Idaho, who helped
guide the appropriation through the
House.
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nterest in
preserving
the Sawtooth
Valley as a
special part of
Idaho goes
back almost to
the state's be-
ginnings.
A Sawtooth
Forest Reserve
was created in
1906, 16 year5
after statehood.
In 1911, a
group of Jtjaho women introduced the
first of several bills proposing federal
protection of the valley and surounding
mountains.
Their vision was realized in 1972
when Congress established the Saw·
tooth National Recreation Area. The
756,000-acre area includes four mountain
ranges. 40 peaks 10,000 feet or
higher, more than 300 mountain lakes
and the headwaters of four rivers- the.
The $800,000, from the Land and Water Salmon, Payete, Boise and Big Wood.
Conservation Fund, will give the U.S. Forest
Service at least part of the ·money it
needs to acquire easements on land being
subdivided near Sta.uley in violation of :·. . .
regulations meant to preserve its scenic · ·
beauty. The Forest Service said it was . • ibe ate approves and
powerless to stop the developments. the spending bill. Pace 3A It is the first time since 1992 that Con- · ·
gress has authorized funding for SNRA
easements.
ow, that's great news!" SNRA Ranger
Paul Ries said.
"it will certainly help take care of some
of the immediate problems."
The most immediate challenges to laws protecting the SNRA's spectacular scenery
are two subdivisions planned northwest of
Stanley. Bob Piva of Challis hopes to build
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a subdivision on 160 actes a mile nOrth· ::.:.; ·
east of Highway 21, the road from Boise= -;'··
Stanley. Now a meadow, the land ofl"d ";,;.
striking views ofi;b awtooth M.;U.,.· j
The other subdi"llSlOl would be soitll 0%0 ·.
and nearly aacent to HighwqJ;!}t t;,;
would consist of 10 homes . .. 4;8-: owned by Dan and Sall y Str8ni:f, ; . .,.. \
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Area oficials are reacting positively
to moves by the state
Congressional delegation to protect
additional backcountry
wilderness in Central Idaho.
"It's excellent, I'm excited,"
said' SNRA Ranger Paul Ries of
a meeting in Washington last
week between the Forest Service
.and staff from the offices of
Sens. Larry Craig, Dirk
empthorne, _ _ and Rep. Mike.
Crapo. . . .. It's a good sign. It's a good
omen for the future of the recre- Sen. Dirk Kempthome
ation area," he said. · . _
Delegatfon representatives of their land, but prevents them
asked the 'Forest Service to from subdividing or altering the
develop_·· a, strategic acquisition ." land's scenic _qualities. Abof 10
plan t -prevent deve!opment on. percent qf the 756,000-ace
priva!e _IarifwtJ- ·t Jt.. SNRA ancr other un.sopila ares. -uch. est of it:.bdan'i ' rsp railvreaated yh apnrqdtse,c. . taendd: .- -' ·
as the Frank Church River of No 'Sinc·e the SNRA was. created .
Reurn .i. l.de_rnels, an j,.te:· by· Congress in 197Z, tile federai
Sqake River·c9rridoi. : __ : ·.:-: : ; gov_emment has· ,Pent close .!·. . ,:
- · - :Sli t-f.---redy. a. , $50 million On psrvjg _pr·; . ·_
'Y.qk (!pJPplhJ!g mfo!n.at191!• ·v:ate lan" from deeippmel}-fnCludliig
::maps-'.]lqipei'ty - $293 million bas'been'spent' on - -:-_
escripti:>nait a·pd� ist;of. e!Jements,-$5 mjllio?,on. 'out.:: . :
land thatti:mst'be protected, Ries nght tand purchases, ·and SS
sai(t ·.-<':'.::·' '":·:.1 •,i:·,._ ;·-..: million on land coirdeniirations:··j·
. : 'l,daho' Conessional deiega- But easement ?r other Ian. . :
. '? . .eW.h.iJ ;, ys JI: iEfo r.-...::-a.,c;qisjti2n; u. hav ot .b,e . ...
.matJon.tll help· msure tJ:le For- .<->avatlable smce 1992,. the forest ,
est Seic !eives_ .the eces:-_. : Service ha:{said it is powerleS.s ·.
