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2005-121-Minutes for Meeting January 31,2005 Recorded 2/18/2005COUNTY OFFICIAL TES �NANCYUBLANKENSHIP, COUNTY CLERKDS CJ 1445.11 COMMISSIONERS' JOURNAL OZ/I8I2005 03:40:20 PM 11111[ II IIIII11111111IIIIII3 1 DESCHUTES COUNTY CLERK CERTIFICATE PAGE This page must be included if document is re-recorded. Do Not remove from original document. Deschutes County Board of Commissioners 1300 NW Wall St., Bend, OR 97701-1960 (541) 388-6570 - Fax (541) 385-3202 - www.deschutes.orgy MINUTES OF PUBLIC HEARING DESCHUTES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS MONDAY, JANUARY 31, 2005 Commissioners' Meeting Room - Administration Building - 1130 NW Harriman St., Bend Present were Commissioners Dennis R. Luke, Tom De Wolf and Michael M. Daly. Also present were Joe Studer, County Forestry Specialist; Larry Blanton and Mark Mills, Sheriff's Office; Mollie Chaudet, Project Manager for the Upper Deschutes Resource Management Area, and Robert Towne, Manager of the Upper Deschutes Resource Area, Bureau of Land Management. Also in attendance were media representatives Barney Lerten of bend. com, Chris Barker of the Bulletin, and Mollie Hendricks of Z-21 TV; and approximately 300 citizens. The purpose of the meeting was to take public testimony on a proposed Badlands wilderness area designation. Chair Tom De Wolf opened the meeting at 5: 30 p.m. Chair DeWolf asked those in the audience who wish to testify to fill out the sign -in sheet. (Copies of the sign -in sheets are attached as Exhibit A.) He stated that hearing assisted devices are available for those who need it. (None were requested.) He then introduced representatives of the Bureau of Land Management, and Joe Studer, the County's Forestry Specialist. He advised that there is a lot of testimony to be reviewed, and that the Board assumes there will probably be more public input submitted after the hearing. A decision will not be made until approximately mid-March. He asked that everyone treat each other with respect, and that cheering, booing and other outbursts will not be tolerated. He also asked that individual testimony be kept brief so that others will have a chance to speak, and if someone agrees with the testimony of another, they can so state. Those who have documents to distribute should limit the distribution to the recording secretary, the Commissioners and the media. Minutes of Public Hearing regarding Proposed Badlands Wilderness Area Designation Monday, January 31, 2005 Page 1 of 56 Pages The record will remain open for further written testimony until a week from Friday (February 11) at 5:00 p.m., which can be sent by fax, e-mail or letter. This additional further testimony will become part of the permanent public record as well, and will be posted on the County website shortly after the record closes. Sometime the week of February 14 all of the verbal and written testimony will be available on the County website. Everything the Board receives will also be compiled and forwarded to the staffs of Senator Wyden, Senator Smith and Congressman Walden. He then gave an overview of five options open to the Commissioners in this issue. (A copy of the choices is attached as Exhibit B.) He explained the options are as follows: 1. Take no action on the proposed Badlands Wilderness designation. 2. Support the BLM Wilderness report, which proposes to declare 32,030 Badlands acres as wilderness area. 3. Support the ONDA (Oregon Natural Desert Association) proposal to declare a little over 39,000 acres as wilderness. 4. Support a non -wilderness designation for the area. 5. Support BLM's current environmental impact statement designating the area as roadless, prohibiting the use of all motorized vehicles within the area that BLM will describe for us. He asked that if those who wish to offer verbal or written testimony prefer the Board pursue one of those options, to so state. ROBERT TOWNE: I am Robert Towne, Field Manager for the Deschutes Resource Area, Prineville Bureau of Land Management. I have management responsibility for 800,000 acres of public land, from La Pine north to the Columbia River. This includes 230,000 acres in Deschutes County and the 32,221 -acre Badlands Wilderness Study Area. MOLLIE CHAUDET: For the record, I am Mollie Chaudet, and I am the Project Manager for the Upper Deschutes Resource Management Plan for the Prineville District of the Bureau of Land Management. Minutes of Public Hearing regarding Proposed Badlands Wilderness Area Designation Monday, January 31, 2005 Page 2 of 56 Pages TOWNE: In the next few minutes, Mollie and I will provide a brief history of the Badlands inventory process and our current management direction, leaving a few minutes for questions from the Board. (A copy of Mr. Towne's statement is attached as Exhibit C, and a copy of Ms. Chaudet's statement is attached as Exhibit D.) With the passage of the Federal Land Management and Policy Act in 1976, BLM was required by Congress to inventory all public land for suitability for wilderness designation consistent with the criteria established in the Wilderness Act of 1964. Those criteria include: (1) naturalness; (2) having outstanding opportunities for solitude and/or primitive recreation; (3) being at least 5,000 acres; and (4) having supplemental ecological features or other natural values. In 1979, staff from the Prineville BLM conducted an evaluation for all District lands and determined that the Badlands was suitable for Wilderness inventory. That inventory was conducted in 1980 and the area was designated as a Wilderness Study Area (WSA). We received fifteen comments on this recommendation; fourteen concurred with the recommendation. The Badlands is the only wilderness study area recommended as suitable in my resource area and represents 4% of the land base that I manage. In 1985, BLM prepared the statewide Draft Oregon Wilderness Environmental Impact Statement to give the public an opportunity to comment on ninety-two of the wilderness study areas proposed for BLM managed lands in Oregon. The BLM held twenty-five public meetings around the state. Of the 2,600 comments received, thirty-nine were specific regarding the Badlands; a little different from the file the Board has before them now. In 1989 the Final Wilderness EIS was published. Some adjustments in the acreage recommended for suitability for the Badlands WSA were made between the draft and the final document. In 1991, a Wilderness Study Report was prepared and submitted through the Secretary of the Interior to the President of the United States. In October 1992, President Bush recommended to Congress that 32,030 acres known as the Badlands was suitable for designation as Wilderness. Only Congress can designate Wilderness or release the area from further consideration. No Congressional action has occurred with the Badlands. In the interim, BLM is required to manage any Wilderness Study Areas to maintain wilderness suitability. The Bureau of Land Management supports the findings of the Wilderness Inventory Study and the recommendation of the President to Congress that the 32,030 Badlands WSA is suitable for wilderness. Minutes of Public Hearing regarding Proposed Badlands Wilderness Area Designation Monday, January 31, 2005 Page 3 of 56 Pages Now I will have Mollie speak to our current management direction regarding the Badlands. CHAUDET: I am going to provide you with some information on the Proposed Upper Deschutes Resource Management Plan. It includes the status of the proposed Management Plan, the kinds of decisions made in the Plan, especially related to the Badlands, which is what everyone is interested in here tonight; and also some of the rationale that we use for the decisions that are proposed in the Proposed Resource Management Plan. The Upper Deschutes Resource Management Plan is a comprehensive management plan for about 400,000 acres of BLM-administered lands. Similar to a county comprehensive plan, the Management Plan establishes allocations and allowed uses for different geographic areas, including the conditions under which uses in the future may be allowed. This Plan is the result of over three years of intensive community collaboration, and represents a number of compromises that were crafted in order to provide a strategic framework for future decisions, and a balance of uses that anticipate the diversity of demands from this area over the next ten to twenty years. As required by BLM regulations and the National Environmental Policy Act, a Draft Environmental Impact Statement and Draft Management Plan were released in October 2001, with a ninety -day comment period. Those public comments were considered in the preparation of the Final Environmental Impact Statement and Proposed Resource Management Plan that were released to the public on January 14, 2005. The Proposed Plan is currently in a thirty -day comment and protest period, after which a Record of Decision and Final Resource Management Plan will be published. The closing date is February 14. We anticipate the Plan will be published by the summer of 2005. As I mentioned before, the proposed plan strives to create a balance of uses that anticipates an increasing diversity of demands spawned by the record growth of the central Oregon area. One of those key balances is the mix and separation of motorized and non -motorized recreation. Overall, the Plan provides for approximately 43% of the area that will allow for motorized use on roads and trails; 21 % will provide for motorized use on roads and non -motorized use of roads and trails; and 23% that will provide for exclusive non -motorized use where the BLM has jurisdiction. Minutes of Public Hearing regarding Proposed Badlands Wilderness Area Designation Monday, January 31, 2005 Page 4 of 56 Pages The BLM does not have jurisdiction over all roads. Of the 92,000 acres that are designated for non -motorized use, the Badlands area includes approximately 32,000 acres. I should emphasize that is not a roadless designation; it is just a non - motorized designation. The Badlands was identified for non -motorized use in the Plan because it provides a large block of land outside of the primary urban core that offers many of the recreation settings desired by those looking for a non -motorized experience. Because of its WSA status, motorized roads and trails in the area are already limited, and additional limits are anticipated to have much less effect on the quality of motorized experience offered in the planning area than would limitations on already designated and developed areas such as the Millican Valley OHV area to the east. These are a few of the considerations that lead to the proposed decisions in the Upper Deschutes Resource Management Plan regarding the Badlands. Since our time is limited, I will close my comments now and offer an opportunity for questions if you have any. DALY: The BLM has come out in favor of this Badlands wilderness designation for the 32,000, correct? TOWNE: Our position is that after inventorying the Badlands, it is suitable for a wilderness designation. That is our recommendation to Congress, and they are the only ones that can determine that status. Our inventory found characteristics, qualities and values in that 32,000 acres that make it suitable as a wilderness area. JOE STUTLER: I'm Joe Stutter, the County's Forestry Specialist. I've worked with the County since June 2004. Previously I worked 35 years for federal agencies, including the Forest Service and the BLM in various places throughout the country, mainly in the West. (A copy of Mr. Stutter's statement is attached as Exhibit E.) I prepared a map (displayed at the front of the room; a reduced size copy is attached as Exhibit F). (He referred to the oversized map.) Basically the white area is BLM land, the green is private land, and this is the proposed wilderness boundary from the BLM. These areas is the addition to the proposal from the ONDA, the community of Alfalfa, Bend is to the west about twenty miles, and you can see the various roads and trails that now exist in the proposed area. Minutes of Public Hearing regarding Proposed Badlands Wilderness Area Designation Monday, January 31, 2005 Page 5 of 56 Pages I want to thank the Commissioners and specifically the BLM and the ONDA and the various user groups that have shared information with me the last couple of months. After the November 2004 presentation by ONDA on the proposal, the Commissioners asked me to prepare a staff paper, which was presented to them on January 12, 2005. I will summarize my findings for the hearing tonight. The resource values within the proposed Badlands Wilderness include unique geological features — Badlands Rock, cultural resources features including pictographs, and areas of ancient, old growth juniper trees that are some of the oldest in Oregon. The Badlands has traditionally been used by off-road vehicle recreationists for many years and is also used for hunting, livestock grazing and other multiple uses. The BLM has studied the Badlands for approximately twenty-four years as part of the overall Prineville District -wide wilderness study area assessment. All subsequent environmental documents and decisions have recommended a wilderness designation for the Badlands. The BLM Badlands wilderness proposal is for approximately 32,030 acres and was officially recommended to Congress in 1991. Since that time no action has been taken by Congress on the proposal. The Oregon Natural Desert Association (ONDA) has proposed a 36,505 -acre Badlands Wilderness, which includes the BLM recommendation and an additional 4,475 acres that are located generally southeast of the BLM's proposal, and includes most of Dry Canyon. ONDA's proposal includes several land exchanges involving four local landowners and the BLM. The proposed land exchanges would adjust the wilderness boundaries, secure in -holdings and consolidate land ownership. ONDA's strategy to secure land exchanges through legislative means is controversial among some user groups, both for and against the wilderness designation, because traditionally land exchanges occur under an extensive public process. This public process allows access to the appraisals and appeals or litigation to the decision. Congressionally designated land exchanges are viewed as out of the public's reach, and Congress is perceived as making two decisions, one for wilderness and one for land — and not just designating a wilderness area. My experience with this is that it is not the best public policy. Minutes of Public Hearing regarding Proposed Badlands Wilderness Area Designation Monday, January 31, 2005 Page 6 of 56 Pages ONDA is working successfully with many interest groups throughout the west, including Alaska, and has an outstanding website. On the other hand, the off-road and other multiple user groups that I have dealt with are very organized and offer a solid rebuttal for the wilderness proposal. Those user groups include the Committee for Handicapped and Elder Access for Public Lands, and the Oregon Recreation Coalition which represents over fifty different clubs, including those involved in rocks and gems, snowmobiles, 4x4 and motorcycle clubs. These user groups also represent thousands of people. Off-road user groups have document over 50,000 annual user days on Central Oregon OHV trail systems since 2002. This trend continues to increase as OHV sticker and machine sales have increased annually at 20%. Both ONDA and non -wilderness user groups produce research data documenting substantial economic incentives for destination resort communities from both user groups. Both are correct. Members of the Oregon Congressional delegation want a united front before committing to introducing wilderness legislation. Despite the considerable time that I spent with people, and obviously reflected by the turnout in this room, there are people who care deeply about the resources, land use and restrictions. I personally feel that there is no clear or compelling majority for or against wilderness designation. The facts are that major differences still exist with little common ground except that everyone wants to protect their interests in the Badlands. As a consequence the alternatives that Commissioner DeWolf read to you were my recommendations. The specific recommendation that seemed to make sense is to look at the BLM's EIS that talked about just the Badlands roadless portion, with permitted uses for private landowners in the area. This is something that I shared with the Commissioners and will share again now. A vote for or against wilderness designation can polarize or result in further deep divisions amongst the user groups. You have to care deeply about the land and what it offers. Ultimately federal land designations should be decided by resource values, which must be protected and managed by land conservation objectives for multiple uses. This is a land stewardship decision that must be supported by the public. Minutes of Public Hearing regarding Proposed Badlands Wilderness Area Designation Monday, January 31, 2005 Page 7 of 56 Pages Forcing the creation of a wilderness designation or any other land use designation without a compelling majority to support the decision has created public distrust of the agencies and elected officials. The lands are often remembered more for the conflicts than the resources to be protected and/or managed for multiple uses. During tonight's public hearing, I intend to listen for that clear and compelling majority either for or against the wilderness designation, and will continue to work with all folks in the room to help the Board make the best decision for a recommendation regarding the Badlands. DEWOLF: The thing that I hope everyone in the room understands is that this Board has no authority whatsoever in the designation of any federal land. This is a decision made completely by the United States Congress. We've been lobbied heavily by many sides on this issue, and we are taking all five of these options very seriously. We will be in communication with our partners at the federal level. I just want you to keep in mind that nothing that we decide will change any designation of federal lands. Now we will just start going down the names on the sign-up list. Again, I ask that we all be respectful of each other and allow other people to say their piece, and ask that you speak as quickly as you can so we can get as many folks up here to testify as possible. JEANIE LANCASTER: My name is Jeanie Lancaster, and I am a nurse and take care of private duty patients. I am also the chairman of the Committee for Handicap and Elder Access to Public Lands. We started this committee to keep public lands open to the handicapped and elderly. For the last six or eight months, I have been walking the streets with a clipboard and a petition. So far we have collected over 6,000 signatures of people who do not want wilderness. I brought one page of that with me, which I will leave here. (A copy of her document is attached as Exhibit G.) If you want to look at all 6,000 names, I have 300 pages and there are about forty signatures on each page. Not every page is 100% full. I spent many days walking through the Wal-Mart and Costco parking lots gathering these signatures. Maybe one person out of twenty wouldn't sign my petition. That tells me that the majority of the people do not want wilderness. Minutes of Public Hearing regarding Proposed Badlands Wilderness Area Designation Monday, January 31, 2005 Page 8 of 56 Pages DEWOLF: At least the ones shopping at Costco and Wal-Mart. LANCASTER: Right. Exactly. Because any time an area is designated wilderness, it locks out everyone but the hiker. The hiker is only about 10% of the general population, and I think that is wrong. The handicapped and elderly have to have motorized access in order to be able to enjoy our public lands. Right now I help take care of a lady who is a triplegic. She cannot walk or stand. She depends on caregivers for all of her personal needs. She and her husband were among the very first people who started Mt. Bachelor, before Bill Healy came into the picture. They were very active in Rimrock Riders and helped develop many of the horse trails in the National Forest. Today the only way she can access public lands is if I literally pick her up and put her in the car and take her for a ride. Unfortunately she wants to go see some of the places she used to ride and camp, and we get there and find a locked gate on the road. That's very sad. I also take care of another man who was a very avid hunter and fisherman, and he has lost a leg due to complications from diabetes. He can no longer walk except with a walker maybe fifty feet. I put him in the car and take him for rides also. He did go out this year and get his buck, but he had to use an ATV. If an area were made into a wilderness or roadless, he would be locked out. My brother has M.S., and has had for many years, and he can walk maybe one city block. But yet he can get on his ATV or snowmobile and go out and enjoy the great outdoors. DEWOLF: I respect this, and think we get it. We want to make sure there's enough time for everyone to speak. LANCASTER: The reason I mention these people is that they are the ones who are locked out when an area is made into a wilderness. I believe that the Badlands is a special area, but as you can see from the map, it is not a roadless area; it is covered with roads. I feel that if an automobile drives down the street in front of your house it does not damage the plants or the animals in your yard. Neither will an automobile driving on one of the roads damage the plants or the animals in that area. Minutes of Public Hearing regarding Proposed Badlands Wilderness Area Designation Monday, January 31, 2005 Page 9 of 56 Pages It is so extremely important to me that these areas be kept open to the handicapped and elderly. I just want to throw this in. Many years ago in the South, only white people were allowed in the most desirable public businesses. If an area becomes wilderness, only the hiker is allowed in that area. That is discrimination. PAM FALCIONI: My name is Pam Falcioni, and I have been an Oregon resident for my entire life. I'm just going to read my letter, because that will keep it down to about 2-1/2 minutes. I support keeping the Badlands open to all users who love it, with the support of a good management plan to protect it. Those who wish to designate this area wilderness have made numerous heartfelt declarations about its beauty and its many wildlife inhabitants. We've all heard and read about the surprisingly undisturbed area tucked between Bend and Horse Ridge. Because this area has enjoyed a great variety of recreationists, including motorized, you would think that its condition would be far from pristine. Apparently this isn't the case. The ONDA and BLM agree that in order for this area to be wilderness, the area must be primarily in natural condition. The BLM found that the Badlands did pass muster in recent studies. Motorized use has not created a problem in this area. Most of the problems that are brought up are defacement of natural beauty and manmade historic sites, and garbage dumping. These problems are not caused by families out enjoying the natural desert on the weekend, by motorized or non - motorized means. They are caused by vandals and other dregs of society who use the area because of its proximity to Bend and because it is a lonely area where they feel they won't get caught. There is a major difference between protection and closure. An easy analogy can be made by looking at New York City. In the 1980's the closed and boarded up buildings, along with drug dealers and other outlaws, had taken over the urban landscape. In 1989 the City brought accountability back to New York and its people by offering protection to its law-abiding citizens by dealing with criminals in a tough and effective manner. The City turned itself around. Because of the increased protection and a now safe environment, businesses renovated the boarded up structures in Times Square and it is again a showplace. As New York shows, protection may be more difficult in the short term. Closure is easier and simpler, and cheaper. However, in the long term closure only offers the vandals and thugs a quiet place to do their dirty work. Protection and an open door policy create a safe environment for law abiding citizens to recreating, while creating an unfriendly environment for those who would do harm. Minutes of Public Hearing regarding Proposed Badlands Wilderness Area Designation Monday, January 31, 2005 Page 10 of 56 Pages Please don't jump on the closure bandwagon. Listen to the thousands of quiet voices around you who love Central Oregon and its openness. We are recreationists who spend hundreds of thousands of dollars