CONTENTS Adlard, Dick, Washington Columbia River Gorge Commission Andersen, Steven B., planning director Klickitat County Planning Depart- ment, as presented by Andy Priebe, planning technician... Apple, Bruce, Pacific Northwest regional executive, National Wildlife Federa- Armour, Larry E., commissioner, Port of Skamania County, WA. Atkins, Sherry, Columbia Gorge United Page Bird, Peggy, executive director, Pacific Northwest Waterways Association. Birkenfeld, William J., president and co-owner, Wind River Logging Co. Bledsoe, Stu, executive director, Washington Forest Protection Association Boyle, Brian, Washington Commissioner of Public Lands, as presented by Bringloe, Anne, northwest regional vice president, Sierra Club 176 Brislawn, Ed, legislative chairman, Chapter No. 1145, American Association 590 Clock, Patrick, president, Tri-County Citizens for Fair Land Planning, Inc., as Cowapoo, Rod, chairman of the fish and wildlife committee of the Confeder- 134 Crocker-Davis, Pam, Washington State office, National Audubon Society Dafoe, Vera, former member, Oregon Columbia River Gorge Commission.... Dunn, Patrick, director, Washington Department of Community Development.. 20 533 Evans, Hon. Daniel J., a U.S. Senator from the State of Washington Fahey, Michael D., Washington Native Plant Society.. Page 1 196 181 Fant, Karen M., executive director, Washington Wilderness Coalition.. 484 522 Fisher, John, Columbia River Cruises, Stevenson, WA, as presented by Kris 471 Fisher, John K., chairman, the Committee to Preserve Property Rights in the 297 Frome, Michael, visiting associate professor, University of Idaho. 397 79 Gardner, Hon. Booth, Governor-elect, State of Washington, as presented by 32 Garlick, Rosemary, secretary, Willard Women's Club, Willard, as presented by Vivian Fisher.. 518 George, Levi, member, tribal council, Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Good, Vernon A..... Haggin, Margaret, education chair, Audubon Society of Spokane.... Hall, Sue, director, Friends of Indian Heaven, and member, Columbia Gorge 132 539 265 279 Harrison, Floyd Billy, first councilman of the Kah-Malt-Pah, Mid-Columbia 135 Heck, Hon. Dennis, member, Washington House of Representatives, as presented by Gloria DeGroot. 17 Hegewald, Mary Meg, Stevenson, WA. 469 Hegewald, Rudy M., president, Skamania County Chamber of Commerce.. 212 603 Herring, Lynn, conservation chair Audubon Society of Portland. 266 Hobson, Kenneth D., city administrator, Cascade Locks, OR 83 Holly, Fred, chairman, Klickitat County Board of Commissioners... 45 466 Houck, Michael C., Audubon Society of Portland 261 Hovee, Eric, Economic Development Services, Vancouver, WA Jones, Jeffrey, executive vice president, Skamania County Title Co.............. 501 234 Karpinski, John, secretary-treasurer, Columbia Gorge Legal Defense Fund..... 524 490 Kerr, Andy, associate director for conservation and education, Oregon Natural Resources Council.. 199 King, Hon. Joe, member, Washington House of Representatives 16 82 58 Lethlean, Linda, Skamania County Assessor, as presented by Glenda Kimmel.. 66 123 Lindstrom, Stephen R., Protect the Gorge Association 563 102 Martin, Bessie, secretary-treasurer, Rowena Women's Club. 477 McCarthy, Kate, Hood River County, OR. 445 McClarney, Edward L., Jr., Stevenson, WA.. 468 McHugh, Paul, chairman, land use/property rights subcommittee, legislative committee, Washington Association of Realtors. 219 Merson, Alan, Washington Environmental Council 186 Miller, Bobbie, Rowena Extension Club 472 Mills, Jack, commissioner-elect, Hood River County, OR. 75 Misner, Marilyn, past president, Stabler Community Council, Carson, WA 473 Montchalin, Yvonne, Friends of the Columbia Gorge 374 Morasch, Ralph, Stevenson, WA....... 468 Neely, Pearl, Skamania County Chamber of Commerce.... 215 Neuburger, Carl A., president, Citizens for Better Highways, Inc....... Nichols, Rodger, Committee to Preserve Property Rights, Friends of the Willamette Valley O'Neill, Barbara, Friends of Indian Heaven and Columbia Gorge Coalition Palmer, Glenn, commissioner, Hood River County Board of Commissioners. Robertson, Ed, Clark County, WA, as presented by Virginia Cannard. Robinson, Lee, vice president, timber operations, Longview Fibre Co Royce, Carol Rutz, Dr. Richard, second vice president, Seattle Audubon Society Skousen, Joel Smith, Claude, Sr., member of the fish and wildlife committee of the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon and the Columbia River Intertribal Fish Commission Smith, Esson H., secretary-treasurer, Columbia Gorge United Sutherland, Hon. Dean, member, Washington House of Representatives, as presented by Pearl Neely. Swyers, Rita, director, board of directors, Hood River Chamber of Commerce and member, Oregon Women for Agriculture, Hood River, OR. Upson, U.L. "Larry," Underwood, WA. Teitzel, David L., Gorge Defense League. Vandenberg, Harold, Skamania County, WA, commissioner-elect Vasbinder, Gerald A., Columbia Gorge United.. Weidlich, Louise, director, Neighborhoods Protective Association White, Dennis A., Columbia Gorge Coalition. Wilson, George, vice chairman, Home Valley Community Council. Wrabek, Joseph T., executive director, Columbia Gorge United Wyers, Lucile, Stevenson, WA................ Zimmerman, Hon. Hal, State senator, State of Washington. APPENDIX Additional material submitted for the record... Page 510 302 284 5 46 430 591 194 523 425 141 303 257 284 405 134 406 266 381 18 244 427 593 67 475 411 605 288 292 480 528 412 289 13 609 COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1984 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE ON PUBLIC LANDS AND RESERVED WATER, COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES, The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at the Skamania County Recreation Center, Stevenson, WA, Hon. Daniel J. Evans presiding. Present: Senator Evans. Also present: Tony Bevinetto, professional staff member; and Linda Mason, professional staff member for the minority. Senator EVANS. This hearing will please come to order. Before we begin the testimony, I'm pleased to recognize Boy Scout Troop No. 321 from Stevenson, WA, to present the colors. [Presentation of colors and Pledge of Allegiance.] OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. DANIEL J. EVANS, A U.S. Senator EVANS. Welcome to all of you on this lovely fall morning in Washington State. I can only tell you as a lifelong Washingtonian who has at least for part of the year now been banished to Washington, DC, for duty, it's fun to be back home. Let me begin this morning with some ground rules, and also some history of the gorge and proposed gorge legislation. Then we'll be prepared for your testimony. As you all know, this is a hearing of the Public Lands and Reserved Water Subcommittee of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. The subcommittee will receive testimony on the management by Federal and non-Federal entities of land within the Columbia River Gorge in the States of Oregon and Washington, and the possible need for Federal legislation to protect scenic, natural, cultural and other resource values in the Columbia River Gorge. The Columbia Gorge has for many years been recognized as a nationally significant resource. As early as 1937, the Columbia Gorge Committee of the Northwest Regional Planning Commission recognized the danger of uncontrolled development on the gorge. During the last session of Congress, attempts were made to enact Federal legislation to regulate development of the gorge area. On March 1, 1983, Senator Packwood introduced S. 627, the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area Act of 1983. S. 627 would establish a National Scenic Area in the gorge to be administered by the U.S. Forest Service: The Forest Service, with the advise of a regional |