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sary Jederaf': funct:s¥t9 ,proec_t:. o stop landowners who:vio.lat
land tthin designated scenic r. the :·rec"reiiion area· s devlo'p- -._, areas. - .
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. • As- the Fprst Service. estab-:. In 'the past acording. to Ris, . . Iishes priorities for acquisition,_ the priority list ranked the S!':w-..
the delegatiqn can work with_ tooth Valley first, followed by · . them to make sure he 9udgets - tqe St;tnley· Basin arid area ·
. wll. �Vgw.)�-;;_q_ - .got !t?.i.. __ _ dowrver_ rr S_! a. l!-lX.: }, .. , ,).. ,;Hi.-<-
Wlh !.! IIJg;-!I-;_a.ri·'-}J.Qt , me_m st rctcent . exr-:>;,-
empthoe-.. ·:· ···''§f '--i-·Z-: . J+ opment attempts are m the _Stan- · . .
Crapo ·and Gra1g calld the· le-y Basin. One, on property· · ·
meeting an importat first step·. owned by Challis rancher Bob ..
to preserving th natur.al beauty Piva, is about five miles of . ·· ·
of Central Idaho \Yhile proct-: · northwest of Stanley along
ing private property r!ghts. A, Anderson Creek. · .: . · ..
follow-up leeting is cheduled :.The SNRA'.s first priority
fqr mid-November. _:_-:· - . :,. now, Ries said, is the Piva prop-
.. Last Tuesday's meting took. erty. "We're starting with Piva,".
place a df:iY aftr ongress· he said. :·· ·
· . appropriated $800,000 for the · Coincidentally, Ries added, · purchas scenic easements in · one of the Forst Service ofi-__ , .
the Stanley Basin. The Forest.. cials involved in last week's ·Service
hopes that money can be meeting is an expert on ease-·· .
used tQ stop two de:-.:elopments mentS who drafted many of the
that ere a.rt- nea. Stany existing easement agreemnt for
this sumer-.. :-.'_;...;r., ..1 •. :. :. ·.: .<L· the- SNRA. That oficial, James :
.·. Easemnts allow. private prop- · Snow, will most likely review ;_
rty __ owers. o rtain '?wership the Piva easement, Ries said. · ·
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•I News from the Idaho Congressional Delegation ,,
PRESS RELEASE
Senator LLrry Craig
Senator Dirk Kempthorne
For Irnntcd.ia:te Release
Noveml:;er .26, 1996
Representative Mike Ct'apo
CRAIG: {292) 224-2752
KEMPTHORNE: (202) 224-6142
CRAPO: (202) 225-5531
at4l{i. -�"Yl'fIBOB,NE, c;I{APQ STAFF MEET Con..Jintte developaig plan for Sawtooth'BYm Naito n,BFQST£14 Reere aESito1;ERVtn Area !ACFIQlLS
'NASHINGTON: DC ... Staff from the offices of Senator Larry Craig. Senator Dirk
Kempth.ome.and Representative e Crapo met with U.S. Forest Service officials Tuesday to
eontinw' dev.J!loping a strategic acquisition plan to protect federally-designated scenic lands in daho
such as the SaMooth National Recreational Art:a (SNRA).
The xpeting is a follow·up to m October 1 meeting that Craig called to make certain that
funding for :Forest Service land acq"IJ.isitions and easements in the Prcsicknt' s fiscal year 1998
d&ct ·-which is due to Congress in a few months ... reflects the priorities of Idaho ..
Also: in Octobl!=r, Congres approvd $800,000 for the: purchase of SNRA easemants.
"As we protect the Sawtooth and its scenic beauty we are also working with the Forest
S=vicc to }?tctcc.:t private property rights,'' said Craig. ''This meting was another important sll:p in
a proc.t:ss that wil aS5Ure Idaho will get the money necessary to protect its natural wonders such as
the Sa1vtooth range."
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. "The. Congressional delegation is right to insist on a long term tactical plan to·resolve this
issue. hut we must be mindful of other needs around the state and not nglect those neds,"
Kempthcme said.