every year to live in and vacation in those places that we love to hike, bike, ride, drive and play. A vote towards wilderness designation for the Badlands is a vote to slam the door and lock out those who have played in the Badlands for generations. Those who choose to recreate by hiking in this area will not be harmed by a non -wilderness designation. If they love this area as it is now and only want to protect it, they will agree with us. Protect it from harm, but don't close it. Thank you for your time. JOHN PYLAND: My name is John Pyland. I'm a local businessman, and support local businesses with my recreation. I belong to the Deschutes County Four Wheelers, a very responsible organization, with very kind, loving people. I have a couple of concerns with it, not so much whether I go out there and drive on it. Mostly I am concerned about the fires and how they are going to address that. I worked next to the one last summer as it burned. It will be interesting to see what would happen on the pass this year when it all erodes away. This is awfully close to town, and I can remember just a few years ago when we had a big fire east of town. Luckily they were able to go in and do the work that they needed to, and we only lost thirteen homes. This is directly east, and with a good wind we could have a really big problem. The other thing is that I have a 73 -year old mother-in-law, and she really enjoys it when she goes along with us, as it is a family sport. It's not high speed and tearing stuff up. Our average speed on some of the best trails that we enjoy is 1-1/2 to two miles an hour. It's not ripping and tearing things up. I think wilderness is an extreme, just like clear -cutting is an extreme; neither one of them work. Thank you. MARK ENGLAND: My name is Mark England. I think I sit pretty obviously on where I sit on this issue. All I can say is that the people before me who have spoken pretty well said what I would say. I really don't think a wilderness is the way to protect an area. GLENN VAN CISE: Good evening, I am Glenn Van Cise, and I am speaking as an individual. I strongly support the BLM's recommendation and ONDA's specific proposal that the Badlands be made a wilderness area. I have been visiting the area for twenty- five years, and I visit it for solitude, hiking, bird watching, etcetera. Minutes of Public Hearing regarding Proposed Badlands Wilderness Area Designation Monday, January 31, 2005 Page 11 of 56 Pages I think that making the Badlands a wilderness is a reasonable solution, as there are almost 200,000 acres of federal land designated for ORVs surrounding the Badlands areas. I would not go into the ORV area for solitude, hiking or bird watching, as it is too noisy and dusty. I have personally worked in the disability field for the last twenty-five years and I have talked with hundreds of people who experience disabilities. The vast majority of people I've talked with support the wilderness designation. The organization I work for used to do outdoor challenge trips, and I have taken many people with disabilities into wilderness areas. The majority of people that I work with support the wilderness. DEWOLF: I have a question. You said you support what the BLM is doing and also ONDA's proposal. Those are different. VAN CISE: I support the recommendation of the BLM, and specifically support ONDA's proposal. My recommendation is to make it wilderness, including the additional acreage. CORT VAUGHAN: Hello, I'm Cort Vaughan, and I own several businesses in Deschutes County. I'm here to urge the County to support a wilderness designation for the Badlands. Specifically I would urge you to support the ONDA recommendation. There are many reasons why I make this suggestion, but I would like to focus on one. That is, as a local business owner, I would like to point out that wilderness is good for business. I am going to give you a couple of reasons, although there are many. In Central Oregon, most of the activities that we have available that attract tourists to our area to spend lots of money in our area occur in the winter, associated with the snow; and in the summer, associated with the wonderful weather we have here. The Badlands is a perfect place to visit year-round, especially in the spring and fall. This could help attract visitors to Central Oregon to recreate and spend money in the local communities during those slow times of the year. Also, a wilderness designation is going to attract new visitors — people who aren't currently considering visiting Central Oregon. Again, it will be beneficial to the economy. As a local business owner, I like that. Minutes of Public Hearing regarding Proposed Badlands Wilderness Area Designation Monday, January 31, 2005 Page 12 of 56 Pages I would like to conclude by pointing out that there are nearly 200,000 acres adjacent to the proposed wilderness area that have ORV trails on them, and none of those acres would be affected by this wilderness designation. There would be a loss of only 9.6 miles that are roads the ORV's currently can travel on. So what we are talking about is sacrificing 9.6 miles of trails out of nearly 200,000 acres so that we can have all of the benefits associated with wilderness designation. Thank you. BILL MARLETT: Thank you, Commissioners. My name is Bill Marlett, and I am executive director of the Oregon Natural Desert Association. Thank you for holding this hearing. I assume that our prior information submitted to you in November will be part of the record. (Copies of his January 20 letter and report are attached as Exhibit H.) I don't want to belabor the information in that report to you, and I would like to yield most of my time to others who haven't had a chance to speak. But I would like to briefly respond to some of the issues and statements made by Joe (Stutler) in his report. I have a copy of the summary here and it is basically the same information that I e-mailed to you several weeks ago. DEWOLF: That is part of the record as well as any e-mails we have received and everything. MARLETT: That's great. The one thing that was especially of concern to ONDA was Joe's asserting that there is not a clear majority. There will never be unanimity on this or most other issues. But for one to conclude that unless there is 90% support for a particular cause of action is not reasonable. We have done two polls of Deschutes County voters, wherein a two -to -one margin they have indicated their support for a designation of the Badlands as wilderness. In addition there are 150 businesses that now support this; just today we had five more call in indicating their desire to add their names to the list. Twelve of the sixteen adjacent landowners have signed a petition in support of designation of Badlands wilderness. Two unanimous city council decisions in support of Badlands have occurred. To me, that indicates fairly strong grassroots support. DEWOLF: Two city council decisions? Minutes of Public Hearing regarding Proposed Badlands Wilderness Area Designation Monday, January 31, 2005 Page 13 of 56 Pages MARLETT: Two separate city councils, in Bend. At two different times. The indication that there are thousands of people, to use Joe's quote, "represented by the opposing user groups", failed to acknowledge the thousands of folks on the other side of the coin who are interested and enjoy non -motorized recreation. I put the map up here, and what I think is important in this whole discussion is balance. With 36,000 acres earmarked for a proposed wilderness, we think that is a fair exchange for leaving the almost 200,000 acres open to continued off-road vehicle use. And I think in the scheme of things, and what I think Robert Towne and Mollie Chaudet indicated earlier, was an attempt to try to balance competing uses. And that's what the designation of Badlands as wilderness attempts to do. The other thing that Joe mentioned was the elderly and handicap access. For the record, the Americans with Disabilities Act states, "Congress reaffirms that nothing in the Wilderness Act is to be construed as prohibiting the use of a wheelchair in a wilderness area by an individual whose disability requires the use of wheelchair". The other thing I want to take issue with is, I agree that legislative land exchanges can be controversial; however, this Commission has had experience recently with three legislative federal land exchanges or adjustments. These include the Millican Road right-of-way, the development of the Newberry Neighborhood, and the Bend Pine Nursery project. There are times when legislative land exchanges have a place in furthering the purposes of the core action. In this case, it is the designation of Badlands as wilderness and trying to resolve some of the boundary issues through those land exchanges. That said, the wilderness designation, for the Badlands specifically, can still move forward without the legislative land exchanges. If in the judgment of Congress or in your comments to the delegation, it is found that that issue should be tabled and deferred into some other venue, which is fine. That said, this legislation is much more effective in terms of attempting to resolve several other issues regarding management of this area if the legislative land exchanges are part and parcel of the designation. With that, I will conclude my comments. Minutes of Public Hearing regarding Proposed Badlands Wilderness Area Designation Monday, January 31, 2005 Page 14 of 56 Pages BRUCE JACKSON: My name is Bruce Jackson. For me, the heart and soul of the Badlands are the ancient juniper trees that grow out there. As a professional nature photographer, I can tell you there are only a couple of places that I've been that have trees that really fit into the category of being as spectacular as the trees in the Badlands. Those are the rim of Crater Lake and up on the cinder cone at Mt. Bachelor. In terms of the age of some of the oldest trees out there, I just want to give a little historic perspective. A few of the events in history that have happened while some of those trees existed and are still out there are as follows. We have the Civil War in the 1800's; the Declaration of Independence; in 1620 the Pilgrims landed; in the 1580's the calendar that we use in modern times was created. In 1492 Columbus discovered the West Indies; in 1325 the Aztec civilization selected their site for their capital; and in the 1200's Ghengis Khan and Kubla Khan were warrior kings. The oldest trees in the Badlands that are still out there were actually growing at the time that the First Crusades started. My whole point, and what I'm asking you to do, is to honor and respect those trees that are growing out there based on how long they have been around and what they have to offer people. That's why I am asking for your support for a Badlands wilderness, and the Badlands wilderness that I'm asking you support is the ONDA version. MARILYN MILLER: I am Marilyn Miller, and am the conservation chair for the Juniper Group/Sierra Club. I am also an avid birder and lead birding trips for the American Birding Association and the local chapter of the National Audubon Society. The Juniper Group/Sierra Club area covers both central and eastern Oregon. We have over a thousand members in just our group. All of these members care deeply about the natural world. There are approximately 20,000 Sierra Club members in Oregon who also care about the natural world and nature. The Juniper Group executive committee and the Oregon Chapter executive committee are both in support of permanent protection in the form of wilderness designation, and support ONDA's proposal. We have been working closely with ONDA and we have done so for years, and I personally have been working on the Badlands issue for about six years now. Minutes of Public Hearing regarding Proposed Badlands Wilderness Area Designation Monday, January 31, 2005 Page 15 of 56 Pages I just want to add that there are about 600 miles of OHV riding trails surrounding the Badlands. This proposal will only close a tiny, tiny part of that — less than ten miles. County Commissioners, please, for future generations, do the right thing. Help move the process forward for permanent protection for this very special area, and support ONDA's proposal for designating the Badlands wilderness study area as wilderness. Thank you. KENT HOWES: My name is Kent Howes, and I'm president of the Central Oregon Trail Alliance. I'm here to day to express our support for ONDA's wilderness bill now under consideration. COTA is a non-profit organization whose mission includes maintaining and building trails on Forest Service and BLM land in the greater Deschutes County area. In cooperation with these two agencies, as well as the Bend Metro Park & Rec District, we are responsible for hundreds of miles of trails' repair and maintenance throughout the area. Our mission statement has grown over the years to include advocacy for new trails. Although many of these trails are primarily for mountain bikers, the other user groups, including hikers, runners, dog walkers and equestrians, benefit from the thousands of volunteer hours we donate. Although bicyclists are currently not permitted under the 1964 Wilderness Act to ride in the wilderness areas, as an organization we recognize the value of protecting our public lands. Therefore, COTA wholeheartedly endorses the proposed Badlands wilderness, and feels it is a positive action benefiting all Central Oregonians. Thank you. KIMBERLY ESTEP: I am Kimberly Estep and I work with the Oregon Student Public Interest Research Group at COCC, as well as the OSU Cascades Campus. OSPIRG was founded to offer students in Oregon the means to study and act upon the problems they see facing society. One of those problems is felt to be the fact that the Badlands area is not permanently protected. When talking with students on campus, many have mentioned that they enjoy hiking, running, bird watching and other activities in the Badlands, and would like to see it permanently protected. Because of their deep concern for the Badlands, OSPIRG volunteers have motivated the student population to take action. I have here a petition with over 1,100 signatures, including twenty faculty members as well as every member of student government. This petition asks you, the Deschutes County Commissioners, to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands. We were able to gather these many signatures in only three weeks. So it is very clear that there is overwhelming support on campus for Badlands protection. Minutes of Public Hearing regarding Proposed Badlands Wilderness Area Designation Monday, January 31, 2005 Page 16 of 56 Pages I would like to formally turn in this petition to you with the hope that you will listen to the students and faculty of COCC and OSU Cascades Campus and endorse permanently protecting the Badlands. (The petition is attached as Exhibit L) TIM LILLEBO: Thank you for holding this hearing tonight. My name is Tim Lillebo, and I'm with the Oregon Natural Resources Council, which is a statewide, non-profit conservation group that works on public lands issues, trying to protect public lands and the wildlife and other resources there. I've lived in Oregon all of my life, and it seems like a lot of people here are local enough to know all of these areas intimately, and they do have strong feelings both ways. I think some of us have seen Bend change quite significantly. It used to be strictly a mill town and a railroad stop. At this point in time, I guess I'd say it has a bit more of a diverse economy and more diverse types of people. Things have changed and we have a much broader perspective of people and how the economy works. I think it is important that Bend has taken advantage of this to use all of the different recreational opportunities possible. It seems to me that more and more people are loving the high desert over the years, and it doesn't matter whether they are in a motor vehicle or what. A lot of people enjoy discovering the natural wonders out there. But for some people who would like to get to the wilds, it's a long way to Steens Mountain, Hart Mountain, the Owyhees, but we have a little high desert jewel right here in our backyard. In twenty minutes you can get out there to hike. We've taken advantage as a county and as cities to promote the Three Sisters Wilderness, the High Cascades and all of that abundant beauty. But it seems to me, contrary to popular belief, not everybody in Bend skis all winter long. Many people want to do other things. So I think that with the right kind of marketing, this county and its cities could take advantage of and help out another little piece of the economy. We could use the Badlands as another attraction, as you can hike there all winter long, or take springtime flower hikes. It's a great place. It has a great ecosystem, but isn't just for the birds and the bees; it can be used to help the local economy. Minutes of Public Hearing regarding Proposed Badlands Wilderness Area Designation Monday, January 31, 2005 Page 17 of 56 Pages People have talked about the attributes of wilderness and the great geologic features, and the Native American sites and the tremendous ancient juniper forest, and I appreciated what Bruce Jackson had to say. I have heard from the BLM that some of the trees are 500 to 1,000 and maybe even 1,200 years old. There is something there worth protecting, and they are threatened. They are supposedly protected, but I think people still drive out and cut them down for firewood. I think there would be more protection, and the best protection would be given, if it was a wilderness. That would help protect that ancient forest resource. Very quickly, if I have the numbers correct, I think the BLM said that about 77% of this general planning area would be still open to motor vehicles with the new designation. I think it would be a very good thing for you to support this designation. Also, for hunting purposes most of the public lands are generally open to motorized vehicles. There are some road closure areas here and there, but they also have roads through them. When you have a chunk of land like this, it does provide an opportunity to those who really want to have a primitive quality kind of experience without motors. This is also a place for hunters to do that sort of thing. Thank you. ALICE ESLHOFF: My name is Alice Elshoff, and I've lived here since 1960, and I took my first hike in the Badlands in the mid -1970's. When the BLM did its initial inventory in 1980, I helped them locate a small section of the ancient dry river bed that they had overlooked. It held some beautiful river sculpted rock, some with tunnels two feet deep, being carved as evidence of the end of the ice ages. And it had some caves and petroglyphs that were evidence of early Paiute habitation. Since then I have guided family hikes into the area, and I've taken many, many groups of 4th graders in there on school field trips. You can't imagine what fun it is to watch them popping in and out of all of those passageways in the rocks and tunnels. And it is even more fun to see them quietly and reverently flat on their stomachs, with hand lenses to their eyes, looking at those dry, brown, crunchy mosses out there, and watching the mosses as you pour a little water on them and they turn green, open up, spring to life, and begin to photosynthesize right before their eyes. They think it is a miracle. And of course, life is a miracle. Minutes of Public Hearing regarding Proposed Badlands Wilderness Area Designation Monday, January 31, 2005 Page 18 of 56 Pages I've taken a Girl Scout Troop out there for an overnight campout to do some live trapping, gathering data for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, with the girls working towards wildlife badges. I've participated in an Oregon Field Guide television program featuring the area. Unfortunately, I've also removed large piles of garbage and taken evidence that I found in them to the Oregon State Police. I've broken up a screening apparatus that someone was using in one of the caves to illegally pot (artifact) hunt. These are just some of the reasons that this surprising little area really does need protection. It is accessible, which makes it so wonderful for residents but also makes it easy for others to abuse it. And I say surprising little area, because I think a lot of people are unaware of how interesting the volcanic formations out there are. Larry Chitwood, the geologist for the Deschutes National Forest, presented a paper on these formations at a very prestigious USGS conference in San Francisco. These formations form only under a very certain set of circumstances, so they are really quite unique, and also need protection. So, for so many reasons, I'm asking you to recognize the tremendous local support that there is to protect this area. And I have to admit that I am a little bit puzzled by the opposition from the ORV people, after seeing this map. We have not protested their 643 miles of dedicated trails, and I don't know why they are begrudging us ten miles in which to walk and ride our horses. But, more than that, wilderness is not about us. It is about the future. A Native American chief has said that a lot of us have come and gone, a few of us are here now, but most of us are yet to be born. And when Bend reaches 100,000 citizens, which is predicted, I think those people will look back on you and be very, very grateful to you if you would recommend this lovely little piece of land for wilderness. And I am speaking on behalf of ONDA's recommendation. Thank you very much. JOHN STERLING: That's a tough act to follow. I am John Sterling, and I want to thank you for holding this hearing and for giving me the opportunity to encourage you to support the ONDA recommendation for a federal wilderness designation for the Badlands. I live in Bend and could talk to you as an individual about the many personal reasons I have for wanting to protect this area, but everyone else seems to be doing that. So I want to speak to you on behalf of the Outdoor Industry Conservation Alliance, an organization of which I am the program director. Minutes of Public Hearing regarding Proposed Badlands Wilderness Area Designation Monday, January 31, 2005 Page 19 of 56 Pages The Alliance is a nationwide membership organization of more than eighty companies that make products for use in the outdoors. Each member company pays annual dues, which the Alliance in turn donates to organizations working to protect public lands for non -motorized recreation. The Alliance supports a wilderness designation for the Badlands strictly because wilderness is good for business. This is something you keep hearing, but it is a fact. Our customers would rather recreate in a wilderness area than on federal lands that are heavily impacted by motorized recreation. Though more than half of Oregon is federal land, less than 4% of our state is protected as wilderness. Just by comparison, 14% of our neighbor, California, is federal wilderness. I do want to call your attention to a recently published economic report by the Sonoran Institute, called "Prosperity in the 21St Century West". (Three copies of this report were submitted, and one is included as a part of these minutes as Exhibit J.) I would like to read one sentence from the executive summary of the report. The writers of this economic report state, "We discovered that wilderness, national parks, national monuments and other protected public lands that have been set aside for their wildland characteristics can and do play an important role in stimulating economic growth; and the more protected, the better." As elected officials, I assume one of your goals for Deschutes County is to ensure that our local economy grows, but in a manner that preserves the qualities that make our communities attractive to businesses and to their employees. Deschutes County is renowned for its natural landscapes. Conservation Alliance member companies do well in Bend, providing outdoor clothing and gear to people who enjoy non -motorized recreation. Wilderness designation for the Badlands will help our member companies that do business here. On behalf of the eighty Conservation Alliance member companies, I urge you to endorse ONDA's Badlands Wilderness proposal. Thank you. DENNIS LUKE: I spent six years in the Legislature and have been here about six years also, and sat through a lot of public hearings. This is one of the best and most courteous audiences I've ever seen, and I really appreciate that. I want to commend you all on your conduct. Minutes of Public Hearing regarding Proposed Badlands Wilderness Area Designation Monday, January 31, 2005 Page 20 of 56 Pages CAROLINE TABOR: My name is Caroline Tabor, and I've been a resident for nearly twenty-one years. I'm also a sixty -year old disabled woman and have been disabled all of my life. There are many things that I cannot do. One is I cannot ski, another is I cannot hike in the Cascades, and I cannot hike out east if it is on rough or steep terrain. I accept those things I cannot do because of a lifetime illness. But there are some things that I can do. One of the things I can do is get in my car and drive a little ways out of town, park my car and get out and shuffle along the road for a while with my oxygen tank. I think that I am very lucky for that. I'm most appreciative of that. Currently when I go east of town I am nervous because there is a lot of off-road vehicle traffic and a lot of on -road traffic that is pretty speedy. They are having a lot of fun, and I'm not saying they shouldn't have fun. More power to all of us. Also, I hear a lot of gunshots when I am east of town, and that concerns me if I am out there. I don't want to get nailed by a stray bullet. But by giving the people of Oregon this little precious jewel of wilderness, it would give me the opportunity of shuffling around on a trail where I can feel safer, where I can feel that there won't be an ATV or some other kind of vehicle come roaring over a hill, and I happen to be there. It's also going to give me a feeling that in this area I won't be dodging bullets, that someone isn't going to be out there practicing by shooting bottles off a rock or shooting something up. So I am asking for these 9.3 miles of shuffle -around area that I need and that a lot of other disabled people need. I have been told, although I am not an expert on this, that the majority of the trails and roadways in the area are wheelchair accessible, particularly if it is a wheelchair that has fat, knobby tires. However, I just want to say that there are a lot of us who are disabled who would love to have an opportunity to go out into a quiet area, listen to the birds, watch the flowers grow, watch the land heal from all of the abuse that it has had, and watch it become a natural area again the way it used to be. I would like to appreciate that in silence and in safety. Therefore, I propose that you recommend the ONDA form of the wilderness proposal. Thank you for your time. Minutes of Public Hearing regarding Proposed Badlands Wilderness Area Designation Monday, January 31, 2005 Page 21 of 56 Pages SUE SHEPARDSON: My name is Sue Shepardson, and I've lived in Deschutes County since 1975. I have been out to the Dry Canyon — Badlands area many times, both hiking as well as on horseback. That's the issue I'd like to speak to tonight because there have been so many comments on different areas. Horseback riding and off-road vehicles are not compatible. This is one area that we can go as horseback riders when the Ochocos and Cascades are snowed in. It is a wonderful place to visit and look at while on horseback as well as on foot. Having the solitude that was mentioned before, and not having to worry about an off-road vehicle coming at you is something that is really needed in our community. And as we grow in population, it would be wonderful for us to have a little spot that we can protect as Deschutes County's own. I think there is room in the proposal for everyone, and I would like to endorse the ONDA version. JOANI DUFORD: I represent the Central Oregon Motorcycle and ATV Club. Our membership has a long history of responsible off-highway motor vehicle use in Central Oregon. We've been team players with land managers for nearly twenty years, logging out trails, building fences, patrolling and seeking solutions when problems arose. When we were asked to work with BLM on the Upper Deschutes Resource Management Plan, we showed up at every meeting over the past four years, contributing our ideas and working through many contentious issues. It's been our goal to be part of the solution instead of being part of the problem. We feel strongly about Badlands and respect the scenic nature of the area. When it was open to our use we enjoyed the wildflowers, the wildlife, and taking our families touring through the area. Then BLM, in its infinite wisdom, decided that somehow allowing OHV use was unacceptable. The vandalism that the area has sustained, garbage dumping, defiling petroglyphs and the all-night partying was somehow tied to lawful use by Oregonians on quads and motorcycles. Since 1999 we have petitioned the County Commissioners with 1,500 letters to support keeping the Badlands open. I presented it to you, Tom, once before. DEWOLF: Did I give it back? Minutes of Public Hearing regarding Proposed Badlands Wilderness Area Designation Monday, January 31, 2005 Page 22 of 56 Pages DUFORD: You were in a cold sweat that I was going to give it to you, that you would have to record them all. This now includes the nine hundred or so letters of support that were sent to the BLM to keep the Badlands open. I do not have the 6,500 names that Jeanie (Lancaster) has on her petitions, but would be happy to get those to you if you'd like me to. Today we come to this forum, and we ask why it is so hard to just keep an area open. I have some economic data that I'd like to share, since that seems to be important. There is a 1999 OHV user study commissioned by Oregon State University that speaks to the economic importance of OHV recreation in Oregon. If we take the numbers that were given to us in 1999 and apply the 20% growth that we have experienced — and this is also documented through the Paiute trail system in Utah — it takes the numbers from what we had in 1999, when OHV expenditures were approximately $74 million. It created 1,809 jobs in Oregon, and $120 million in personal income. The economic benefit to Oregon was $46.6 million, with $3 million specifically to Central Oregon in 1999. At a 20% growth, the 2005 numbers would be $8.9 million directly to Central Oregon, while the personal income from the sport would be $352 million to Oregonians. The OHV individual spent approximately $43 per person per day in 1999. And the non-OHV individual spent $12. While these facts alone do not speak to why we should be encouraging 014V recreation in Central Oregon, they are at least worthy of putting on the table. Why has COMAC spent fifteen years trying to keep the Badlands open? I'm sure a lot of people are wondering why we have. When I speak to a woman with M.S. who is petitioning her church members from her bed, begging them to write you to support keeping Badlands open because the only way she can see it is in her car, it somehow motivates us to speak for the individuals that aren't speaking to you directly. We feel our membership and the folks we serve would not be able to access many areas that some want to close, yet they want to keep it available for their own personal use and their personal form of recreation. Our grassroots efforts are important not only to us, but to also the disadvantaged and elderly voices that have asked us to speak up for them. We would much rather see the effort that we have had to use to keep the Badlands open being used for highway cleanups, forest trash retrieval, and public encounters than continually having to be political. Minutes of Public Hearing regarding Proposed Badlands Wilderness Area Designation Monday, January 31, 2005 Page 23 of 56 Pages Please understand how easy it is for the uninformed public and the uninformed businesses to sign on to someone asking them to protect something, when in fact many of those businesses had no idea how their names would be used to further a political agenda. Make no mistake, everyone in this room wants to preserve our land and protect Central Oregon's beauty. We just don't agree on how that can be accomplished. We at COMAC have never seen it happen because of a gate. (A copy of Ms. Duford's statement is attached as Exhibit K.) DEWOLF: Could you do me a favor? And, Bill (Marlett), I've got a favor to ask of you. If you would e-mail or write us a letter or something, the question I would like you to answer for me is specific to why, with all of the other roads in the area, why the 9.3 miles or whatever is important. Bill, I'd like you to write me about why the BLM proposal of the 32,000 acres isn't sufficient; why the additional 4,000 acres is needed. Just succinctly I'd like to hear from the two of you on that specific issue. (Copies of the two responses requested by Commissioner De Wolf are attached as Exhibits L and M.) DALY: Did I hear you say that the vandalism to the Indian writings occurred after the road closure was instituted? DUFORD: I believe that Route 8 is still open, so it wasn't completely closed. My concern has been that there were other areas that were accessible to us that were closed and the reasons we got was because of the vandalism. We didn't feel we were responsible for that. DEWOLF: In other words, you are saying that some are saying it is the OHV folks who are responsible for the vandalism. ROBERT SPEIK: I'm Robert Speik, and I'd rather be at the dentist. I'd rather talk with thirty folks for thirty hours at COCC than three people for three minutes. Therefore, I'll try to read this. As individuals, my wife and I are for the creation of a Badlands Wilderness east of Bend. We ask that the Commissioners support ONDA's proposal and pass a resolution in favor of a wilderness. Minutes of Public Hearing regarding Proposed Badlands Wilderness Area Designation Monday, January 31, 2005 Page 24 of 56 Pages A short time ago I wrote a well-received op-ed piece for the Bulletin, pointing out that there is enough desert for everyone, and that the OHV folks should not fear a Badlands wilderness. In the 1960's I raced motorcycles across the Mojave Desert; I was a little younger then. We tore it up for a hundred miles. However, we respected and supported the concept that certain parts of the desert should be left alone and protected under wilderness guidelines. I suggested in the op-ed piece that most OHV riders would also be supportive, but I feared that their leadership in a knee-jerk reaction would vehemently oppose the wilderness. ATV and motorcycle use is not compatible with hikers, horse folks, birders, scouts, strollers, geocachers, stargazers and explorers. I presented the Commissioners with the OHV maps covering the 200,000 acres that we have been speaking of, and over 640 miles of developed OHV trails adjoining the Badlands. What I have circled are pictures of folks that are representative of the sport on the cover of the maps. OHV use is a single -purpose use. The picture is of three helmeted and masked folks on dirt bikes astride the trail, which is about eight to twelve feet wide, all rutted and so forth. This is not the kind of trail that you would walk along and bird. (A copy of these pictures is attached as Exhibit N.) OHV folks are nice folks with lots of bucks for big toys. There are bad apples in the bunch. Let me read the official OHV trail tip of the month for July 2004. It appeared in the official USDA Forest Service website. I'm going to read this to you. "Tread lightly tip of the month, July 2004. The logo for tread lightly is a thumbprint, which stands for leaving a good impression. Unfortunately, too many riders have not been practicing this, and now one of our most popular trails at East Fort Rock, Trail 55 to East Butte Lookout, has been closed until September 30 to protect the lookouts from the vandalism, belligerent behavior, vulgar language, irresponsible riding, drinking and littering caused by riders who don't think or don't care. "We are all ambassadors for our sport, and the future of our sport depends on all of us. If riders want to party and be irresponsible, they are not welcome here. With everyone's help, we can turn this attitude around and keep Central Oregon what it was, a place to ride." (A copy of the article is included with Exhibit N.) I represent a list of about 500 people interested in traditional mountaineering near Bend. I conducted free map, compass and GPS training for almost 300 people in the Badlands over the past few years. Minutes of Public Hearing regarding Proposed Badlands Wilderness Area Designation Monday, January 31, 2005 Page 25 of 56 Pages The BLM asks if activities of that type and geocaching and such couldn't be done in other areas. Well, it is like riding your bicycle through Holland, where there is something to see every five miles, rather than riding your bicycle across Australia, where you've got to go 500 miles to the next town. So what you have in the Badlands is a lot of concentration of very interesting things, a lot of nooks and crannies and so forth, and I'm sure you've been out there and walked around. Traditional Mountaineering's website (traditionalmountaineering.org) is a large, free website that sends over a gigabyte of data around the world each week. We are for the creation of a Badlands Wilderness and ask you to go to bat for us. RANDY DRAKE: My name is Randy Drake. I've lived in Central Oregon for over 42 years. I went to the Badlands for the first time when I was about twelve or thirteen years old. That's when the area was, to my way of thinking, a whole lot worse off than it is now. Because everyone in those days went out and dumped their trash wherever they felt like it. Realistically, the area is a whole lot cleaner now than it was then. First of all, I'd like to address the fact that for some of us, we've never really visited a wilderness. When I go out to the Badlands I can drive anywhere out there, to the funny rocks and the big trees, and out to a number of different areas, get out of my Jeep, and walk a hundred feet either way. If you noticed the map, the biggest highway east to west in this state runs down one side of it, and Dodds Road and Prineville Reservoir Road runs along the other side. And there is a whole lot of rural area between Dodds Road and your' proposed wilderness. On a quiet day you can probably hear the pigs squealing out there on any one of those ranches. You can definitely hear the sprinklers clacking. On the other side, Deschutes County itself has made a brand new road down through there, and coming off the grade you can hear the Les Schwab trucks. This is not a wilderness. You can stand flat-footed anywhere out there and see houses and the lights of Bend. This is not a wilderness -designated area. It doesn't meet the criteria. I do agree that there are some neat areas out there. There are neat areas everywhere in Central Oregon, not just there. But I do agree that some of it might need protecting. Minutes of Public Hearing regarding Proposed Badlands Wilderness Area Designation Monday, January 31, 2005 Page 26 of 56 Pages The four-wheel drive community, the OHV community, isn't asking for additional areas to go roaring through the Badlands. We'd like to leave it pretty much like it is. It is being protected, no more new trails can be built, no one can be run over by a motorcycle out there. It would be nice to leave it the way it is. Many people have mentioned tonight how many miles of trails are out there. It is true there are that many trails out there. But do you know everybody in Bend, Oregon and Redmond and Prineville, all these people have four-wheel drive vehicles in their driveways. Almost everybody has a motorcycle in his garage, a quad in his garage, a buggy he goes out on. They all utilize this area. The population is growing and there will be a need for more land to use for trails. The more you close down these areas to us, even the 9.3 miles, that's a place that no one can go anymore. I really feel that the question here isn't so much that you are creating a wilderness that we fear and don't want, but that a wilderness is not needed. To use the land exactly the way it is being used, since the early 1900's when the very first vehicle came here, everyone has been using this area. And everyone in this room, with no exception, will say that they like using the Badlands just the way it is, right this minute, except a very few. It's not a big deal. There are horse people that go out there, walking people, they are using it just the way it has been used since 1905 when the first car drove into Bend. I just wish and hope that you will give us more opportunity besides the options. I'd like an option that is to leave it just like it is. DEWOLF: That is one of the options. KELLY SMITH: I'm Kelly Smith, and I was born and raised in Oregon, and have lived in Central Oregon for almost thirty years. I'm here in two regards. First, I'm going to represent the Bend Chapter of the Oregon Hunters' Association, and would also like to give my personal observations. The Oregon Hunters' Association, Bend Chapter, consists of about 550 members. And the issue of Badlands wilderness was addressed at three different chapter meetings over the past few years. Bend OHA has decided to support the wilderness designation in the 36,000 acre proposal. I'll read the wording that Bend OHA endorsed the wilderness under. Minutes of Public Hearing regarding Proposed Badlands Wilderness Area Designation Monday, January 31, 2005 Page 27 of 56 Pages "The Bend Chapter of OHA endorses the protection of wildlife habitat in the Badlands near Bend through protection of its wilderness values, and non -motorized recreation provided that motorized access be allowed specifically and only for administrative maintenance of wildlife guzzlers, and provided that hunting be recognized as a continuing legitimate activity." The OHA has OHV and ATV users among its members. It also has wilderness hunters among its members. Those are both probably fairly small percentages of the total. But the majority of members recognize the value of different types of recreational activities being available, for hunting in particular. On a personal level, I think that it is important to note that a lot of people here, maybe almost everyone, are in favor of multiple use of our public lands. But multiple use doesn't mean that you have to use every acre for every use. You can't have wilderness when you have some other activities going on. Some acres have to be restricted in terms of use. That doesn't mean that the public is locked out. It doesn't mean that it isn't open to the public, as you see on the signs around here. It is open to everyone. It is just not open for certain uses. You can't bring your motorized vehicles there. And in the case of wilderness you can't bring you mechanized vehicles there. It was pointed out, I think, by the BLM folks that there are no wilderness areas in the BLM lands in Central Oregon. In fact, if this becomes wilderness it will only represent 4% of the total BLM lands in this area. You've heard a lot of anecdotes and will probably hear more in terms of how off-road vehicles don't affect the land. You can see deer as you ride your ATV around. You've heard anecdotes about disabled access. But I think it is important to recognize that you can't manage lands by anecdote. You have to manage lands by what makes sense, for the lands themselves and for the uses that people need to use them for. It was pointed out that it is easy to get people to say they support protection of lands. I would point out that it is also easy to get supporters to keep an area open to the public. That's not what we are talking about here. We are talking about what is the best use of these lands. I also urge you to endorse the wilderness designation of the 36,000 acres. Thank you. Minutes of Public Hearing regarding Proposed Badlands Wilderness Area Designation Monday, January 31, 2005 Page 28 of 56 Pages DAVID NISSEN: I'm David Nissen. Gentlemen, I support the designation of ONDA's proposal for the Badlands. I would encourage you to support ONDA's proposal for the Badlands, and also to please pass that recommendation on to our Congressional leaders who can make that decision. I've got what I hope is a fun way of addressing you gentlemen tonight, in the manner of looking at preservation for this piece of land. I'm going to ask a few questions of you guys, but you don't have to answer, but maybe please formulate the answer in your own mind. If I asked you which 20th century President in the United States enacted the Forest Service to preserve our national lands, and it is the same gentleman who brought about seventeen different national parks and monuments — DEWOLF: Are we going to get a prize if we get these right? NISSEN: Oh, maybe. DEWOLF: Roosevelt. NISSEN: Nicely done. LUKE: He stayed here in Bend. NISSEN: He did. He stayed at the old Pilot Butte Inn. I won't hesitate to add that it was Teddy Roosevelt who also set aside Malheur Lake as the wildlife refuge that we know today. And if you guys have ever been out there to look at the birds, you know what a great treasure that is today. It was Roosevelt's farsightedness that set that aside. Here's another question for you guys, again with great conservationist in mind. This person is remembered for protecting and preserving much of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, most specifically Yosemite, where I think many of us have visited to enjoy the spectacular land that has been preserved in that national park. Minutes of Public Hearing regarding Proposed Badlands Wilderness Area Designation Monday, January 31, 2005 Page 29 of 56 Pages DEWOLF: Does he have a 213 -mile long trail named after him? John Muir. NISSEN: It was indeed John Muir, a man whom I think many people revere and respect for what he stood for. Here's a third one for you. Which Oregon Congressman worked side by side with ONDA and ranchers to preserve the Steens Mountain Wilderness? DEWOLF: Greg Walden. NISSEN: It was. On his website, it says something pretty fun. Congressman Walden's premier legislative accomplishment was to protect Steens Mountain. I think the thing that Joe (Stutler) said earlier tonight, that when you try to designate or non - designate you end up having factions and people can't agree. I highly disagree with Joe's statement on that point, because when you look at what happened with Steens and the political representatives working along with representatives of ONDA and the ranching community, it was an amazing accomplishment. Here's the last one for you guys. There was an Oregon Governor who ended private development on our Oregon beaches and made those beaches public for eternity, for those of us who live in this state as well as for visitors. This same Oregon Governor enacted a bottle bill that helped to preserve and keep clean our state. He also helped clean up the Willamette River. DALY: Tom McCall. NISSEN: Yes, a Central Oregonian to be sure. He is revered by many for the decisions he made, and I believe that is a tribute and testimony to his legacy. Likewise, I feel that your response to the proposal to make Badlands a wilderness would also be a wonderful legacy. I appreciate you hearing our comments. GLADYS BIGLOR: My name is Gladys Biglor, and I must say I appreciate and thank you for your ability to listen to all of us tonight. With that I will give you a little background information Minutes of Public Hearing regarding Proposed Badlands Wilderness Area Designation Monday, January 31, 2005 Page 30 of 56 Pages I've spent the last thirty years of my life in the conservation of our natural resources. Six of those years I spent as a wilderness ranger on the Glacier Peak National Wilderness area in the state of Washington. And I do believe that we are incredibly lucky and fortunate in Central Oregon to have three of the most beautiful wilderness areas right in our backyard, that represent millions of acres of wilderness for us. I'm providing you with written documentation to support this verbal testimony. There is one page of a testimony letter, and there is also some background information on geocaching. (This information is attached as Exhibit O.) My husband, Jack Souhrada, and I agree with your County Forester's recommended action regarding wilderness designation status for the Badlands. We are asking, however, that you either take no action on the County's second recommended action, or at a minimum you modify your endorsement of Prineville BLM's EIS. Modification would entail requesting BLM to reconsider their ban on geocaching in the Badlands wilderness study area, and work with the members of the local geocaching community to support geocaching in the Badlands. I am going to provide you with a little bit of information on what that means. In summary, we believe that BLM based its decision to ban geocaching in the Badlands wilderness study area on faulty information. The local geocaching community is currently drafting a formal protest to the EIS based on our concerns, and we have documentation to back up our concerns. Thank you. REID SCHULLER: My name is Reid Schuller, and I come here wearing a few different hats. I'm outgoing president of the High Desert Chapter of the Native Plants Society. I am also representing the State Native Plants Society of