ID HJM002

Idaho opposes Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar's Secretarial Order 3310 issued December 22, 2010, which requires the Bureau of Land Management to manage certain lands as de facto wilderness without state or public input.

Idaho asserts that sixty-nine percent of state land is managed by governmental agencies and that the state, as a sovereign entity, should determine land management through public process involving its citizens.

Bureau of Land Management manages approximately one-quarter of Idaho land and has initiated restrictions on twelve million acres, which Idaho contends locks up resources needed for jobs and sustainable rural communities.

Idaho will not support any wilderness designations that bypass public process involving state citizens and urges elected officials to defend this position with full citizen support.

The House Chief Clerk is directed to send copies of this memorial to the President of the Senate, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Idaho's congressional delegation, and the Secretary of the Interior.