"This issue continues tc be of primary concern. to me,'' Crapo said. 'These mt:etings will
provide a sti;ong framework for pteserving the Sawtooths while protectng private property rights.11
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The Fotest Service receives funding every year to aequire lands from private Ia:ndowners
who ate willing to sel. Idahols congressional delegation iii work with Forest Service aud Bureau
of L.a;nd Management oficials over the next several months to ensure that fed.erally·designated
scenic areas within Io .. .such as the SNRA.. the P:rar-Jc Church Wilderness, lttld the Snake River
corid·Jr - arc tar,�etod fol' such funding.
Representing the U.S. Forest Servit:e: at the meeting today were Brent Handley, responsible
forth: Forest Service's land acquisition program; Bill Levere, Sawtooth National Forest supervisor;
Paul JU.es, S� manager; and Steve Rinela, who overses the SNRA land acquisition program.
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For Immediare .Rek:ase
July 2, 197 Mike T1'31:Y (208) 342-798$
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CRAJG SECURES .FUNDING FOR SA.WTOOTIIS
Bear Rive.r Basin mdy, Pereg.Jiine .F�md, other Idaho projects also fli!lded
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• W ASGl'ON, DC - Id2hc Senator Lkny Cniig sn.c:ceeded tcxlay in getting S Approprlmions
Com1tee approval for nearly $2 millio1 to protect "the Sitwtccth NatiorJ.ql Re:aemiou Area (SNRA). The
. commite also approved ibnding requested' by 1'2ig for other con.set'JUio!1 proje:ts in The st;rte.
"I:he fundit1,s is includtd in the hmcdor ci & Sen.-ic:e appropriations .bil. approved by the Sena:e
Apxoprlations Comtnit= b:te this afternoon. liaii is a member of th clDID..i:te.
The Idaho senazcr secared 51.8 million fbr the as;qrllsmon' Qf scenic easemeat5 or outright purchases
within. the Sawtccrh National on .ea. Su;h acquisitions are imemied to pmtea the senic beauty of
Sawtoo1h while compensatins privm len�i:u�rs for 'tbe less of prlvate property that n:sul :fb;nn thzt
proteajon.. j
Craig - and other members (If the !daho :delegatiou - have been working closely 'With Forest Servic:l!
and B'UI'ea11 of Land Mlmac,cea:tec.t oficlals ov the past year to make =taiD, Idahots i'ly-designared s
.receive te fiulding. '
"The Sa'W'tOOtbs are a. pi of great beauty,., said Craig. "It's importmt that "We move te prot
that bQTlt'Y, 'MW.e .stiii prot=ing the private proPerty rights of 1;bs)se who o'Wl1 laud in the area. This fending
allows lhat to happm."' . .. i ·
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Other provisions for Id!ho in the Interior appropriations bill include the f'oUowirJ.g:
At. Crcrig's request, the comTftee set aside: money to sttr.dy wat=r quality problems in the .Bear River
Basin. The funding is pa:t of a larger p targeted to smdyi:ag \'tl!U qu.alfty dlrongbcut the re.fPon
of the <mat Salt Lake. '
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I The comfnee ap-p:gve.d. S900000 to acq\ure land for I":Seaxcll facility i:Uld vi;itors centet"' a: the
Hageansr1 Fossil Beds Natian2l Mom=ent uear T-win ralh. The Forest Se:Nice estil'na!es the fosil
beds will attract 300,00 visito:rs the msr:year the monumem is Q to the public..
• Cmig wc;s qple to c:ont:inue funding for me nan . m Peres;rine Fu:nd, Vlodd. Center for Birds of Prey
near Boise. The commitee approved S4QO.OO 1D go tO'Waid the center. wf:Uc:h has projet:ts throughout
the wadd aimed a:t reoavering endangere4 ss of ir.
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M Craig: s n:.qaesr, the co,;mittre appmved S2 milian iO establish th= Inte:rmotak Center for "Mining
Research cd Deve!op:ment at the :IN.E'EL The will work m cooperation with zoea:jQI!2l
tmivcrsmes, coleps, and federal and - organi:.z:a:dons to ad:vance mmg 't!:!cbnology, mcludl.n.s
fi1d.in.; '\\ cs::rey out mining ope.tations·m the Im=m.otm.tain West with mini.mal imp on the Iw:�d.