Oregon, and I'm the executive director of the Natural Areas Association, which is an international organization of resource managers and scientists, particularly in North America but also throughout the world. I just happen to have my offices in Bend. I have been a resource manager and natural area preserve steward most of my life, which is around 57 years. And 56 of those seem to have been spent parking going to meetings like this, and the other one explaining to my dog why it is I am at these meetings, like this one tonight. Minutes of Public Hearing regarding Proposed Badlands Wilderness Area Designation Monday, January 31, 2005 Page 31 of 56 Pages I'm quite familiar with Badlands, living close to the area as I do. And I've looked over the proposals in detail as well as spending a lot of time out there in the field. I do fully support, as does the Native Plant Society, the ONDA recommendation, unqualified. I would have to say we are neutral in terms of the strategy in terms of the additional 3,000 or so acres, but are certainly in full support of the need for the additional acres. In my travels and in talking with preservation design specialists and managers of other areas, including parks and nature preserves throughout the country, for many years it is often the case that they've looked back ruefully and say, "If only we had acted then." Land would have been cheaper and options would have been greater. If the courage and political resolve was there, if the critical mass was there, the opportunity was there, whatever — then there would have been a real and wise choice. Now, for various reasons depending on what community we are talking about, the options are no longer there. Whether it is because the land has been cut up into smaller pieces, or it is wildland urban interface like what is happening here because of growth, or because of where it is in the country, whatever. I think it was referred to earlier that Bend is growing more rapidly and our infrastructure is already out of date, whether it is the support system or transportation or whatever; it's going to happen a lot quicker than any of us suspect. We travel around the west, and there aren't that many communities that are still highly desirable, especially for the outdoors oriented, regardless if it is mechanized or non -mechanized recreation. Bend is going to be a focus. There's absolutely no question, if you just listen to people regardless of their special outdoor interest. Our choices are just not going to be there forever. This is an opportunity, even if it doesn't feel like this is community collective or unanimous support, this is as good as it is going to get. We have an opportunity basically to orient ourselves into making a good choice that will produce not only semi -desirable economic consequences, but will provide us with a fairly accessible area that we can call our own, one that we can use in varying ways that would be soul food, part of our identity, that we — and more importantly, our offspring — can call our place. Something we can identify with for generations to come. So, all of those organizations fully support this, and hope that you do so in your deliberations. Thank you. Minutes of Public Hearing regarding Proposed Badlands Wilderness Area Designation Monday, January 31, 2005 Page 32 of 56 Pages MARTY WILSON: Good evening. I'll keep this quite short, I hope, depending on your questions if you have any. I'm Marty Wilson. I look at this map up here and I see the number of acres that are open to ORV's and are supported by the BLM for ORV use, established trails and what not out there. And I look at the small little area that is proposed as a Badlands wilderness. I have to ask myself, what's fair here, really. There are an awful lot of people in this community, and there will be more in the future, who really do appreciate the natural sounds and sights that we can achieve and enjoy in a wilderness area; things that are just not available when you have ORV's in the area at the same time, with the noise that they create, and the dust, and quite frankly with the attitude of some of the people. Not that everyone going into a wilderness is perfect, I don't want to imply that at all. The other thing that is so unique about the Badlands is the elevation. Now, as we age, and we're all doing that as we are sitting here, we find out that to get to a wilderness area where we can enjoy the natural sights and sounds, usually at least 90% of the time, requires going into high elevation areas. And I'm speaking specifically of Jefferson Wilderness and the Three Sisters area. Those areas are not accessible in the winter, late fall or early spring. They are not accessible to folks who are older who cannot climb around the mountains anymore, even though they would like to. That's one of the unique things about the Badlands, it is accessible to so many people from the general Bend area. As our population grows, there are going to be more and more people, the baby boomers if you will, who will want some area like this that they can get to easily to enjoy the quiet, natural sights and sounds. I support the wilderness area and designation, and support the ONDA proposal. On the other hand, any type of wilderness is better than none. Go for it. Thank you. RICHARD CARLSON: I'm Richard Carlson, a resident of Bend. I just recently moved back after being gone for twenty years. Bought myself a motorcycle and I've ended up out in the Millican Valley area where a friend of mine and I used to put on two hundred -mile desert races. The staging area just happens to be within that 9.6 miles that is proposed for the Badlands Wilderness. Minutes of Public Hearing regarding Proposed Badlands Wilderness Area Designation Monday, January 31, 2005 Page 33 of 56 Pages Now, twenty-five to thirty years ago there was nothing different than there is today, other than a lot more people in Central Oregon now. When you think about the pollution, vandalism and these kinds of things that have been brought up a couple of times, thirty or thirty-five years ago the majority of opinions about somebody on a Harley was that they were a bad biker. That has changed. Numerous times it has been brought up that maybe the OHV's are the cause of the vandalism. Well, if you look at the vandalism that I've seen out there, it's tires, refrigerators and things like that. I can assure you that anyone who rides a motorcycle or ATV can't ride it up a mountain or a rock cliff, or a juniper old- growth tree, and probably 98% of those riders are genuinely interested in keeping the area clean. By making it a wilderness area, it was also brought up that you aren't going to keep out the bad guys. In fact, you are probably going to entice the bad guys because it will be a closed area. The drug dealers, the meth users and cookers, it is a perfect place for them to hide with nobody out there to watch for them. At least you have people out there that are genuinely concerned about the area, and are going to take the time to report those types of things or even help clean up the area. I've seen a whole bunch of tires just the other day, and there is no way I could carry a tire on a motorcycle out to this area. Nor would I try. I also overheard someone mention something about shooting. There's a shooting range out there, just north of the wilderness area that you are talking about. So, sure, on a quiet day if you are out walking around or using your wheelchair, you can hear guns shooting. It's not intended to be at you. Basically I don't see any problem with co -mingling with people who like to check out the birds. The majority of the trails are flat where the ATV's and bikers are riding. Those areas that people are going to walk are normally areas that people on bikes and ATV's won't be on in the first place. The designated trails that are out there and have been there are cow trails. They used to have the Baja cars out there at one point. We used to pay the BLM $500 to run a 33 -mile course, and then we would have to clean it up so they would refund the $500. Nothing has changed in the last thirty years as far as that area is concerned. Sage grouse and winter deer were never a problem. Those animals are still there and will continue to be there, in the future and for many generations to come. People who want to hike and what have you, that's fine, there are plenty of areas out there that are not next to OHV trails. Minutes of Public Hearing regarding Proposed Badlands Wilderness Area Designation Monday, January 31, 2005 Page 34 of 56 Pages If they are horseback riding, most of the people that I've run into are concerned about this. I've ridden horses and motorcycles. I know a horse is going to get spooked if I go by it on a motorcycle. So I try not to do that. If they want a line out there, that's fine. Have some designated horse trails. But in that area there is a ton of already used OHV trails and areas that are open to anybody. Again, the areas that the hikers and the people who want to look at the artifacts and what have you, the motorcycles won't go over those. They can't. Nor would they want to. I appreciate you listening to me, and I hope that you keep our Badlands open. Thank you. DARCY MCNAMARA: Good evening. Thank you for being so patient. My name is Darcy McNamara. I have degrees in botany and forestry, and over fifteen years of experience working on natural resource and land use issues. In the 1990's I worked as a public land manager on some of the most popular conservation lands in Washington state. These lands were located only about thirty minutes outside of Seattle, so we had a lot of urban issues. In that role, I came to respect a wide variety of ways that people explore and enjoy our wild public lands. I worked with groups that want to mountain bike, hang glide, rock climb, drive, hike, bird watch, mountain unicycle and even conduct the "bare buns fun run" on public lands. DEWOLF: Mountain unicycle? MCNAMARA: It's a fun thing. Hard. You didn't ask about the "bare buns fun run". DEWOLF: That I can understand. MCNAMARA: Well, what I learned from these experiences is that with the right direction these recreational groups can really become some of the best stewards of the land, providing their time, money and commitment to reduce the impacts of their sport. I've also learned that sometimes recreational activities are just simply to damaging to the environment, or incompatible with other user groups. In those cases, the recreational uses must be directed to another location. Minutes of Public Hearing regarding Proposed Badlands Wilderness Area Designation Monday, January 31, 2005 Page 35 of 56 Pages In other words, you can't do everything everywhere. Sometimes the ecosystems are simply too fragile, and that's the case in the Badlands. That's why I support ONDA's proposal. Here's why. In 20011 taught a class at COCC called "recreation resource management". In this three -credit class we focused on the impacts of recreation, both the good and the bad, on the environment and the economy. We took a field trip every week, and one of our trips was to the Badlands with Barry Phelps from the BLM. The students learned about the fragile Badlands landscape and the pressures on it resulting from multiple uses. We saw tracks from numerous vehicles in the fragile landscape, and learned of illegal tree cutting and vandalism to rock faces. Toward the end of that very hot afternoon field trip, we came upon a dumpsite that was complete with a washing machine. And Barry was really excited; because they are so understaffed, he asked the students to help load that washing machine into the back of his pickup truck so he could haul it away. It was 95 degrees and I don't those students will forget it — they were hot, dusty and tired. I don't think they will forget that lesson. Part of that lesson is that unprotected, fragile landscapes are easily abused when they are so near an urban area, which Bend is rapidly becoming. There is really no way to keep the good people — like everyone in this room, who aren't dragging their washers out there, they care — but there are other people that we have no control over. It becomes a really difficult management task to try to sort out the good from the bad. So that is why I support ONDA's proposal to keep the gated areas and reduce the vehicular access. Thank you. At this time, Commissioner De Wolf called for a three-minute break.. DEWOLF: If we can continue to keep the testimony as brief as possible, and anybody who wants to pass up the opportunity to speak out loud and instead submit something in writing, that is perfectly acceptable. I understand that Paul Dewey left, because you don't look a bit like him. HILLARY GARRETT: My name is Hillary Garrett, and I am speaking for myself, but I was gracious given Paul Dewey's spot when he had to leave for another commitment. Minutes of Public Hearing regarding Proposed Badlands Wilderness Area Designation Monday, January 31, 2005 Page 36 of 56 Pages I'm a local businesswoman and own my own business, and I've practiced physical therapy for twenty-four years. In my years of working with people of many types and severity of disabilities, I've had firsthand experience with people's great frustration and anguish over their loss of function and ability to do some of the things they used to do in the world, as well as their great triumph and joy when they work really hard and eventually are able to achieve some of the things, if not all of the things, that they used to be able to do before their disability. Nowadays, the majority of my work involves working with people who, for one reason or another, gave up many of the physical activities that they once used to enjoy because of various conflicts in their lives. And, as a result, they have sort of inflicted some of their own disabilities by lack of activity and lack of exercise, and subsequent overuse injuries when they do try to return. My point in saying this is that I encourage more people to walk in the Badlands as a way of getting to enjoy and see it, and to get off their vehicles or out of their cars and truly, as much as possible, enjoy what they can do by walking or using some mode of transportation that is non -motorized. I appreciate that it is not possible for everyone, but I also want to encourage people to do what they can when they get out there. Another point I'd like to make that I don't think was really clear — and I feel badly, because a lot of my patients and a lot of my friends are outdoor enthusiasts who use motorized vehicles — I have not heard anywhere in any public register or records that anyone is pointing a finger at off road vehicle users as the perpetrators of vandalism. I think that by and large everyone is good, regardless of how they choose to recreate. So, if people would try not to point a finger or stand accused, it would be healthier for all of us. My husband and I were out hiking about a year ago this time with a guest from out of the country, and we specifically went to show her the rock art in the lower dry canyon area of the Badlands. Unfortunately, it had been very severely damaged. We don't know by whom, and we don't know really when, but it was quite public afterwards in the papers. There were a large number of people who came together to try to rehabilitate that area. By no means do any of us point a finger at people using motorized vehicles. But on the other hand, if someone were to have a chainsaw and cut down a juniper tree, the only way they could get that wood out would be via a motorized vehicle. The area that was vandalized last year was very close to Route 8, and it would take a walk of about 1/4 -mile to get to those places and do that vandalism. Minutes of Public Hearing regarding Proposed Badlands Wilderness Area Designation Monday, January 31, 2005 Page 37 of 56 Pages I hope that there is no ill will, and I don't think that anyone is pointing a finger at specific users, but we all need to work together to prevent the vandalism. I support ONDA's proposal, and I support designation of wilderness for the Badlands. Thank you. PATTY JO WATERS: There is something that is starting to bother me. It used to be called dry river canyon, not dry canyon. There are two other dry canyons outside of Redmond. I am here on behalf of the shooters, the hunters, families that go out geocaching and walking their dogs, old folks who drive through, the handicapped, the four- wheelers and the Jeepers, and other people like me. I'm a horseback rider. I am out there at least eighty times a year, and I don't know anyone who uses the Badlands more than I do. I live in Alfalfa, so I access it from the north side. There is very little vandalism on the north end. The only vandalism I have seen happened at night on the weekends, and it's probably teenagers having their parties. I'm hearing a fallacy that it is only closing 9.6 miles. Those 9.6 miles begins at Highway 20 and goes to Alfalfa. That's the only through road, and what that would do is keep people from able to start at one point, drive in part way and take their hike. Everybody will have to be concentrated at the trailheads if you close that. My choice would be for you to do nothing. Don't change it. The way it is you've got one road, people can get in and out, can go all the way through, people who are handicapped and families can go all the way in and experience it. For the most part, nobody damages the road. If other people would do like I'm doing, if you run into someone who is driving off the road, you can usually stop them and talk with them, or you leave a note on their windshield and tell them, this area can get closed. I think all of us should take more of a responsibility rather than just closing it. And as far as the local ranchers surrounding it wanting to have it closed, that's the same attitude that they don't want it happening in their back yard. I personally like to drive in a few miles with my horse, and then I can go different places each time I go. I have six horses right now and I go different places on different horses. I don't want to be limited like this is going to do. The biggest scare I've had in the last year was a guy on a bicycle, because motorcycles and stuff like that the horses recognize, but a bicycle they don't. Minutes of Public Hearing regarding Proposed Badlands Wilderness Area Designation Monday, January 31, 2005 Page 38 of 56 Pages I don't have time to drive two or three hours to haul my horse to do a short ride. I agree with the lady who was with the handicapped people. I support all of these other peoples' rights to be able to do things out there. I'd be willing to monitor. I told BLM that, too. JUDY CLINTON: My husband and I are trail riders. I'm a former amateur off-road motorcycle racer who competed in various areas in the United States. We can understand the desire to take the family camping to share in the fun of riding. It is an opportunity to be outside, spend time with your family and perhaps teach children to be responsible for their vehicle and its repair, to teach them responsible driving and about the natural area in which you are camping. (A copy of her general statement is attached as Exhibit P.) This is proof that I really did do this. (She showed some photographs to the Commissioners.) I just wanted you to know that I'm not making this up. The motorized trail rider doesn't mind a hiker along the way, but the hiker minds the trail rider. The trail rider leaves a cloud of dust and noise in the face of the hiker. I have experienced this in the forest while hiking. Some motorcyclists were not following the road, were riding through a stream, had very noisy vehicles, and when they were following the road they were not on their side but all over the road. Not only did it make me angry, it frightened me. Hiking and trail riding in the same area are not compatible uses. There are large areas to the east and south of the Badlands that provide adequate opportunity for trail riding. Some areas are special and should be protected for their wildlife, vegetation, and archaeological values. Damage has already occurred in the Badlands and this makes restoration and protection all the more critical. There have to be areas where society makes it difficult for people to reach in order to protect the land from dumpers and looters of juniper trees. The Badlands is such an area. I urge you to support the Badlands ONDA proposal as a designated wilderness area. The future generations of Deschutes County will thank you for your forward-looking vision, and will appreciate the chance to hike in a nearby natural area full of surprises and learning experiences. Thank you for your attention and willingness to listen. Minutes of Public Hearing regarding Proposed Badlands Wilderness Area Designation Monday, January 31, 2005 Page 39 of 56 Pages JAMES FOLEY: I represent the National Land Rights League, and the High Desert Treasure Club in Bend. I spent thirty-two years of my life in Alaska. I know what wilderness is. This is not wilderness. This is a suburb of Bend, Oregon. I've heard a lot of testimony tonight about the small size of the area that is proposed to be set aside as wilderness, and the vast area around it that is open. I submit to you gentlemen that this isn't the issue at all. The issue is not about who gets to use what. The issue is about the erosion of the American citizens' land rights in this country. Land is being taken away from American citizens at an unprecedented rate. It is closed all around us. It's not just BLM, it's not just Forest Service, it's not just states, it's all combined. When you look at a little area like this, a little pinpoint on a map, and look at all the area around it, it doesn't look like much. But when you combine all of the agencies, the federal, state and county governments, it amounts to a lot of land. I said I spent thirty-two years in Alaska, and came to the Pacific Northwest to retire. I've not been here very long. But I'll tell you one thing that appalls me, and I had no idea that it existed. I call this the land of locked gates. Everywhere I look there are locked gates in the Pacific Northwest. This is public land, and belongs to the people of the United States of America. It doesn't belong to any one group. This is why multiple use was formulated. To lock up land in a wilderness area like this and exclude it to the majority of the public to the benefit of the few is not right. I would urge you gentlemen to consider the testimony that you have heard here tonight based on the population of Central Oregon being elderly and quite a bit of it being disabled. These wilderness areas exclude those people. I'll be perfectly honest with you, they exclude me. I'm 62 years old and in relatively good health, I can hike but I can't hike those kinds of distances off the road, especially not at these elevations. I submit to you that this is going to exclude the vast majority of the population, not only of Bend, or the State of Oregon, but of the United States. There are a lot of people that come here to vacation and many of them are elderly and retired. And they cannot get out and hike in an area like that. They need access, and access to public lands is a huge issue today. Minutes of Public Hearing regarding Proposed Badlands Wilderness Area Designation Monday, January 31, 2005 Page 40 of 56 Pages I have my thumb on the pulse of land user groups across the country, and I can tell you unequivocally they are sick of having their land taken away from them. They are starting to fight back. Thank you. MATT SKEELS: I'm from the Oregon High Desert Grotto, which is a local chapter of the National Speleological Society — in other words, I like to go caving. Just recently we went out to the Badlands and discovered a lost cave from a half -century ago. I was blown away. I've been all over Newberry Volcano looking at all the caves, and there is nothing quite like this. There are a few exceptions, but most of the caves are pretty small. This one has ceiling heights of about thirty feet, and a width about the same. Roads are a matter of convenience. In my opinion, convenience breeds a lack of respect. If I'm looking at this map correctly, I'm seeing an awful lot of land devoted to trail use by vehicles. I think the wilderness will be a novelty, that's what will be left once there are roads everywhere. If roads are the future, the vehicle is our future, and the wilderness is the novelty, the exception to the rule. Another aspect of my caving is the bats. In my visits to these caves, I've seen an endangered species, the Townsend long-eared bat, and this is a finicky species that I haven't seen too much elsewhere. They are a rare sight. I think there is a lot of potential to find more caves there that are home to these bats, and I think we should give them as much room as possible. They will