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ID SCR105
Concurrent Resolution
AI Summary
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Urges the Secretary of Interior to abandon Secretarial Order 3310, which calls for a re-inventory of Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands with "wilderness characteristics" under a new "Wild Lands" definition announced December 22, 2010.
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Requests Congress to honor multiple use management of public lands in Idaho and the western United States, citing economic benefits from energy development, mineral extraction, livestock grazing, and recreational opportunities on federally administered lands.
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States that 296 miles of identified energy corridors exist on BLM-administered Idaho lands and that the state is a critical link in U.S. powerline and pipeline networks that could be jeopardized by the Wild Lands re-inventory.
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Asserts that the Wild Lands initiative violates the spirit and letter of the Wilderness Act of 1964 and the Federal Land Policy Management Act (FLPMA) requirement for consistency with state and local planning.
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Directs the Secretary of the Senate to transmit copies of this resolution to the President, Congressional leadership, and Idaho's congressional delegation.
Legislative Description
Stating findings of the Legislature and urging the Secretary of Interior to abandon the "Wild Lands" wilderness re-inventory and requesting the United States Congress to honor the longstanding commitment to multiple use management of public lands in Idaho and the western United States.
WILD LANDS
Last Action
Delivered to Secretary of State on 04/08
4/7/2011