'Ilte I2ilort ApporaitoSl Bill :CQi:S : ot ceasid. aeirton by hte 1iil SJemt.
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Idahoans look�
ahead 25 years
By N.S. Nokkentved
Times-News writer
RED FISH LAKE -It was like a
litany. They all said it, one after
another, each in their own way.
Let's finish the job.
It was the recurring theme of
the 25th anniversary of the
<>wtooth Recreation Area this
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something different to different
folks.
To former elected officials
Cecil Andrus, Jim McClure and
Orval Hansen and to Bethine
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Church, the wido'w·.Of the late'
Frank Church, it means· buying
the development -rights'on the , _,
remaining' privat·lands, in the .
SNRA.. .
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completing actioQ. on ·'wilderness
proposals _for the Bou;Ider-White.
Cloud Mountains tha:t form the ,
east side of the SNRA and
expanding the SNRA ·
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"We-did the right thing 25
years ago,". said Andrus, Idaho's
governo_r when:the $NRA was·
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·.The late John .Breckenridge of Busterback Ranch signed the
first scenic easement with the U.S. Forest Service In the
The spectacular beauty speaks
for itself, he said, gesturing at
Mount IJeyburn rising above Sawtooth National Recreation Area. The agreement ensures
· Pleas se NRA, .age .2· : ,',;_
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Do you enjoy looking ar an
outhouse?" he asked.
Andrus praised U.S. Rep. Mike
Crapo for his willingness to carry
on the batle for funding. In the
past two years Crapo has raised
about $2.6 million for easement
'purchases. .
Other members of the Idaho
delegation, however, have not
shown that willingness, Andrus
said. Neither has Forest Service
leadership.
·. A commitment, made by then-
.. ·Forest Service Chief John
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. . · the podium Friday by former
· · · •· ·. · . . . Sawtooth Forest' Supervisor. Ed ·.: : · · ·: ·. . : · Fournier: "The Forest Service
· · · ... : ':.has received a mandate to take
·special care in managing the
Sawtooth National Recreation
. Area. Today we pledge ourselyes
· to this task."
McClure urged a group of
about 150 people gathered at the
Redfish L ake Visitor Center
Friday to focus not on what has
been done but on what remains
to be done.
But it wasn't just the. threat of
. .s ubdivisions that drove the effort
to create the SNRA. Mining
played a significant part.
Fournier pointed out that in
1972 more t..,.an 6,000 Wlpatented
mining claims had been filed on
the SNR..-\. - most of them not
legitimate. Today fewer than :ZOO
remain, he said.
No one spoke of the biggest
mining threat of all - th<: proposed
Asarco open pit molybdenum
mine at Castle Peak in the
heart of the White Could
Mountains, and that disappointed
Lynne Stone of tf1e BoulderWhite
Cloud Council. · ,
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posal, however, helped elevate
.the SNRA to national attention,
Andrus said in a later interview.
He reinterated his words of 25
.. years ago: "You can't picnic1. or
hunt or camp or: fish in an open
pitmine." .
The Castle Peak mine was a
vehicle that hel ped pass the
SNRA legislation, but talk of protecting
the Sawtooth Valley had
Started in the 1960s, he said.
But for Stone the job of protecting
the spectacular central
·.Idaho mountains remains incomplete
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She and the Boulder -White
Clouds Council are pressing a
500,000-ace wilderness proposal,
and sugest looking at the expansion
of the recreation area into
the Pioneer and Smoky mou:x;ttains
to the south and in the Cape
Horn and Bear Valley near
Stanley. ·
·Recreation use alrea d y is
heavy in those areas, and they
include little private land, she
said. :
The designation also would
protect the scenic areas from the
threat of open pit mining, s.rone
said. ·· ..
Crapo and U.S .. Sen.· Dirk
Kempthorne have expressed ap
interest in the wilderness isstie,
Boulder-White Clouds member
. Pat Ford said: .
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he said. · ; As for expanding the SNRA,
Sa-.vt:ooth Forest Supervisor Bill
. LeVere would like to settle unfinished
issues with the present are:a
before taking on anything more.:
"W e're willing t o listen/'
LeV ere said.
Times-News stafj writer N.S.
Nokkentr:ed can be reached at 733-
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