expand the character of what we have next to us already. I support the ONDA proposal. LARRY PECENKA: I'm a board member and president of Central Oregon Audubon Society. We have over 500 members in Central Oregon, and are affiliated with the National Audubon Society. We would like to show support for ONDA's proposal for a wilderness designation. Also, the map is somewhat misleading because it shows where the official trails are. But BLM and Forest Service lands are not closed to off-road vehicle traffic on most of the lands, at least seasonally. I live over towards Sisters and hike regularly on public lands in Deschutes County, and believe me there are new trails being developed continually. These aren't authorized trails, but I'm finding signs of four- wheel drive pickups and quads going up and down slopes, causing habitat damage. Minutes of Public Hearing regarding Proposed Badlands Wilderness Area Designation Monday, January 31, 2005 Page 41 of 56 Pages My profession is as a professional wildlife habitat biologist, and these kinds of impacts on these desert lands take decades to restore back to the native plant communities. And these impacts also provide the opportunity for the invasion of noxious weeds and other problems due to erosion. To think that maintaining this area just as -is won't continue to have negative impacts and that continuing road development by the public on their own won't be detrimental is naive. We would definitely like to see this area supported as a wilderness area. KEVIN LAIR: My name is Kevin Lair, and I own a retail bird feeding, bird watching, hobby store in Bend. I personally support wilderness designation for the Badlands, but as a small business owner I support it as well. I believe it would be good for the Central Oregon economy. You've heard from some other business owners concerning their support, so I'd like to talk more specifically about birds and bird watching, and the money that is spent in those types of hobbies. First, Badlands and birds. It is a unique area that supports a unique bird population. Central Oregon has other wilderness areas, but what we don't have is a protected shrub -steppe type habitat. And that habitat supports a different mix of birds, species like Townsend solitaires, mountain bluebirds, ash -throated fly catchers, pinion jays, as well nesting habitat for prairie falcons and golden eagles. These species of birds are unique enough that people will travel here to view them, and will continue to do so. Motorized vehicle use can have a disruptive effect on these many species of birds, in particular when they are nesting. As -is, with motor vehicle use and with the likely increase in motor vehicle use, and without protection these populations of birds are potentially jeopardized. Protecting the Badlands area will help protect these bird populations, allow them to thrive, and help provide greater opportunities for people to go there and watch birds — both local folks as well as people who travel to the area. You may ask yourself, why do we care about providing opportunities for people to watch birds. You've heard it mentioned by a few other folks, so I'm not the only one. There are a fair number of us bird nerds and we spend a fair amount of money. Minutes of Public Hearing regarding Proposed Badlands Wilderness Area Designation Monday, January 31, 2005 Page 42 of 56 Pages In 2001 the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service conducted a survey and found that there are 46 million bird watchers in the U.S. And of those 46 million, 18 million people travel away from their homes to watch birds. In 2001 these 18 million people spent $32 billion dollars on their hobby. Unfortunately it wasn't all in hobby stores like my own. Although we seem odd, us bird people, we are not so unlike yourselves that when we travel we stay in hotels, eat in restaurants, drive vehicles that consume gas, and do other shopping and do other activities besides watching birds. So these 18 million traveling birders spend lots of money. The money spent on travel expenses in 2001 per this survey was estimated at $7.5 billion in the U.S. A wilderness designation will help to protect and enhance the bird populations that are there, and will provide greater opportunities for people to come to Central Oregon to watch birds. What you really need to watch birds is peace and quiet. There are more birds when there is peace and quiet, they don't fly away, and they aren't hunkered down. One of the main ways people find birds is by listening for them. And that is not something that one can do if there are motorized vehicles in the vicinity. DEWOLF: Then why did we have 40,000 starlings out at the landfill? Just kidding. LAIR: Starlings aren't on the short list of desirable birds. They are non-native exotics. So wilderness designation will benefit the birds. It will benefit people who like to watch birds, not only locals, but will encourage people to come to Central Oregon to spend money at my shop as well as a lot of other establishments. I would encourage you guys to endorse the proposed wilderness area. DALY: Is there a species of bird in that area that isn't found in other places? LAIR: Not that you don't find anywhere else. But there are species there that are very rare, and this is one of the best areas in the region to find those species. They are nesting prairie falcons, nesting golden eagles, Townsend solitaires, pinion jays — these are all species you can find elsewhere, but in terms of a place that you can get to that's convenient and you can see all of these species in one area, it's one of the few places that can be done. Minutes of Public Hearing regarding Proposed Badlands Wilderness Area Designation Monday, January 31, 2005 Page 43 of 56 Pages RONALD REID: Thank you for this opportunity. I'm a Central Oregon native. My first experience in the Badlands was in 1965. My only disappointment this evening is to realize how much exposure this area has suddenly have, and the impact it will cause because of this added exposure. Personally I am opposed to the designation because it fractures the concept of multiple use of public lands, and a checkerboard use designation encourages more specific groups filing their claims. I don't think we need that. If you are going to have multi-purpose you can't have one group saying that it's theirs. My other concern is what the demand on law enforcement will be. Do we need a full-time residential trooper out there, with facilities and the whole thing, and who would pay. Restrooms, garbage collection and water. You direct people out there, you're going to need those services. No one has addressed who would pay for those. My discussion with a BLM employee showed that they don't have any money to do any of that. They have no money for patrols and signing. They'll have to ask Congress. I think these are ramifications that need to be addressed. Another thing, make no bones about it. This proposal won't stop here. The control and restrictions on more public lands are obviously going to happen. Because you can establish and predict restrictions on adjacent land, five miles deep, which could happen, around the perimeter. If you leave in private land, the perimeter is fifty- one miles. If you take out the private land, it is forty-one miles. If you add a perimeter area five miles deep for no firearms, no shooting, you're talking about locking up an additional 94,300 acres. That's 2-1/2 times what they want in the 37,000 acres. So it isn't just what they are asking for in the proposal, there will be adjacent land directly affected. What does that mean? You are cutting out one group. There will be a big area that will be disallowed for hunting. It's true that the area definitely has some unique and fascinating vegetation and rock formations that reflect the forces of nature of wind, freezing, thawing, and they should be protected. I'm all for that, because they are unique. The remoteness and inaccessibility is the thing that will preserve them. If you open that up, unless you have someone out there, I guarantee that there will be damage. That's just human nature. Some people don't respect anything. It's only when you mark it and exploit it that it becomes damaged and endangered. And I think that's where you're headed, and that's why I'm opposed to it. Minutes of Public Hearing regarding Proposed Badlands Wilderness Area Designation Monday, January 31, 2005 Page 44 of 56 Pages I think you should leave it like it is and have better management, and get the BLM out there to do an effort in signing and using informational directional plaques as alternatives. To my knowledge that has not been done. You can still manage your different interests by doing that. And the nine -mile road that goes through there to Alfalfa, what better place to have a turnout and say, if you want to see birds, go down here. To do this, go there. I look at the people here tonight and all of the signs that are in favor of this, I thought they must have had a good salesman. Must have been somebody who could sell freezers to Eskimos, because if they can do that, they can also find support for any other causes. The survey they used is not a balanced survey, it was biased and limited in scope. In summation, a wilderness designation is not practical or effective. Thank you. CRAIG MILLER: I'm one of those bird nerds. I'm a recognized bird expert here in Central Oregon, and I will be speaking on that basis. (A copy of his statement is attached as Exhibit Q•) I want to emphasize the value of the Badlands to the birds and birders that use the area. I urge the Commissioners to support a wilderness designation for the Badlands, the ONDA proposal. This will help to provide a stronghold for the species that depend on ancient juniper forest habitat, and will provide a wild area where birders can get away from traffic and crowds to observe these birds. The proposed Badlands wilderness area provides critical habitat to more than fifty bird species, and more than a hundred species have been observed in the area. I provided a list of about eighty species that I personally have seen there. One reason it is important to include the ONDA addition, is the cliffs along the dry river canyon provide nesting habitat for golden eagles, prairie falcons, common ravens, violet -green swallows, canyon wrens, and rock wrens. Vehicle traffic and easy access to the north rim of the canyon has a detrimental effect on these birds. I suspect, in fact, that whether or not this is designated as wilderness, eventually it may have to be closed down because of these sensitive species. In the meantime these species could basically be gone from the area. The golden eagle hasn't nested there for about four or five years. It may be just because it has found a different area, or maybe the one that used it is no longer alive. But it still is potential habitat, and the fewer disturbances in the area the more chance that one will come back. Minutes of Public Hearing regarding Proposed Badlands Wilderness Area Designation Monday, January 31, 2005 Page 45 of 56 Pages The ancient junipers there — and as we have heard, some are more than 1,000 years old — provide numerous nest cavities that younger junipers in the region lack. These nest cavities, first constructed and inhabited by northern flickers, are subsequently used by small owls such as western screech owls, northern pygmy owls, and saw -whet owls. They are also home for mountain chickadees, red - breasted nuthatches, ash -throated flycatchers, mountain bluebirds and tree swallows. One reason this area is important for protection is because there are not a lot of areas that have ancient juniper forests that are relatively protected. Other bird species nest in the dense foliage of the junipers, such as the gray flycatcher, pinion jay, chipping sparrow, dark -eyes junco, Brewer's blackbird, bushtit, and black - throated gray warbler. Some bird species survive harsh Central Oregon winters by eating juniper berries; these are mountain bluebird, Townsend's solitaire, American robin, cedar waxwing, and evening grosbeak. Many species forage on the trees for insect food during migration, such as yellow-rumped, orange -crowned, and Townsend's warblers, Lazuli buntings, western tanagers, and Bullock's orioles. All of these birds are impressive birds, and are highly desirable. These and many other bird species can be found in the Badlands, and are highly sought after by birders from around the state and the nation. Protecting this area makes good economic sense as well as ecological sense. Your endorsement of the Badlands as wilderness will demonstrate that you are committed to representing the desires of a majority of Central Oregonians, and we and our children will thank you for it. Thank you. SCOTT COOPER: Thank you for the opportunity to speak this evening. I recently moved back to Bend; I've been away for a year and a half. I'm from northern New York state, but did live in Bend for three years prior, 2001 through 2003, and spent a lot of time in the Badlands. The reason I moved back to Bend is due to its access to wild areas. And 300 days of sunshine didn't hurt, either. But if anyone knows anything about northern New York, we have a region up there called the Adirondacks, and that's where a lot of this wilderness talk began. Minutes of Public Hearing regarding Proposed Badlands Wilderness Area Designation Monday, January 31, 2005 Page 46 of 56 Pages The people of New York State had spent many years defending that area, and now it is as wild as any area in the United States. Foresightedness has protected the Adirondacks, which are located in the most populated area of the nation. Due to Bend's growth and future growth, it is critical to look ahead to the future and away from our own selfish interests. Many have said that this does not meet wilderness standards, but this area is as close as we're going to get in Bend to having a wilderness in our back yard. As an example, the Adirondacks at the turn of the last century were not a wilderness, either. They were devastated from over -logging, mining and other destructive practices. Anyone visiting the Adirondacks would never guess its past. It is now, as author Bill McKibben calls it, "A second chance wilderness." If given the opportunity, the Badlands could be a second chance wilderness also. A previous speaker said that it is hard to keep an area open. I would say, instead, that it is very hard to close an area to destructive actions. Once they are entrenched, they become permanent. I visited the Badlands over the weekend for the first time in two years, and I had not seen any improvement to the environment — only the same old problems. Where is it written that access equates to motorized use? A previous speaker also said that everyone has an ATV or buggy in their garage, and they need more area, not less, to utilize them. This makes me very fearful of the future. And I think it makes it even more imperative to save a small remnant of peace and quiet that the Badlands represents. The arguments presented by the motorized crowd, in my view, make it critical that you support ONDA's position and give the entire Badlands a wilderness designation. The future residents of Bend will thank you. LUKE: For those of you who don't know, Bob was the Grand Marshal for the Deschutes County Fair parade this year, for his contributions to the community and his work with 4-11 and other kids. BOB JAPPERT: My name is Robert Jappert, and I live in Redmond. I'm here representing the Oregon Farm Bureau, Deschutes County Farm Bureau, Jefferson County Farm Bureau, and the Crook -Wheeler County Farm Bureau. The membership in Oregon is 45,000, with Deschutes at 29,000, Jefferson -Wheeler at 225,000, and Crook County at 470 members. Minutes of Public Hearing regarding Proposed Badlands Wilderness Area Designation Monday, January 31, 2005 Page 47 of 56 Pages I'd like to follow along the same line as the gentleman who was just here. I've got no big burr in my saddle about making a wilderness area. My big burr in my saddle is the BLM. They haven't taken care of what they have. It says right here in one of these things, if you make it a wilderness area it will automatically go under their jurisdiction. Anyway, my big complaint is, why are these signs torn down? Why are the posts knocked over? Why are the pictographs gone? They are not taking care of what they have now. They talk about cattlemen. The cattlemen are hoping it will be a wilderness, and the BLM will need to buy them out. That's all they are working for. I worked twenty years in recreation. If you leave these people alone, they will police themselves. You don't have to worry about beer cans on the beach because no one will throw them out in front of the other people. They'll pick them up and take them out. Use little information signs. The other thing I'd like to say is that I'm 80 years old now. I've been around for a while, and no one enjoys the woods and the desert more than I do. If I thought that wilderness was the answer, you wouldn't be able to stand me in here, because I'd go after it full bore. But we don't need to put something else out there that we can't take care of. They can't take care of it now. It's going to get worse. They'll love it to death. Thank you for your time and effort. PHIL EMERSON: I've lived in Bend since 1996. I come to you with a point of view of someone who has ridden his bicycle in the study area and the area surrounding the study area probably between twelve to twenty days a year since 1997, exclusively in the winter and spring months. I enjoy riding in the ORV trail system. I have encountered thousands of motorcyclists out there and have never encountered one irresponsible user. Most of those people probably know me; I'm the guy who rides alone without a helmet. I've never seen one motorcyclist with an old water heater or washing machine on the back of his rig, and I've seen as many Power Bar wrappers as I see beer cans out there. My point is, I've heard some very intelligent things said by off road vehicle people, and I spent a lot of a wasted youth on five continents, hiking and riding in wilderness areas and spectacular places. And it is very true that it is difficult to conceive of the Badlands as a wilderness area. Because when you think of wilderness, you think of this spectacular scenery and bigness, like Alaska or the Four Corners area. That's not the Badlands wilderness. Minutes of Public Hearing regarding Proposed Badlands Wilderness Area Designation Monday, January 31, 2005 Page 48 of 56 Pages Randy Grant was right. There are a lot of places in that area, particularly in dry canyon, where you can, if the conditions are right, hear some guy blowing his jake brake down that grade. True enough. But the lay of that particular land is such that you can go 500 yards and feel like you are on the moon. It lays low, the land is such that you don't really have to be far into it before you can get what people call a wilderness experience. So, I'm not going to be able to ride my bike in there if this thing goes through. I kind of have mixed feelings. Frankly, I hadn't made up my mind totally, but I've learned a lot here tonight. There are some observations that I can make. They relate to two things, pressure and vision. Since I have started going out there in 1997, parking at the same trail heads and riding the same places, all over I see more and more people. There are between five and ten times as many off-road people out there as there were in 1997. And they make five times as much noise. They are nice people, and I've never seen any of them littering. They are responsible users. But I'll tell you this — you go inside the study area and it's qualitatively a different place. One of the previous speakers talked about how he came back after being gone for a while and the condition inside the Badlands hasn't improved. I can tell you the condition immediately outside the Badlands has gone downhill. The fact of the matter is, that is very degradable, fragile land. This is just a consequence of use that is unavoidable. As much as I regard the off-road motorize vehicle community, it's just an inescapable fact that they haven't figured out a way to use it at the level they are using it to keep it from being degraded, in terms of rutting and erosion. While the Badlands may not have appreciably improved, the area surrounding it has definitely declined. The other kind of pressure is you have Pronghorn basically forming what amounts to one border. You've got another high quality, high-end, high concept development that Jeld-Wen is putting in not far away. The pressure of residential development is going to intensify out there. And I think if you don't do something to designate that area for a higher degree of protection, which it richly deserves, that pressure is going to take a toll. And you will have lost something very precious and unique which, had the Congress, hopefully with some input from you, had the foresight to protect now, it would be a great legacy. I'd hate to see it squandered. Thank you. Minutes of Public Hearing regarding Proposed Badlands Wilderness Area Designation Monday, January 31, 2005 Page 49 of 56 Pages LUKE: I need to apologize to the people who have not testified yet. My wife is scheduled for surgery tomorrow, and I've been here about an hour longer than I promised her. We need to get ready for some things tomorrow. So, I will listen to the tapes. I appreciate you all coming. Again, this is the most courteous audience I've ever seen at a public hearing. You need to be commended for that. Thank you. Commissioner Luke left the hearing at this time. STEVE LEEBIG: Thank you, Commissioners, for this hearing. I want to speak about access to wilderness. In 1992 I helped ten disabled people travel 226 remote, untrammeled river miles for fifteen days and nights through the treasured designated wilderness of the Grand Canyon. Without a motor, without machines and without a sound but for the call of the canyon wren and the river's coursing, and our own joyful noise in that wild silence. Those adventurers included two C-5 quadriplegics, a woman with multiple sclerosis and no movement below her neck, and a fourth who lost both of his legs. Ask them if they would have the way through that wilderness made easier. That wilderness gave them something of their lives back, and they would change nothing. Wilderness access, in my mind, is dependent on one thing alone, willingness. Anyone of any ability or disability who wants to attain some high perch in the Badlands to reign over that magnificent solitude for an afternoon can do it. And I would be privileged to do it with them. Together, having carried and clawed and crawled over those rocks, climbing those miles, and having crushed those greater imagined walls, will rejoice in a raucous laughter, celebrate our grand ability, and thank God that such a place remains for people like us. Thank you. SUE JACKSON: I am the self-proclaimed non -expert from any group, representing just myself. I hope I do myself justice. I flip-flopped a lot when I originally read the plans. I finally discovered that was coming from the fact that I'm not a visitor to the Badlands; I live there. For all the people that I've listened to tonight, I appreciate that they appreciate my home, and that Bend, as far as I'm concerned, is coming too close for my comfort. Minutes of Public Hearing regarding Proposed Badlands Wilderness Area Designation Monday, January 31, 2005 Page 50 of 56 Pages I've been a snowmobiler, an ATV'er, a cross-country skier, a downhill skier, you name it, I've done it. I've got horses that eat on my property fifty yards from a BLM gate. I hike, swim, fish and used to hunt when I was a small girl with my dad. I am not an Oregonian; I'm a native Vermonter. And maybe it is the New England conservative in me that wants to speak out and at least have something to say before it is too late. The Bend that I came to reside in five years ago is a very different Bend than I see today, and it scares me to death. I think people who are handicapped should have access to any possibility for them to have the experience, to let their spirits soar. But I also feel that people who ride four-wheel, off road vehicles should have enough common sense and courtesy to respect the fact that there are people who take joy in silence. I haven't seen it be both ways. So, consequently, those people that speak out and say we should not restrict use of public lands or any limitations on the use of public lands, ideally in a good, kind, humanitarian world it would work. But we are in a different time. We have a lot of people who think their interest is the only interest that matters. I wake up in the morning to the sound of birds. I go to sleep in the evening to the sound of the wind in