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For Immediate Release:
June 5, 2008

Craig Says Don't Destroy Idaho Recreation

Washington, DC — Idaho Senator Larry Craig today addressed the issue of off-highway vehicle management on public lands during a hearing in the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. The hearing addressed the issue of adding more restrictions to public land access in the near future.

"In terms of access, we need to strike a balance so we don't have to look at our public lands from afar as if they are in a museum," said Craig, the Committee's acting Ranking Member. "We need access in a responsible way. We need signage, education and enforcement.

"We once had a timber industry in Idaho, and it was destroyed by bad policy in Washington. We once had a mining industry in Idaho until it was burdened by bad policy in Washington. I have a thriving recreation industry in Idaho. Don't destroy it with bad policy in Washington."

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