the trees. I do not hear human voices or automobiles backfiring or doors closing. I chose the Badlands as my home for that reason. I am more at home listening to the coyotes howl than I will ever be listening to the ATV's going overland and destroying where I take my horses to discover this area. I feel like a pioneer and want it to stay that way. So, I hope that somewhere there is middle ground that will also protect that Badlands, as it is too close for comfort to the growth of Bend and the interests to the east. I would suggest, then, that it be protected and protected now, before it is too late. I urge you to support the ONDA proposal for wilderness protection. TOM PONTE: I live on the east side of Bend, and lived in the south county for quite a few years. I'll try to keep this short. I try to go out to do a fair amount of hiking from my house, maybe after work, and there is a lot of BLM land east and north of town. For me, if I am out hiking, and a lot of these areas no matter where you park, if you walk for an hour or two, if there is a road, there is garbage. Washing machines, tires, and more. For me, that really detracts from my hiking experience. I try to look the other way, but it's hard to ignore. Minutes of Public Hearing regarding Proposed Badlands Wilderness Area Designation Monday, January 31, 2005 Page 51 of 56 Pages I also noticed in my last few trips that there is a lot of juniper tree harvesting going on, and a lot of big rigs with dual tires heading off the roads to go out there and harvest these big trees. I haven't researched exactly whether that is legal, but my impression is that where they are doing it, it is poaching. This access needs to be stopped. One issue that I am hearing is that people are concerned there is not enough funding to protect the land. It seems to me that there are enough people in town who are interested in this that volunteers would clean this area up, no problem. It also seems that a lot of the existing trails are currently maintained by volunteers. I don't see that as a problem. Being this close to Bend, I would think there would be more than enough people who would step up and volunteer. If it is gated off, it will make it a lot harder to haul your washing machine out there in the first place. I would sign up to help clean it up. That's all I have to say. TRACY BOWERMAN: Thank you for taking the time to listen to all of this commentary tonight. I did write a letter, and most of what I said in the letter has already been mentioned, so I'll just submit my letter. (A copy of her letter is attached as Exhibit R.) I did notice that you've heard differing opinions from many different user groups tonight. I realized that there are some user groups that are conspicuously absent. And you thought you'd heard from the all, hadn't you. So I thought I'd mention just a few of the many user groups that haven't yet been mentioned tonight. These are red-tailed hawk, western fence lizard, sideblush lizard, mule deer, American kestrel, buckwheat, cryptobiotic soil, kangaroo rat, hoary bat, balsam root, lichen, packrat, great horned own, horned lizard, Wyoming big sage, bitterbrush, white-footed deer mouse, spayed -foot toad, western rattlesnake, mountain mahogany, and golden mantle ground squirrel. I can speak for these user groups only as someone who has studied them, but I would guess that they would support the greatest amount of protection in the Badlands that is possible, and that would be ONDA's proposal. Thanks. STAN SUMMERS: Her list that she just read was a list of what I think is like the spotted owl and all that. They are just excuses to lock everybody else out. They want to make everything a wilderness. Like on the front page here, this thousand -year-old juniper species here looks like an old, diseased snag to me. It looks like a fire hazard to me. Minutes of Public Hearing regarding Proposed Badlands Wilderness Area Designation Monday, January 31, 2005 Page 52 of 56 Pages We need to protect the Badlands from lightening and fire. Once it is a wilderness, there's no fire protection. They can't go in and put the fire out. One example that I think of is, say a County building was burning down and I went around and blocked off all the streets. I'd be held liable for that fire burning the building down. When you make the Badlands a wilderness area, you deny fire protection for that whole area. DALY: Actually, I don't think that is true. SUMMERS: You could do it with a plane, but you couldn't drive a vehicle in there to put the fire out. DALY: I asked the same question of our Forester the other day. There is fire protection available for the Badlands. SUMMERS: What does that mean? They'd have to go cross-country. If there are roads in there it does not qualify as a wilderness designation. There are canals, fences, rock walls, grazing, motorcycle races, mining and all of that stuff that has been done in there. It does not qualify as a wilderness designation. There are thousand year old junipers right across the highway on the side of Horse Ridge; the BLM considers junipers as an invasive species and goes through and cut down hundreds of acres of junipers. They aren't harvesting them for timber or anything, they just cut down the trees. These trees are just an excuse to lock everybody else out. Wilderness designation means no mountain bikes. Horse Ridge has mountain bike trails all over it. The Badlands doesn't deserve wilderness protection because it is too dry. The Cascades have more snow and moisture, and can survive a fire. It's too dry in the Badlands. Skeleton Butte burned to the ground right across the highway. The Mill Creek wilderness study area also burned to the ground. Politicians and elected officials, keep your options open. Wilderness designation, that's it — no other user groups, no nothing. Just closed to everybody. Minutes of Public Hearing regarding Proposed Badlands Wilderness Area Designation Monday, January 31, 2005 Page 53 of 56 Pages On these trails that are here on the map, the OHV trails, there is a place called the Millican plateau, north Millican, south Millican, and China Hat. South Millican is closed for the best riding areas most times of the year and is only open during the hottest, driest part of the year. Nobody wants to ride there, because it is too hot and dusty. And they close everything during fire season. I grew up here from the 1970's, and Bend has had a tremendous amount of growth. I rode my motorcycle where the Inn at the 7t" Mountain and Broken Top Resort are now. It was all open to motorcycles. Cline Butte and Eagle Crest area, Mayfield Pond area, Horse Ridge, they are all closed. We are losing our riding areas faster than they can expand the cities. A gentleman mentioned earlier about perimeter closures. If the place becomes a wilderness designation, you can see that the trails are close and they will say motorcycles are too close to the wilderness. We need to push them back another three or four miles, because when we are in our wilderness area we can hear the cars and motorcycles. Then they'll want a buffer zone. And they'll be bigger and wider. If the environmental groups need a place to reflect and contemplate their position in life or whatever, there are millions of acres in the Cascades that is all wilderness, they can go there. We can't. We are getting more and more people on off-road vehicles in smaller and smaller areas. We need more room, not less. Nature can handle any potential damage. Of course, I don't like seeing refrigerators and garbage in the woods. As an off-road vehicle person I could go and pick that up and the Forest Service or BLM will compensate me for taking that garbage to the dump, and I've done that a couple of times in the past. Preserve, protect and defend the Badlands. Keep your options open. Thank you. DEWOLF: I'd like to remind anyone who would like to give us additional testimony, please put that into writing and submit it our office. We will accept anything up through a week from Friday, February 11. We won't have repeated copies of things on line, but will have tonight's testimony on line, and everything will be available on the record. We will make this information available to both of the U.S. Senators' staff and to our Congressman's staff. Again, thank you very much for your patience and your kind attention and respect for each other. Minutes of Public Hearing regarding Proposed Badlands Wilderness Area Designation Monday, January 31, 2005 Page 54 of 56 Pages Being no further testimony given, Chair De Wolf adjourned the meeting at 8:50 P. M. DATED this 31" Day of January 2005 for the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners. ZAIA Tom DeWolf, Cha' ATTEST: Recording Secretary MicYlael/M. Daly, ommissioner D nnis R. Luke, Oem__rfisgioner Attachments — A through V Exhibit A: Sign -in sheets (5 pages) Exhibit B: Staff report submitted by Joe Stutler on January 12, 2005 (3 pages) Exhibit C: Testimony given by Robert Towne of the BLM (2 pages) Exhibit D: Testimony given by Mollie Chaudet of the BLM (2 pages) Exhibit E: Testimony of Joe Stutler (5 pages) Exhibit F: A map of the OHV Trail System and the Proposed Badlands Wilderness (1 page) Exhibit G: Petition submitted by Jeanie Lancaster (1 page) Exhibit H: Letter and report from ONDA dated January 20, 2005 (23 pages) Minutes of Public Hearing regarding Proposed Badlands Wilderness Area Designation Monday, January 31, 2005 Page 55 of 56 Pages Exhibit I: Petition submitted by Kimberly Estep on behalf of COCC and OSU students and faculty (91 pages) Exhibit J: Sonoran Institute Publication, "Prosperity in the 21St Century West", the Role of Protected Public Lands (44 pages) Exhibit K: Testimony of Joani Duford (2 pages) Exhibit L: Response regarding the reasons why ONDA wants an additional 4,000 acres included in the wilderness area (2 pages) Exhibit M: Response regarding the reasons why COMAC does not want the wilderness area to be established (3 pages) Exhibit N: Information published by the Forest Service regarding OHV Trail Use — submitted by Robert Speik (6 pages) Exhibit O: Letter and information submitted by Gladys Biglor regarding Geocaching (7 pages) Exhibit P: Testimony given by Judy Clinton (1 page) Exhibit Q: Testimony given by Craig Miller regarding Birds of Oregon (2 pages) Exhibit R: Testimony given by Tracy Bowerman (1 page) Exhibit S: Written testimony submitted by Robb Reavill (1 page) Exhibit T: A petition and cover letter submitted at the hearing (10 pages) Exhibit U: Press release dated January 20 regarding Public Hearing (2 pages) Exhibit V: Agenda for January 31 Public Hearing (1 page) Minutes of Public Hearing regarding Proposed Badlands Wilderness Area Designation Monday, January 31, 2005 Page 56 of 56 Pages Ll ..y 0 N CUco v J, � M M C � x LL � U co a O � o a 1 00 m _ o p 1 U� r 0 a rsz� A C L M Pl- 4 --- 0 CL Ll Y iz -;,� -><I— +r o cz Njy M to ti 1 M N 6/J cv LL L O G a a m CD m CD ) O C N _ f 1' zCIA CDCN � v - N KT CL 0 p U C44 Ian r x E N C% J CD IJ) vi rb ' �, CL as E C a -;,� -><I— +r o .-An F Fn 0 0 d� +r 0 q C: 3 i � J. O O N c M _14 V W r +v d ca � 3 v A c� c � x U.1 d I— M M L ) � r a.1 ' too r In a N ti � ami Q p c?- 'T N a p CL a . ° U Y `� a r p ECD r cn C4 - a = Ll 0 � pe v CA 4ci: 5� 0.:a 0 0 d� +r 0 q C: 3 0 U) O 0 F O y O r •� 3 J 44 \ JC XL. C d s± L LL \ Fz CIA L Q _ a r6 pa ro o CL cn M M M N N 40 � G � A J � rrJ nn CL o v � ' c O �y CD ol rl �� o tL CL m CL tn 4r M a) U W CO rn 0 O U N w I N L O iO LO(0) O O N L. N -a V (� { 5 M m .w C d a � � c ea a� d L m L O � � 0 cs. a a U M c � M N t CL D � j� W O CL O CL v c O E s yr S s kA �� a 0 pQ L� J MEMORANDUM DATE: January 12, 2005 TO: Deschutes County Board of Commissioners (BOCC) FROM: Joe Stutler, Deschutes County Forester RE: Badland Wilderness Proposal The proposed Badlands Wilderness is located approximately 20 miles east of Bend and is currently public lands managed by the Deschutes Resource Area of the Prineville BLM District. During development of this staff report, the following factual information was utilized to develop both Board of County Commissioner (BOCC) recommendation options, and the preferred recommendation: • The resource values within the proposed Badlands Wilderness include unique geological features (Badlands Rock), cultural resources features including pictographs, and areas of ancient, old-growth Juniper which are some of the oldest in Oregon. The Badlands has traditionally been used by off-road vehicle recreationists for many years and is also used for hunting and livestock grazing. • The BLM has studied the Badlands for approximately 24 years as part of an overall District -wide wilderness study area assessment. All subsequent environmental documents and decisions have recommended wilderness designation for the Badlands. The BLM Badlands proposal is approximately 32,030 acres and was officially "recommended to Congress" in 1991. Since that time no action by Congress on the Badlands proposal has occurred. • In January 2005, the BLM will release another environmental document (EIS) which updates the land management plan for the Resource Area, maintains the wilderness study area status of the Badlands and prohibits all motorized vehicle use within the Badlands. This action is consistent with agency policy and direction to manage lands under wilderness review, in these words: During the period of review of such areas and until Congress has determined otherwise, the Secretary (Interior) shall continue to manage such lands according to his/her authority under this Act (FLPMA) and other applicable law in a manner so as not to impair the suitability of such areas for preservation as wilderness. Exhibit B Page 1 of 3 • The Oregon Natural Desert Association (ONDA) has proposed a 36,505 acre Badlands Wilderness, which includes the BLM recommendation and an additional 4475 acres which are generally south east of BLM's proposal and includes some of Dry Canyon. ONDA's proposal includes several land exchanges involving four local landowners and the BLM. The proposed land exchanges would adjust the wilderness boundaries, secure "in -holdings" and consolidate land ownerships. • ONDA's strategy to secure land exchanges through legislative means is controversial among many user groups (both for and against wilderness) because traditionally, land exchanges occur under an extensive public process through which the public can access the appraisals and appeal or litigate the decision. Congressionally designated land exchanges are viewed as "out of the public's" reach and Congress is really making two decisions and not just designating Wilderness. ONDA is working successfully with many interests and user groups to build broad base support for wilderness designation, staving off objections before going to Congress for official designation. Over 135 businesses and groups throughout Central Oregon and the Pacific Northwest have officially endorsed the wilderness proposal. Off-road and other users groups both in Central Oregon and other portions of the Pacific Northwest are well organized and present a solid rebuttal for wilderness designation. Those user groups include: Committee for Handicapped and Elder Access for Public Lands, Oregon Recreation Coalition which represents over 50 different clubs including Rock and Gems, Snowmobile, 4x4 and motorcycle clubs. These user groups represent thousands of people. • Off-road user groups have documented over 50,000 annual user days on Central Oregon OHV trail systems since 2002. This trend continues to increase as OHV sticker and machine sales continue to increase annually at 20%. • Both ONDA and non -wilderness user groups produce research data documenting substantial economic incentives for "destination resort communities" from each user group. Both are correct. • Members of the Oregon Congressional delegation want a united front before committing to introducing wilderness legislation. • Despite considerable time spent with people who care deeply about the resources, land uses and restrictions, no clear or compelling majority exists either for or against wilderness designation. The facts are that major differences still exist with little common ground other than most everyone interviewed wanted to protect their interests in the Badlands. 2 Exhibit B Page 2 of 3 BOCC Recommendation Options: 1. No Action. 2. Support BLM Wilderness Proposal. 3. Support ONDA Wilderness Proposal. 4. Support non -wilderness designation. 5. Support BLM current EIS proposal for "roadless" designation in the Badlands. Recommended Action: It is important to understand that the BOCC can only make a recommendation, only Congress officially designates Wilderness areas. Until clear and compelling majority exists either for or against wilderness designation, the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners should not endorse any Badlands Wilderness designation proposal. The specific recommendation which makes the most sense is for the BOCC to endorse that portion of the current BLM Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) which further protects the resources by restricting motorized vehicles, except for permitted uses and private landowners in the Badlands Wilderness Study Area of 32,030 acres. This action has minimal negative impact on off-road users by restricting motorized vehicle use by closing approximately 10 miles of currently open roads and trails. A vote either for or against wilderness designation will further polarize or result in deeper division between user groups. Ultimately federal land designations should be decided by resource values which must be protected and/or managed by land conservation objectives for multiple uses. This is a land stewardship decision that must be supported by the public. Forcing the creation of wilderness designation or any other land use designation without a compelling majority to support the decision has created public mistrust of the agencies and elected officials. The lands are often remembered more for the conflicts than the resource to be protected and/or managed for multiple uses. /s/ Joseph E. Stutler JOSEPH E. STUTLER Deschutes County Forester 3 Exhibit B Page 3 of 3 In 1985, BLM prepared the state-wide Draft Oregon Wilderness Environmental Impact Statement to give the public an opportunity to comment on 92 WSAs proposed on BLM managed lands in Oregon. BLM held 25 public meetings around the state. Of the 2,600 comments received, 39 were specific to the Badlands. In 1989, the Final Wilderness EIS was published. Some adjustments in the acreage recommended for suitability for the Badlands WSA were made between the draft and final. In 1991, a Wilderness Study Report was prepared and submitted through the Secretary of the Interior to the President of the United States. In October, 1992, President Bush recommended to Congress that 3.2,030 acres known as the Badlands was suitable for designation as Wilderness. Only Congress can designate Wilderness or release the area from further consideration. No congressional action has occurred with the Badlands. In the interim, BLM is required to manage Wilderness Study Areas to maintain wilderness suitability. BLM supports the findings of the Wilderness Inventory and the recommendation of the President to Congress that the 32,030 acre Badlands WSA is suitable for wilderness. Now I will have Mollie speak to our current management direction regarding the Badlands. {Neither for or against Acts of Congress, our responsibility is to implement the - laws as enacted} {Management under interim guidelines adds an element of uncertainty, designation would increase visibility, increase opportunities, historically that has led to increased funding and partnerships} Exhibit C Page 1 of 2 Badlands Testimony to Deschutes County Commission (1/31/05) 1 am Robert Towne, Field Manager for the Deschutes Resource Area, Prineville BLM. I have management responsibility for 800,000 acres of public land from La Pine, north to the Columbia River. This includes 230,000 acres in Deschutes County and the 32,221 ac. Badlands Wilderness Study Area. [Mollie introduces herself] In the next few minutes, Mollie and I will provide a brief history of the Badlands inventory process and our current management direction, leaving a few minutes for questions from the Board. With the passage of the Federal Land Management and Policy Act in 1976, BLM was required by Congress to inventory all public land for suitability for wilderness designation consistent with the criteria established in the Wilderness Act of 1964. Those criteria include: (1) naturalness; (2) having outstanding opportunities for solitude and/or primitive recreation; (3) being at least 5,000 acres; and having supplemental ecological features or other natural values. In 1979, staff from the Prineville BLM conducted an evaluation for all district lands and determined that the Badlands was suitable for Wilderness Inventory. That inventory was conducted in 1980 and the area was designated as a Wilderness Study Area (WSA). We received 15 comments on this recommendation (14 concurred with the recommendation). The Badlands is the only area recommended as suitable in my resource area and represents 4% of the land base. Exhibit C Page 2 of 2 'n 0 )r okAVO-3S Good evening Commissioners: For the Record, my name is Mollie Chaudet, I am the Project Manager for the Upper Z Deschutes Resource Management Plan for the Prineville District of the Bureau of Land Management. I am here to provide you with some information on the Proposed Upper Deschutes Resource Management Plan, including: • the status of the PRMP • the kinds of Lessions made in the PRMP, especially related to the Badlands � • f �LM a �'0'`'� 1'� o£tl}e decisions proposed in the PRMP The Upper Deschutes Resource Management Plan is a comprehensive management plan for about 400,000 acres of BLM-administered lands. Similar to a county comprehensive rmmagenxnt plan, the UDRMP establishes allocations and allowable uses for different geographic areas, including the conditions under which future activities may be authorized. This plan is the result of over 3 years of intensive community collaboration, and represents a number of compromises that were crafted in order to provide a strategic framework for future decisions and a balance of uses that anticipate the diversity of demands expected from this area over the next 10-20 years. As required by BLM regulations and the National Environmental Policy Act, a Draft Environmental Impact Statement and Draft Management Plan were released in October of 2001, with a 90 -day comment period. Those public comments were considered in the preparation of the Final Environmental Impact Statement and Proposed Resource Management Plan which were released to the public on January 14, 2005. The Proposed Plan is currently in a 30 -day comment and protest period, after which a Record of Decision and Final Resource Management Plan will be published. We anticipate this to occur s w summer of 2005. As I mentioned before, the proposed plan strives to create a balance of uses that anticipates an increasing diversity of demands spawned by the record growth of the central Oregon area. One of those key balances is the mix and separation of motorized and non -motorized recreation. Overall, the plan provides for approximately 43% of the area that will allow for motorized use on roads and trails, 21% that will provide for motorized use on roads and non -motorized use on trails, and 23% that will provide for non -motorized exclusive use where BLM has jurisdiction. Of the 92,000 acres that are designated for non -motorize use, the Badlands area includes approximately 32,000. The Badlands was identified for non -motorized use in the plan because it provides a large block of land outside of the primary urban core that provides many of the recreation settings desired by those looking for a non -motorized experience. Because of its WSA status, motorized roads and trails in there are already limited, and additional limits are Exhibit D A- t? Page 1 of 2 anticipated to have much less effect on the quality of motorized experience offered in the planning area than would limitations on already designated and developed areas such as the Millican Valley OHV area. These are a few of the considerations that have led to the proposed decisions in the Upper Deschutes Resource Management Plan regarding the Badlands. As I know your time is limited, Commissioners, and there are many people here waiting to share their thoughts and opinions with you, d'will close my comments here anive you an opportunity for questions. ,K c Exhibit D Page 2 of 2 0011 k - IPJ �;b Ako-� t C,�k �' Badlands Wilderness Public Hearing January 31, 2005 Deschutes County TESTIMONY OF JOSEPH STUTLER, DESCHUTES COUNTY FORESTER: Thank you for the opportunity to provide factual information to the BOCC regarding the Badland Wilderness Proposal, and thank you to the BLM, ONDA and the various Multiple Users groups and private citizens who have provided information and data regarding this land management issue. After a November 2004 presentation by the Oregon Natural Desert Association regarding a Badlands Wilderness proposal, I was asked to prepare a "Staff Paper" for the Deschutes County BOCC which I presented on January 12, 2004. I will summarize my findings for the hearing tonight: • The rPCnllr(_e va111eC within the prnpnsed Rarilandg Wilderness include unique geological features (Badlands Rock), cultural resources features including pictographs, and areas of ancient, old-growth Juniper which are some of the oldest in Oregon. The Badlands has traditionally been used by off-road vehicle recreationists for many years and is also used for hunting, livestock grazing and other multiple -uses. • The BLM has studied the Badlands for approximately 24 years as part of an overall District -wide wilderness study area assessment. All subsequent environmental documents and decisions have recommended wilderness designation for the Badlands. The BLM Badlands proposal is approximately 32,030 acres and was officially "recommended to Congress" in 1991. Since that time no action by Congress on the Badlands proposal has occurred. Exhibit E Page 1 of 5 • In January 2005, the BLM will release another environmental document (EIS) which updates the land management plan for the Resource Area, maintains the wilderness study area status of the Badlands and prohibits all motorized vehicle use within the Badlands. This action is consistent with agency policy and direction to manage lands under wilderness review, in these words: During the period of review of such areas and until Congress has determined otherwise, the Secretary (Interior) shall continue to manage such lands according to his/her authority under this Act (FLPMA) and other applicable law in a manner so as not to impair the suitability of such areas for preservation as wilderness. • The Oregon Natural Desert Association (ONDA) has proposed a 36,505 acre Badlands Wilderness, which includes the BLM recommendation and an additional 4475 acres which are generally south east of BLM's proposal and includes some of Dry Canyon. ONDA's proposal includes several land exchanges involving four local landowners and the BLM. The proposed land exchanges would adjust the wilderness boundaries, secure "in -holdings" and consolidate land ownerships. • ONDA's strategy to secure land exchanges through legislative means is controversial among many user groups (both for and against wilderness) because traditionally, land exchanges occur under an extensive public process through which the public can access the appraisals and appeal or litigate the decision. Congressionally designated land exchanges are viewed as "out of the public's" reach and Congress is really making two decisions and not just designating Wilderness. • ONDA is working successfully with many interests and user groups to build broad base support for wilderness designation, staving off objections before going to Congress for official designation. Over 135 businesses and groups Exhibit E Page 2 of 5 throughout Central Oregon and the Pacific Northwest have officially endorsed the wilderness proposal. • Off-road and other users groups both in Central Oregon and other portions of the Pacific Northwest are well organized and present a solid rebuttal for wilderness designation. Those user groups include: Committee for Handicapped and Elder Access for Public Lands, Oregon Recreation Coalition which represents over 50 different clubs including Rock and Gems, Snowmobile, 4x4 and motorcycle clubs. These user groups represent thousands of people. • Off-road user groups have documented over 50,000 annual user days on Central Oregon OHV trail systems since 2002. This trend continues to increase as OHV sticker and machine sales continue to increase annually at 20%. • Both ONDA and non -wilderness user groups produce research data documenting substantial economic incentives for "destination resort communities" from each user group. Both are correct. • Members of the Oregon Congressional delegation want a united front before committing to introducing wilderness legislation. • Despite considerable time spent with people who care deeply about the resources, land uses and restrictions, no clear or compelling majority exists either for or against wilderness designation. The facts are that major differences still exist with little common ground other than most everyone interviewed wanted to protect their interests in the Badlands. BOCC Recommendation Options: 1. No Action. 2. Support BLM Wilderness Proposal. 3. Support ONDA Wilderness Proposal. 4. Support non -wilderness designation. Exhibit E Page 3 of 5 5. Support BLM current EIS proposal for "roadless" designation in the Badlands. Recommended Action as of January 12, 2005: It is important to understand that the BOCC can only make a recommendation, only Congress officially designates Wilderness areas. Until clear and compelling majority exists either for or against wilderness designation, the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners should not endorse any Badlands Wilderness designation proposal. The specific recommendation which makes the most sense is for the BOCC to endorse that portion of the current BLM Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) which further protects the resources by restricting motorized vehicles, except for permitted uses and private landowners in the Badlands Wilderness Study Area of 32,030 acres. This action has minimal negative impact on off-road users by restricting motorized vehicle use by closing approximately 10 miles of currently open roads and trails. A vote either for or against wilderness designation will further TIll�r]Y17L] nr rnolli 111 !'Innr�r �l�rinlllYl ��i«r�Or� l�nOr ltrl�llr.n r/V1CL11LV V1 , 1I'OL4-L 111 IAV%IF%11 111 V 1J1V11 VISI, VV VVll I.LJI�l &1%J up J. Ultimately federal land designations should be decided by resource values which must be protected and/or managed by land conservation objectives for multiple uses. This is a land stewardship decision that must be supported by the public. Forcing the creation of wilderness designation or any other land use designation without a compelling majority to support the decision has created public mistrust of the agencies and elected officials. The lands are often remembered more for the conflicts than the resource to be protected and/or managed for multiple uses. After tonight's Public Hearing I will listen for the "clear and compelling majority" either for or against wilderness designation. Exhibit E Page 4 of 5 This concludes my testimony and will continue to work with the various publics and interests, and the Deschutes County BOCC to reach the best recommendation for the Badlands. "JOSEPH E. STUTLER Deschutes County Forester Exhibit E Page 5 of 5 OHV Trail System and the Proposed Badlands Wilderness Exhibit F Page 1 of 1 X33 a d� _ �q 3 n= y , ta s a r Exhibit F Page 1 of 1 Oregon Natural Desert Association January 20, 2005 - To: Commissioners Mike Daly, Tom e If, Dennis Luke Fr: Bill Marlett, Executive Direct Re: Joe Studer's January 12 repo on ands Wilderness I want to acknowledge Joe's effort to provide information on the Badlands Wilderness proposal and would,like to offer -toe following comments on his report. • The report states that, "no clear, or compelling majority exists -either for or against wilderness designation," but did not acknowledge that 57% of Deschutes County voters (May; 2004) polled'support Badlands. Wilderness (48% strongly favor), -with only 29 percent opposed. This was the -second of two polls that showed a majority of Deschutes County voters in support of Badlands Wilderness. • Moreover, the report did not t acknowledge that the proposed Badlands Wilderness is supported by: , o 12 of 16 landowners adjacent tb the Badlands, and 81 landowners who live in'the vicinity of the Badlands. o more than 150 local and national businesses —135 in Bend. o the Central Oregon Trail Alliance (Bend's mountain bike group), even though they would not be able to use the area once it becomes, Wilderness. • The report referred to ,"thousands -of 'people" represented by opposing user groups, but did not acknowledge the thousands of non -motorized users who use the Badlands, including hikers, horseback riders, -birders, geology students; cross-country runners, photographers, -wildflower viewers; hunters, and backpackers —just to name a few. 'Most recently, the Boy _` Scouts ofAmerica = Fremont District have joined in support of Badlands Wilderness. • The report refers to -one group opposed to wilderness,. the "Committee for. Handicapped and Elder -Access for"Public Lands." A Google search found no organization. For clarification, Wilderness designation does not prohibit access to the handicapped or the elderly. In fact, Section 507 (c)(1) of the,Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) states, "Congress reaffirms that nothing in the Wilderness Act is to be construed as prohibiting the use of a wheelchair in a wilderness area by an individual whose disability requires use of a wheelchair.:." Further, a 1992 report required by Sec. 507 of the ADAfound-that76 percent of persons with 16 NW Kansas • Bend • Oregon • 97701 - 541'-3302638 Fax: 541.385-3370. email: onda@onda.org ivehsite, recycled paper • please recycle Exhibit H - Page 1 of 23 disabilities surveyed do not believe that'the restrictions on mechanized use in.the-Wilderness Act diminish their,ability to enjoy the wilderness. • The report recommends. the Commissioners support BLM's decision to close 10 miles of ORV trails in the Badlands WSA.::ONDA's Badlands -Wilderness proposal would close an additional 9.6 miles of ORV trails.outside the WSA. -In either case, the amount of trail closures is a fraction of the 643 miles of already designated ORV trails in the adjacent Millican=Ft: Rock area. • The report,suggests that the land exchanges in the proposed Badlands Wilderness legislation are not good public policy. Legislated federal land transactions; such'as the Millican right - of -.way, the Newberry Neighborhood or the Bend Pine Nursery, were all facilitated by federal legislation.' Likewise; the-proposedland exchanges in the proposed,Badlands legislation will create a more manageable wilderness while blocking -up public and private lands. As a matter of public process, each of the four land "exchanges will require full appraisals after passage by Congress. `The report correctly notes that Badlands is. -unique for its geologic formations, "cultural resources, and ancient juniper trees, but it is equally'imporfant as' wintering habitat for mule deer and elk, and as a migration corridor for prAg' horn. Thank you for your interest in the Badlands Wilderness proposal. If you have, any additional questions,.please feel free to call me, at330.2638. cc: Joe,Stutler y Exhibit H ` Page 2 of 23 Contents Update on Badlands Wilderness Proposal Map of OHV trail system adjacent to the proposed wilderness Maps of proposed wilderness and associated land exchanges List of business supporters of Badlands Wilderness Bend city council resolutions in support of Badlands Wilderness • June, 2002 • April, 1986 Badlands poll results • May, 2004 • June, 2002 Bend Bulletin article on petition signatures Previous letter to county commissioners from local landowners For more information, please see ONDA's website: www.onda.org Exhibit H Page 4 of 23 November, 2004 Update on Oregon Badlands Wilderness Proposal Oregon Natural Desert Association (ONDA) is collaborating with landowners, the local government, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), local businesses, and local recreation and conservation groups to secure support for designation of the Oregon Badlands Wilderness. DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSAL The proposal would designate 36,505 acres as wilderness (see map) and includes the BLM-recommended Badlands Wilderness Study Area (WSA) managed by BLM's Prineville District. The proposal includes several land exchanges involving four local landowners and the BLM. The exchanges will adjust wilderness boundaries, secure two inholdings to enhance management by BLM, and consolidate land ownership. BRIEF OVERVIEW OF STAKEHOLDERS Ray Clarno Ray is a local landowner and grazing permittee within the Badlands WSA. Ray supports the wilderness designation and is planning to retire his grazing permit within the new wilderness to enhance wildlife habitat. This would allow for 50% of the proposed wilderness area to be cow free. Ray also supports a land exchange with BLM to consolidate both his and BLM lands and address wilderness boundary issues. Central Oregon Irrigation District (COID) COID is interested in a land exchange with BLM to consolidate their existing land holdings adjacent to the proposed wilderness. ONDA is working with John Herlocker, Assitant Manager of COID. Hooker Creek Ranch Hooker Creek Ranch is interested in a land exchange with BLM to remove two 80 - acre inholdings from the proposed wilderness area. Matt Day, the owner and contact for Hooker Creek Ranch, is looking to identify a BLM parcel from their trade list. City of Bend The City Council has twice unanimously voted to endorse the Badlands Wilderness proposal, most recently in June of 2002 (see enclosed resolution). BLM ONDA staff have been working closely with BLM staff and managers. The BLM will further benefit from the proposed land exchanges and wilderness designation by securing better management boundaries, reducing user conflicts on an additional 4,000 acres, and consolidating public land ownership. Ad -Hoc Badlands Landowner Group A few years ago, fifteen landowners in or adjacent to the proposed Badlands Wilderness jointly submitted a letter to the County Commissioners endorsing wilderness. Now, in 2004, over 60 landowners have signed their names asking the Deschutes County Commissioners for their support of the Badlands Wilderness. Off -Road Vehicle Users Joanie Dufourd, a representative for local ORV interests, opposes the Badlands Wilderness proposal. Her concern (that the area will be closed to ORV use) is mitigated by the fact that: • The 199,465 acre Millican Valley/East Fork Rock ORV Play Area, located adjacent to the proposed wilderness area, provides ORV users with 643 miles of ORV trails (see map). In contrast, the proposed wilderness area will close less than 10 miles (about 5,000 acres) within the Millican Valley ORV area of seasonal dirt bike trails (open from May 1 st to November 30). • BLM is proposing to close the Badlands WSA to motor vehicles as part of their recent plan update. Additional information about Badlands is available on the Internet at www.onda.org Exhibit H Page 5 of 23 OHV Trail System and the Proposed Badlands Wilderness Designated OH Trail System r r i i Deschutes National Forest r ® Proposed Wilderness Area - 36,505 a rI OHV Trail Svstem Area - 199.465 ac N A Exhibit H Page 6 of 23 kr--,%VP--,EGON BADLANDS WILDERNESS AREA - PROPOSED I.,egend and Statistics "®ef Proposed Wilderness (36;,505 acres) Existing WSA (29,814 acres) WSA to Non-federal (208 acres) L� 3. I.ru.d D err f mi ,j Non- doral to Wilderness (635 acres)"- Wioldings (160 aeras) Nonfederal April 17, 2004 Federally Administered Iands 1 0 1 2 3 Miles JJ rPrineviic I !, ae Exhibit H Page 7 of 23 pwo N p —b, CD p L County Line Rd ;60 klValbx Rd. pl'O�l ........... O O pwo N p —b, CD p L Exhibit H Page 8 of 23 ........... O O 0 rC cq U m Q Exhibit H Page 8 of 23 county laic Rd m U 7 - Page 9 of 23 OQ TI m U 7 - Page 9 of 23 Exhibit H Page 10 of 23 Exhibit H Page 11 of 23 � a h • T Ln 7 a.'C Py cm •l Exhibit H Page 11 of 23 BONN> toys Wilderness and Domd - 1- 7 To 100derviess B12,43 (VVSA) BLM (MISA) BLL (non-GFTqA) Nonfuden-M lnhold�ngs Total (acres) source: ONDA GIS revised 5/3/04 Exhibit H Page 12 of 23 Badlands Business Supporters A Cup of Magic Abracadabra Printing & Design Alder Creek Kayak & Canoe Company Art Impressions ArcTeryx Bag Ladies of Union St. Be -Bop Biscotti Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream Bend Pet Express Big O' Bagels Bikram's Yoga Biscuits of Bend Blue Spruce Gallery & Studio The Book Barn Boomtown Brian Nelson Construction Bruce Jackson Photography Buttermilk Mountain Works Candlelight Dinner Cabaret Theatre Cascade Publications Inc. Chaco Cheryl Heinrich's Architecture CJI Construction Clarno Cattle Company Colors Full Spectrum Eatery Comfort Zone Coffee Shop Controlled Environments, Inc. Cork The Cosmic Depot The Curiosity Shoppe Curt Ringstad Fine Building D -Star Design & D -Star Laboratories Dana Nehl Bookkeeping Dancin' Woof Debra Burke Nutrition Counseling Dennis McKenna, CPA Deschutes Gallery Devore's Good Food Store & Wine Shop Donna Hoitsma, LMT Dotson's Photo Center Eagle Creek Travel Gear updated: 11-04 Environmental Building Supply Family Health Care Center Unlimited Fields Farms Finder's Keepers Fly Fishing and Outdoor Products FootZone Frame Design & Sunbird Gallery Frank Szczygiel Construction Geo -Spatial Solutions Glass Chameleon Gallery Good Life Acupuncture Great Harvest Bread Company Greg Burke Construction The Grove Restaurant and Lounge Half -Moon Outfitters Hilary Ort -Garrett, Physical Therapist Hooker Creek Ranch Hot Box Betty's Hummel, Doyle, and DeHoog. P.C. InClimb Rock Gym Interior Elements Iron Horse JB Davis Construction Jill's Wild Tasteful Women & Friends June Hog Art Company Juniper GIS Services Karen Bandy Design Jeweler Kelly Oberst Fine Building Kebanu Gallery Kirwin Communications Leapin' Lizards Toy Company Liberty Graphics Light of Venus Lin Alder Photography Living Earth GIS Longboard Louie's Lotus Designs Exhibit H Page 13 of 23 Lubbesmeyer Fiber Studio Mark Monroe Enterprises Marz Bistro and the Astro Lounge Mels Antique Furniture Restoration Metolius Mountain Products Inc. Mid -Oregon Electrical Services Mockingbird Gallery Mondry Painting Montrail Mother's Juice Cafe Mountain Hardwear Mountain Laurel Physicians Movietyme Video Nancy P's Baking Company Nashelle Designs Nature's General Store Newport Avenue Market Nomad's Piercing Studio Northwest Adventure Of the Earth On the Way Bikes and Skis One Day Signs Oregon Body and Bath Orthopedic Massage Edu. & Research Institute Ouzel Outfitters Pandora's Backpack Parrilla Grill Patagonia Paulina Springs Book Company The Pennbrook Company Peter Geiser; American Express Advisors Pine Mountain Sports Pizza Mondo PonderFusion Portland Woolen Mills Powder house Ranch Records Rave On Ts RedPoint Climbing Supply Rising Star Futons RLX Ralph Lauren Ruff Wear Ryan's Deli & Catering Sage Creek Gardens Sage Custom Picture Framing Salomon North America Shevlin Commons Llc. Silver Moon Brewing Sky & Earth Designz Soba Noodles The Source Steve's Consigntime Strictly Organic Coffee Sun Country Tours Sunnyside Sports Taco Stand Topolino Trekkin' Tykes Outdoor Clothing The Village Baker Thomas Osborne Design Trivia Antiques Voila Fashions Wanderlust Tours Watergirl Weddings With Heart Westside Ride Westside Video Wild Birds Unlimited Wildflowers of Oregon Winter Farms Yarmo & Wasley Attorneys YES Electric Yoga & The Healing Arts Other Badlands Supporters: Bend City Council Oregon Hunters Association Central Oregon Trail Alliance (Local Mountain Bike Club) Juniper Group Sierra Club Exhibit H Page 14 of 23 • J RESOLUTION'NO.2354 WHEREAS, the Badlands -area has received widespread support for inclusion the National Wilderness Preservation System, and in. WHEREAS, the Badlands is renown for its'lava outcrops, wildlife yyide 3 vistas and ancient petr 03Ths, and'. open . WF REAS; the designation'of this land -as a National Wilderness area vsrill futloiche tions, now therefore, P exve rt for THB Ci'Y�OUhTCiL ip E RBSOLV$ as i'ollows:. 1 • That the Badlands area tie endorsed for inclusion in theNational Wilderness Neserration System: 2. That a copy of thus Resolution be forwarded to the Bureau ofLand Manageinent as evidence of the endorsement by the City Conunission, Adopted by -the- City Council this. 50` day of June, 2002 WR. Approved by the Mayor. this•Sa' day if June, 2002 Vote:.7 Yes: 0 No 0 Mayor Bi11 Friedman ATM ST: Patricia Sell, ' - .. 'X Exhibit H Page 15 of 23 TO: FROM: RE: q 06 f vies-& Bill Marlett Oregon Natural Desert Association Usa Grove and Ben Patinkin Grove Insight Recent Polling Show Strong Majority Support Wilderness Designation.for Badlands DATE: May 13, 2004 A Strong Majority of Deschutes County Voters Favorthe Creation of:a_W lderness . C. - Area in the Badlands --of Central Oregon Central Oregonians approve of the proposal to -give the Badlands a federal Wilderness designation.: After explaining the proposal in a format that describes restrictions placed upon the land as a result of passage of a Wilderness designation, 57% of voters favor the proposal, while less than three in 10 (29%) were opposed. With a 28 percentage point favor margin this designation is clearly something Deschutes County residents want. acres of federal land as a �Iderness area. The area is currently rhanaged`brthe Bureau of Uhd ManageinenE`rir Under this Wilderness designation; all motorized vehicles sLch as irkki, dirt!b1kes ind-'all-terraili vehides would not be allowed. within the designated Wilderness area and f0 miles of exiidrig, year-rodFd inOtorized vehicle trails would be closed. Hiking, horse back riding and hunting would still be allowed. Tlifs arrangement is similar to other designated Wilderness areas in Central Oregon such as Three'Sisters and Mill Creek: Do-'Y'ou favor or oppose designating this area as Wilderness, or aren't you sure3 Favor, strongly 48% 57% Favor, not strongly 9% Oppose, not strongly 9% Oppose, strongly 20% 29% Undecided 15% I Exhibit H Page 17 of 23 Views are more strongly held on the support side, with nearly half (48%) supporting the plan "strongly." Indeed, strong support outpaces strong opposition by 28 points.. Contrary to conventional wisdom, even Republicans are more inclined to support than oppose the designation. In fact, opposition to the wilderness designation has fallen in this county by six percentage points since the last poll on this subject in June, 2002. In 2002, Democrats and young women were the most likely to support a Wilderness designation and Republicans, men and those aged 40-49 were the most likely to be opposed. To be clear, opposition didnot outpace support among any single subgroup in the 2002 survey. Awareness of the Proposed Wilderness Designation Increases From 2002 Not only has .the margin in support of the proposal increased,: familiarity with issue has grown as well. Wilderness designation for the Badlands is an issue with which two-thirds (66%) of Deschutes County. voters are familiar. This represents.a twenty percentage point increase since 2002. Two years ago, less than half (46%) were awa're:of:this'issue: .................... -- dreg Walden l.s a Popular`Pdlitical figureIn-Deschutes?Comity TheCongret'niiri'receives enviable favorability ratings {�l`% favor ble;:'I'1%, unfai�orable) ke the electorate overall, Walden fans are:more aiaelined o suppi3 tithis: ro , salshah o' se it 51 6 favor, 33% o se Those:with fa oNwi vi iewsOf-6 r-Counay ' =' p po 13 .. f pPo ) $card of- ommi.ssioner,•s also.supportthe Wilderness designation #y a margin of:20 _Percentage. . points;,-..: Exhibit H Page 18 of 23 TO: FROM: RE DATE: drove 'Q q.' uirk Bill Marlett Oregon Natural Desert Association Usa Grove and Ben Patinkin Grove.Quirk Insight 0 Recent Polling Show A Majority Support Wilderness Designation for Badlands June 26, 2002 A (Majority of Voters Favor the Creation of a Wilderness Area in the Badlands of Central Oregon Central Oregonians approve of the. . proposal to give the Badlands a Wilderness designation. After explaining the proposal.1n. a format that describes restrictions placed upon the land as a result of passage.of a Wilderness designation, 54% of-yoters approved; while only 35% were opposed. With a 19 percentage point favor margin this designatkon is clearly something Central .' Oregonians want. Views are -more strong held on the support side. Indeed, strong support Now rd Ike to get your reaction to a proposal regarding the Badlands area in Central Oregon. The proposal, if approved bq COnfmM would designate about 37,000 awes of federal land as a WddwTm= area. The area is currently managed by the Bureau of Land Management or "BIM." Under this Wilderness desigraoon, all motorized vehicles such as trucks, drt bikes a4all-terrain vehicles would not be allowed wkW the designated Wilderness area and 10 miles of edsdng year4ound motorized vehicle trails would be dosed Hdft fiocse bicic riding and hundng.would still be allowed. This arraftenKnt is similar toother designated WildertMeas ss arm in Ca"Oregon such as Three sisters and MillCreek. Do you favor or.oppose designating this area as Wilderness, or aren't.you sur+ hrvw, yx sox 'Favor. not strongly fox . outpaces strong opposition by 19 points. Democrats, especially younger (under SO) Democrats and young women, are most in favor. Of those opposed to.he proposal the, -most strident are republicans, those age 40 to 49, men and Crook County voters. Though to be clear, nearly every demographic..subgroup Is; more likely to support than oppose the'Wilderness designation. The only demographic sub -groups where opposition outpaces supportis among Crook County voters and Aepiiublican men. Undecided Exhibit H Page 19 of 23 voters tend to be older voters, primarily those age 50 to 59, older Democrats and older eky-61-11L40 The Natural Importance of the Badlands.Area is a Compelling Reason to Support the Proposal The natural and geological uniqueness of the Badlands area is a compelling Lreason for voters to support the proposal. One-third (35%) of those Let me tell you a little more about this Badlands area. This area is winter habitat for deer and elk and many species of birds. It also includes one of the oidest.stands of juniper trees in Central'Oregon. unique geological formations and several Indian petroglyphs. Currently, it is designated a BLM Wddemess Study Area, which means most of It is already dosed to motorized vehicles. Does knowing this make you more orless likely - to support Wilderness designation or doesn't it make a difference to .you either wayt Much more likely 35% . Somewhat likely 12% surveyed say that this makes them much No difference 36'% Somewhat less likely 6% more likely to be in favor of.the:proposai. Much less likely 1 I%. while only 17% say that this makes them less likely to support it. Those -most persuaded by this argument (35%) include. Democrats, Independents, older women and women in -Deschutes County. This argument is also persuasive to undecided voters. The area's' uniqueness should be.a central part of.ONDXs _ r_ communications strategy. Some Voters Appreciate That"otorized Trails Will Still Be Open When told that the proposal would not affect over 200 miles. of,adjacent.off- road trails,. most (49%) -say the issue does. not affect them either way. One-fourth (25%) claim.that it makes them more likely to support the proposal. Of the 25% who Eyen if this pcoposai is•approyefl.-o-Ygt'200 m8es.of.e�dsdng motorized trails adiac"t to tfie designated area wadd remain open for use on BCM lands. Does knovft this . make you more or less likely to support WIderness • designation or.doesn't it make a differetue to you either. way' Much more likely 25% 38%. . Somewhat likely 13% No. difference . 49% Somewhat less lk* 6%. . Much less likely 7% 13% become much more likely to sUppoom the proposal,.lndeperlden>.s, young. Democrats. and Democrats in Deschutes County top the I'Ist:,Pnly1.3%,Claim that it make$ them.less;likely to: support it. -These, include Republicans and older mem ..It should.be noted that -44% of undecided voters find the argument to be persuasive. This. message clearly reassures voters still on the fence that the .proposal will. not completely close off the Badlands to all motorized activities. Therefore it should be a component of ONDXs message. Exhibit H Page 20 of 23 s 40 CL s V E Q. 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Under the Wilderness Act, if the Badlands is- designated a Wilderness Area - there would . be no changes'. pertaining to the gazing practices by permittees, including hauling of Water and gathering of cattle. The -major change for the public would include the elimination of motorized vehicles within the Badlands except'for permittees in making use of their grazing permit._ Based on the study, the US Interior Department declared the Badlands a Wilderness Area in 1991. In October 1992, President Bush also signed a declaration recommending the Badlands as a Wilderness Study Area. Since 1992, no further activity to formalize the . designation of the Badlands as a Wilderness Area has occaired: Over thepast 15 years we have seen a continued decline in the. quality of the Badlands -due to undesirable and illegal activities, almost 100 percent relating to the.use of motorized vehicles. The many hikers and. people on horseback are disturbed with the noise and destructive activities. Property owners bordering the Badlands are experiencing destructive activities by individuals coming on and off the Badlands in their vehicles, such -as fence cutting and destroying gates. Following are a few of the most common illegal activities taking place on the Badland Wilderness Study Area: • Fence cutting •.: Destroying of gates • Cutting trees • Taking rock formations • Dumping garbage/furniture/waste • Campers leaving trash • Stripping stolen vehicles/leaving stripped vehicles behind Exhibit H Page 22 of 23 • Cross country travel • Bon fires and partying during fire season • Trespassing onto private property • Livestock killed by arrows and bullets BLM personnel have been ineffective in curtailing illegal activities in the Badlands due to a shortage of funds and regulatory personnel. Within the past two years,. the BI.M has attempted to use signs to inform the public of the legal and illegal activities allowed in the Badlands area; however, continued increase in population of the Central Oregon area has resulted in continued illegal activities in the Badlands area.. Formalizing the Badland and reduction or elimination. of motorized vehicles in the area will allow BLM personnel better opportunities to manage the land at a lower cost. The major difference of designation the Badlands from a Wilderness Study Area to a Wilderness Area will be the reduction of motorized vehicle activity. Your consideration in this matter is greatly appreciated. .� �/v LA I'd Exhibit H Page 23 of 23 Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands. • They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. [21 Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28' 2005. Name: ��1I�I 1� U P? V' A-9--Address/Phone: t6 ti I. )C� `�� 1 �/1 i tL4C ��� �� LAI' fl� Name:J Q-Y-� It-\,t� J 114 t /V�Address/Phone:16t-[ kIf Aker �cv\ Place 1krJ , OK 9-776( 1'i 1- sao 3 Nam ' r � /� 1 / -� Address/Phone:�yp (I 1 r e5 l , (% NZ q I Name: r, Address/Phone: & 3Sr7'ip ��'iG!!6) 9 77cI/ Name: �Address/Phone: -/1,15— 5— W S 10"r c e l� 'g/dd ` � /J� � C( ('VT?EpMO 1�y 0P� Name: t<—' G ��� l� Address/Phone:254+ S. (.c) O M AT I (- L A Cr'S-iq - 7ob me: Address/Phone: 7s'3 LC % �� !! C� [�(1 --44�� 9lm Name: L).A TT- Address/Phone: a 0IC-3 RIF C09 . . Q� . Name:=��n'►�S C , ,% 57-a Address/Phone: JCName: K Y Address/Phone: 2 1) -*V (�17 Name: �� % (`%/(% (i ddressrnhone:X& a i < Name: Address/Phone: a O g Alit- Allbuj l v e 1-1A, e Gt 770 r R- ''7 Name: C'_ Address/Phone: 2P, bL,x/ Zi I -,rf F ,� i y Exhibit I Page 1 of 91 Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands. . They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28' 2005. Name: Address/Phone: i 0 Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands. • They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28' 2005. Name: Aol"Address/Phone: /%9 8 5 6 le " .0 C Name: Address/Phone: C�3 l NC��rD rte,, �' p�o►ara s Name " Address/Phone: �1 Jl5 Name: Lam_ Address/Phone: 2Z V5 `/Z- N!.e) A Ve,0—_cf c3IS S— SZO S Name: 1Address/Phone: Namel)z 1 (Q' Bo"CZ Address/Phone: ' l NW l +l N,���, ljejlGi 0V /77,01 "7 S5 �-f l= . `�4 /4", I Imo► r U 2 g'7 V 1 Name: 4)X , tE b [ I a;N,- Address/Phone: CR 2-6b iUJ �� r •` �'f 1, Id, 10C `/ 77 & % Name: : � ,t^ 1 !t ll '� El 1 ': � ? 1, Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: ^ V inn 1� / 'J Name � tk �` Address/Phone: � VZ q2 5d t ,& i f d- Y JJ Name: 1 d+`L� �ti'i L`�`. Address/Phone: ?�,` ti A- J, c1c, Exhibit I Page 3 of 91 • Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands. They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28' 2005. Name: ice(a JA �! { [� Address/Phone: c1 j� L-00 1 Name: (_� Address/Phone: AM st 46LM y fi%-• j!(/ yZ Name: l�ib,7IP.�.1� �'t[[� Address/Phone: 4�f'1' $"1[��� �•- y" Name: r Address/Phone: 3(eQP Sk Fa L/Ua&p 1%,� q 7 %`� 7S'- yys75' n 1 Name: C/j�`lG�C7D J Address/Phone:— OZ �U`�5ssw +��s i✓� Sys-�.�.35 Name: y� Address/Phone: •`jam � � � '�� Name: S�� Address/Phone:�� " � Name ���\�- +— �`moi V' % Address/Phone: V\% s '1 i 1 C 1 f S v 4 V jj i•A 5\ t Name: V \\� l��:� r �� s Address/Phone: ? l ' ..�., i1 ;..•� "�T {• / `7 Name: 4 .,� „✓G~ •'��G 7 Address/Phone: i, i_ ` 761 Name: ���� 1 1 �' % )'I AddresslPhone:� v I ~ ��t i' `� yy��, J ' Y [ �J �U j✓�i�� Name:_ _l" : 7 •� Address/Phone: ' ! l 1j ' � 1 LY Name t'l ►'� ✓yLv`I ✓y'N VG,6� i, l i% . Address/Phone: 2 _,• `' \% • i/LC' ��" ti t ,� 1 11 Name: V'�. a" ` % Address/Phone: I a �1 Exhibit I Page 4 of 91 Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands. • They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28'h 2005. Name: C-? Ar, C tAoj�o v (A Address/Phone: n9c) NG C�{5}v ippdc C/� sz b2•%q • 161 (, �0 Name: Q,Gf� � Address/Phone: P--_ C 7 �►6 g1�tC+s 1I12>'I7 *7 4 Name (A' YN49t { d l Address/Phone: j � d l trh!�"i { ff�P! 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Name: VU S11 h V( j Address/Phone: [ 11I— `/ L' ' Name: A Aire /-' a S edr Address/Phone: tom_/) l 7 - D S� g ,] ���-,,� [ CS-1Ik��r�ce 6 (r l� Name:r\ V , �'LG� t Address/Phone: Name: Yyk-UD I C.1 +1 l �--_Address/Phone: Name: ILIX tA 1.1 .—.",IAddress/Phone: &-14-Ae " /K e Name: ajtld,Address/Phone:0`` Name: f �J�� � "� , Address/Phone: �5r !O '&d d�,�i �`� B;+d► �e o SOD I`.�n� o� Name: � � Address/Phone: Name: , yl. � Address/Phone: "�" �l % o t i1 CJ Address/Phone:' `Name: U! Ad ` 4 r Name: � ; Lt � " Y r. Address/Phone: � y ---- Name: —)44( /� i A.�1 Lam._ # Address/Phone: / ^ •I r Name: 101 6" %1 9 Address/Phone: t '�' ck2a C Name: L 14 1 Address/Phone: Exhibit I Page 6 of 91 Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon adWs. is They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28' 2005. NameAWkk R Loct"I Address/Phone: )V5 9f ?"W(4'b Sri) OR l?ab) 42'b-tf5' 3 Name: 1 U Address/Phone: r.�) Z S~ Scu ( C g77o/ Name: �t � ��Address/Phone: 722 )JE V i�cdutpaf fl f2 dMoAd , orz\ 977S -To -i�� t'1 Name:40A.6 01 cc 'VO✓ Address/Phone: )9'�'J 9 mP4.cCt�ct7GJrve �C �rtG� 977c Z Name: Ci{ 11'1 P[ 1(Ale- Address/Phone: GS(A1 �C� U��i�-� &'na q -n0` Name: g �,v A Q," V — Address/Phone: f ff '+` Alf -0- �"' &,, X Name:/ 5/� /(U,Ssell Address/Phone: Name: T"A-,j -VCT— Address/Phone: ;Z�4 A19 1,&fWQ-"W C'7- / &—,,AA> `770 e 1) l! � Name: a Address/Phone: // (n r Name: f C Address/Phone: � T J Name: 1 i1 E, m r i h Address/Phone: 5 tZ J>t J 1,"S0 r 'A �1- 60'. 1 I L) I Name: �� 0.f 9 Q f(, Address/Phone: 2 5 S Q N \W r n i S Ne Name: GSSe�,� ` o ,-) e `\ Address/Phone: no Vor V" onl Sy Ap�- C- Name: \& \ a l!Q 2VOUNI Address/Phone: i6cax- #\ O�L Exhibit I Page 7 of 91 Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands. They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28' 2005. ((/ I Name: Address/Phone. I Narne::-: Address/Phone: j$'�/ �r t �lC 312r L13g� Name: 1 J v� Address/Phon C/ n `�'✓� � 17V Name: �(� r V1 Address/PhoneAQ U) t aAll S Name:.,)C6-1�& M M P4 Address/Phone: 143y6ow QYV e) �3 -3/7-5 4N4 PO63�X 1��8 Name: Address/Phone: U ' n o I Name: 1` �J '�11 Address/Phone: I2=I, s2, f3e �J Name: ����"eN � �, e rS Address/Phone: NE ,cede X55 /l�� �e.v- C)t2s�� 3 Name:— '��1t1G/ Address/Phone: CK�3 Name: 01 Address/Phone:'0 Name: Address/Phone: ).X il'j f �° / �'� J Address/Phone: r1 i� U � mfr` C_/"� .moi ®�rl � 1111617 Name: `j 1/; Nklk Address/Phone: -q� Name: � ddress/Phone: W_3 Exhibit I Page 8 of 91 Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands. • They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28' 2005. I Address/Phone!'�/GCJ� Name' �] Name: lQ�(11 ZV f�cG I S Address/Phone: Name:—. 0VNI Address/Phone: tJav�C ��ve�' 00PI, CR(�,or Name: v Address/Phone: Name: h _.:r ' Address/Phone:°- s�------' Name: Address/Phone:-2-OG-i I (XPi" r Lt-" � 1-9-ul Name: 1I lC'( ��r A�fM Address/Phone: z 2 sn NEfluka}_2o#5�4 Name:��,12/ %-tr Address/Phone: �y W L�'� 5{ A` I M 9�7o +' Address/Phone: -141 NG M(ly' - C t , t tll�"IG1 322 r_ t0 Name: VQi1� IV\i�i 1�C �II -� ".46t4bP_ Name: \ L �A Address/Phone: v So3-6SI.Ilq �i /� �ddress/Phone: ��� o kGti�� �L VU i3�v�� Qrj . 97?Q2 Name: � J Name:_!rJ �� Address/Phone: Name: qk,k,' � e Address/Phone. aoscy'_2 Name: C Kr ' 5 Address/Phone: L_0"q 1 e 2Lpc' , 0 \ / 9 775� Exhibit I Page 9 of 91 Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands. • They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28' 2005. Name: i �� _Address/Phone: VU A rron CA Name: ! Address/Phone: anima Name: T J'1,�. '\Ik- fN (I 'zea ` " Address/Phone: W+�* �Ll� I�7,�,��"n Name: � X1,1 S'.'1 Address/Phone:�,t i Name: Address/Phone:m' ,A y L. t C_ t. _ c (n '-"L`' Name: -' i —i -f fAddress/Phone: A R— C Name"''' Address/Phone:PU Name:, I ���`'�'�'Address/Phone:�� CSR Name: CnC&76ddress/Phone:?�� ' — U� Name: G (44 �joocr Address/Phone: f2(P d6 Q.%- '.,'3 1��I r � —01-7701 Name: Address/Phone:1-770 Name:�4 ) ��JG `� Address/Phone: A4) �La kee, Name: 6h `"a� " r Address/Phone: � �/ t Iowa V e IQ16t4, � Name:7� 6--c Address/Phone: CI a 5 Exhibit I Page 10 of 91 Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands. They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. • They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28' 2005. 2210 RC1 � /k"�V f. Name n Address/Phone: ' I Name: ��•S[�►TUN 1 Address/Phone: -311 !j) �i CQ�4 �l� -v aei1 ' o' 1� 7O'-)- Name:R6L `>U-'6 k'C-VncAa'I Address/Phone: 1 a`S WW UV `EQA%�-UVT j Name: I� �T ILA�.�i 1(� Address/Phone: v -7+k 7 7-5-b KJ��4s/Phone: o Nam`''�'t'�t"�'k Name: I Address/Phone: f7� S �PficC o'e 9 77o I Name: � Address/Phone: 25 1 " °" (�n IN �M Imo— q7 -7 o Name* Address/Phone: Name: Q�- -_ " ' 'Address/Phone: Name:`Q /f/� — M �/ r✓/�7 t � Address/Phone: I 7a O�� i �° "dot, j 5 9�t7 , dfiL �77� � Name: I L9 Address/Phone: Name. Address/Phone: VU // n� Name: L_ .� e ! / 15 6 �� Address/Phone: -t f 6) S I v �^ Name: 0i rt s ° Y I I CJ`s a d Sy-n Address/Phone: J-1111-1, -111fr1, , 8e--? -e a/Cl Exhibit I Page 11 of 91 Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands. • They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28' 2005. Address/Phone: Name' r (� Name: '@ Address/Phone: Z33yy 11 aj r��.I i c I t-," n 9'1101 s Name: 1:tAj+r't°� '9'��h C���t�w � Address/Phone: Co� 1 �.i I S'"�l"��"' �''> "moi g'`' Name: 1455 6 ';:�C7A/Y 0,y2 _Address/Phone: �� C� QD� 02 �� �ijZ ok 9773 Name: , jo'co\ ��� e t�OJ� Address/Phone: 20 _?OK 71-l7 LA Ark, OW 0 {'+, Name:Aatei— /4,7� Address/Phone: 1706 WCST ade- k -a VZC_ C � Name:�t(K Address/Phone: ���7������ Name: k i 5 A L A n.) F Address/Phone: 12`�' n.) rc P(c r c-.el L- I _0 r- r i J 02 Q � Name:7jj J T �1.� %w r Address/Phone: 1119 3 -7 `-"`- t V y(E / '1 " Iy'7 -7 -7 5c, -s., I 115-7 Name: J (A Y1 Q o Address/Phone: Name: /�/v %�WAddress/?hone:! SS H E o nd e W A +`ia�A, 6 Name: I " "� Address/Phone: Name: lJ Address/Phone: "v Name: 1 Address/Phone: �U V � � "J VI \ (0� l Exhibit I Page 12 of 91 Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands. • They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28' 2005. Name: J � G� Address/Phone: Name: 4 ��✓� C)l �'7r(:7)J' Address/Phone: /3vZ Nw Ku�Xv�l�ei /�iP ir�idZ f3 / Name: Address/Phone: I, 7� !V � , .f(7 ��i'�G—�1l�P� .�1� b. �/7 Address/Phone: Zgu Name: f4 '� I p Name: �, �J 1�/0 S G k jar Address/Phone: % ry iJ4I err M& r l e 4- P—f Name: Address/Phone: ?7701 Name: lX co Address/Phone: Name: dna �m�t"� Address/Phone: Name: 'tAY W `BVII C � ( Address/Phone: Name: %�1��6�,l� Address/Phone: Name: )1 .P. / G%(� jQ, Address/Phone: r Name: � ll`J b U" Z Address/Phone: Name: I/ v VG� Address/Phone: Z l i 31 Name: Address/Phone: be d CMC :>I C l Exhibit I Page 13 of 91 Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands. • They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28' 2005. Com. " & r947 �� I z- d� b /v d -7 X03 5yz iU w L Gc�/GL Name. Address/Phone: �� SC Z-�`b-St *,S7 - - ��UZ Nam i t A lUAddress/Phone] c Name: .J /� Address/Phone: `73`� ��l/�.� / Glr ' CW— Cf �S rn b Address/Phone: � q Name: �-- Name Address/Phone: L) N GO/� eG C z 16) Name: Address/Phone: 6(7-c)( Laxi / C - s � (DQ Name: l 0 ►� Address/Phone: G "3 `3 � 0 � > � � � 5 I� ' / e n" � or P FJ 7� �7 / i�}�� �r(A Name: � � e � � Address/Phone: � Exhibit I Page 14 of 91 Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands. • They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28' 2005. Name ��m ~ ` � Y �� Address/Phone: � �� l�� 1994�Ca ani��05�-, 3 Z Name: �I M Address/Phone: '--ACA LR a } }ate a D��c�l� AW t n _ �7d2,�,6s'fo,�e-- Name: - �' L Address/Phone: tt r e//Qn Name: Address/Phone: Name: ��/�� 5 �✓ �t /�t{ J r, �rl% ", 5.� U �7 6 Address/Phone: , '� �P�! � Skt ce(('fl � � �� U� �d� 12e Name: Address/Phone: Name: I 1 )�Rw/n '� _Address/Phone: d ��,. Address/Phone: Name: p I �_/ / y. c dress/Phone: 7�� �r %z✓i�S Cfi2fly Imo/ Name: l 16 m 8773 F '� ww <1-0 4/w 4V-,q4il Name: � --U Address/Phone: Name: 1 U I -/ Address/Phone: Name: L Address/Phone: a Z 76 Exhibit I Page 15 of 91 Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands. • They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28' 2005. L Address/Phone: �dW �^ ' � � �/17O Z_ Name: Name: Address/Phone: ��� �' I�w "ra)(\Q Name: �' �`' Address/Phone: 1V I NE ?u► -CLI( litl/,�- 5 70Z Name:/Phone: I h/�'�{c dcrJ�-n �/a Name: ddress/Phone lM.�-T_ ' o? Name(/.0 C u' f �J� Address/Phone: 20SE A,7.7. [Dh. - Name: Ln6— Address/Phone: ��� �yt�r r L8- jj kt/X4,//-Wddress/Phone: ?I I /I '✓ mv` i U �� �b �� J 3 0-3 Name:/ A —Address/Phone 012 ) Sy - V-'��X(o Name\ Address/Phone: f�l 503 Name: V1�-V Address/Phone: NameAddress/Phone: i Name: i/� 1fi Address/Phone: It/53 /t/w T .3 sm — Awl 4�0-LI-1W Exhibit I Page 16 of 91 Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands. is They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28'h 2005. / r Name �(ti�G Wit- I �GC' ���C�-'� Address/Phone:?� % �LLSL� �� Z�iJ �lG� �i�f/;l,Gr� G��+ Name: Le n t/ ej- Ujj 4j a n Address/Phone: i 477&� Name: Sl p Address/Phone: PJ. &x -)24 /,es,,,& y7/11 Name VI� � � 1.. Y Address/Phone: SL�po a �7a JU UJ �bck 6y ,n rl V?7) /y- T---,6Gi Nam(C- �� Address/Phone: AJE Lo-fno Jr obi 7 Name: Address/Phone: ��� Z lcY` , J`ti i F % 7(5 Name: A/V i�e4�AAdjdjes,/fPPhone,: 1 1 ►y `� 3� lci d'r��701 ss/hone: / �ZName: �)��reg Name: 14 l019, Address/Phone: _IoS IVA'K Name: It .'� Address/Phone:� Name: ` c Address/Phone: ( 31 rj Ro I fy-b b QG ,I Exhibit I Page 17 of 91 Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands. • They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28'h 2005. _W-,M..u.=--- � Name: // I. _e� Address/Phone: ZY P -e nd b Name: e C/ Address/Phone:�- f / Name:S �'� Address/Phone: I l 4-,q ktp l Name: 6-'kR IC -17 (Arlin -1.L Address/Phone: i GS T Name:f'`'� � v - .� ' � l' c�,IC<� / Address/Phone: ;7G) �✓� ��'_ Name: C2 d AS©� Address/Phone: 2� �v�SA� Name Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: � (I 1 Z NIA) I I I(J+ r(V PI Ml J Z"NA 0 �f-s#wc 4 � rr kuu Ole, 1-714 uE IMI6i, —r,Qe– 1A. Exhibit I Page 18 of 91 Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands. iThey are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28'h 2005. -,"/ �L-e �c,, f >,o �/s0 oskrha � eel X30 Sr Name: , Address/Phone: 15 y36 aJ P ��, Z-, �Cs/y�� y �6 x'72 Name-21�f (� a �/� � Address/Phone: LJZ l 7C)Q✓ ' e c� D I -770 {{�� Gq3- �,s��� q�C�Ci() ��FS-�S/y(D4 ,Name:1/Ci11 -)\j t©Ue /0n&ess/Phone: 6 j% � l `%�I LSM ecA • %C Ok g77Q L Name:�)e5y- L, at J' Address/Phone: Q0 �aAKS 5-f tt� Name:_ `S P , vYI<,, Y-) Address/Phone: �6 2 Stil./ (-Wh M 6(,Y-) C] UZ 9-2 393 - v Z 3-- Name: 6 Name: �� '�C Address/Phone: I l C (Ci l( y5e, o / c 1�- e�x-� r Name: Address/Phone: �'��"5 �) q �.�A Q-7)c>� ---Exhibit I Page 19 of 91 Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands. • They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28' 2005. Name: 1 aoo6, cLio Address/Phone: S14 -4-1 1irYinc�� 1 e i'n r V a l r�ir�Yya� r1~�e�- Address/Phone: Name: 1550 AJ LJ 6--15; A, -P- 61 So3 app-6s�5 Name:4&jg&_Address/Phone: ,i , Lc vC�h S�S )Sf��S T75`1 �,� 6 )noo ✓ms s r2o( 'SSS 1 ZS 1-77U . a Name: � J(Y- A Address/Phone: S� L Name: �— 1 Address/Phonea/,l 17 Name: ] 4 `a' (a � f � l Address/Phone���l-, i �W(f � a � �k:0 C' �IR / S Name: `i�( In ,L Address/Phone:' Name: Address/Phone: -1 AJ 0 sj9 V 1 e� D01%rD Name:� Address/Phone: 7 a -) 3 Baa :::7 y r- pCw("Q s oerr--A-A Name: A I �S Address/Phone: ��0d ftM MAy, Name:'"""dmss/Phone: \ jCj w l�\ L\ 1 �- F1l C G ��0 —j 1G CSy���3c�G—o2z1 Exhibit I - Page 20 of 91 Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands • They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28' 2005. Dr 02- 0(j z of li'iy,c��r'Gl e 74 M Mm ffl-MMLVO 35q 5C &c� vr kt &nd, R Name: A'� x' 14�" Address/Phone: 63,661t c-},5. 69 Q,710 Name: - Address/Phone: Z�� NW ��`Y�2 ��`'1 I�►�C ,dam j�% r Name: (�/1Y U'J Address/Phone: 268- N �y �:N- Name: / I (�1 _ �" " j S Address/Phone: IA AIE Pil it e d l SVC], '" ��/ �n 9-7101 Name: d i Address/Phone: r1SS A) lo�S &A --Cs .( �1?�%0� Name: IA 411 At ',I . A i Address/Phone: � LA AT7 �� �o Name: `\�b4r�.T.E ( '�aST-3F�dress/Phone: -?CI-Q S7T5T&Q s o -az C, 1-7 5Cj Exhibit I Page 21 of 91 Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands. • They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28' 2005. Name: �� Yi ��� �¢�(1�G f� �eE'' Address/Phone: J -Z /'Oy-a' j { g i,-- Name:U —Address/Phone: Name: kgn 1. r e, f M b IL Address/Phone: s1 3 5 w w OCA L') 6 O d4 Name: St/ l d z� Zl,C/ Me s ML44Address/Phone: /?>S� Name: //�� �d �/t Addresc/Phnne'_ ?6 Nana v Address/Phone: 2 1 131 f�ee.TvP.e-,, (-n -id C Name: r4J� l 6( I Address/Phone: `I r Name: Address/Phone: A) cum � ��i A `' ,) ,j r�2 i I I Address/Phone:. TI,5 1 v W 1 U Y I d� 74( q -v f J 1 Name: I�1 ?N�`—�Address/Phone: Exhibit I Page 22 of 91 Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands. • They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28' 2005. Name:.�C;cl- Address/Phone: + 7 . N� ���'G � Name:45-'r %4— (� � Address/Phone: lG l q 3R -E� L-j<RDrW 85tr N q 770 Z Name: 1 Mf1+ Address/Phone: _9a -Rl.►tauL'C`hvU�L i&a &now(Amt Name: Address/Phone: ►43WLV�MW—Id 1, 1I�t�P,f�`I 1 53 Name: 4 L)r- N t.,6NAMl co t1l Address/Phone: 3'4 Q W,0,r-6 T. Ky- p, 09,9770t/6'I 1 8ZP' 08 4 Name: #N Address/Phone: 11 4 P/;lYP �� YC{ f1( 77V'2 • Jr6' 111 Name: Address/Phone: `e ` Cd a #' is 1 Way. 13cvol (9/? f 4 -0 - cx & & aa al Name: y-- Ls.\- N 3` C' )r Address/Phone: 5�� Name: l� M )t-��3 "C'�Yla Address/Phone: -leR9 tw aul- ­b6nbM cp- q-tX50 Name.1) ,n n k(lef G 1 b � Address/Phone: q u NE w (� OL gI104 ` 0Z � Name: �� � Address/Phone: 'i 4-46 l 330 -1-40 y Exhibit I Page 23 of 91 r.r Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands. • They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28ffi 2005. Name: V c t l l� Address/Phone: a(o l 5 LJ "F -"15-S LL V, % /V IQWA I -y%-6 r — Name V�WU :rG Address/Phone: 'r f ���d O !, 7h Address/Phone: A/.� Y lfJ1-P9f- G'% II Name: � V. �� e SS Address/Phone:! (7 ►3� x % 3 ZZ %je , 0(,k- cil7 D o Name: 1 kl{ 14W / V? Address/Phone: � � (o 124 U•P _/2,4�r6(S 77 Name: i �t-�ti� Address/Phone: L I F y 2,C)�'��'� Name: Y ftC.Ll�- Address/Phone: b ' .... r Name: Address/Phone: d (( Q vS (� yam' Name: Address/Phone: �6 6R Name: \ ALress/Phone: lLIk h)1'11 , -� lei C% 770; Name: w x l f/ i i9 Address/Phone:,f2ol 14 Exhibit I Page 24 of 91 Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands. • They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28' 2005. Name:L, ItZLA¢__ —Address/Phone: . NW04+:Y/XT P- t Nr(� A,J��b'C Address/Phone: )NN) �� Name:. Address/Phone: 1l1 �7�f'111� �,•,�un Name. Address/Phone: �a� �S,��hi� L� ICY . %0 q N o -000SCq Name: Ya #4�� Address/Phone: ! I a v t4 ,V I P 6-� Aub / bR- ZoQS Ntv TQ6-.Tan, 0E1 -►p kZG-30'T / '5� - „ Name: A ""'�"'•• Address/Phone: � 'fir!` " � 7wC7d (Ct -,lrJ)'C ySfl. et-orc d4Name: Address/Phone: v 155-0 NQ l�p6ok XI' 3(5- �W Name:t�b1'/"I&MYdress/Phone:z )(0 i 1 V Ir , (/ i Exhibit 1 Page 25 of 91 Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands. • They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as . wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28' 2005. Name:-� VvAAddress/Phone: t L � WPL � a Name: /U 1 (Y1(l�' rakt Address/Phone: EKG' c( 7?a Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: , 2 \ `�' �' �at2��� Cr.- '7D* .a N C3"71 o"2- Name: `Z Name: CC�S�J� QCJ ' U`\`� Address/Phone: JU Name *wxQ tM Ot Address/Phone, Name'. AjA Address/Phone:a Name: in `®Y ii �� Address/Phone: lil� L . ! '; i° j ^•-', Name: �� �'`^ Address/Phone: �" 1 / 11 LAR4ev, r yr Name: /� (U • Address/Phone: �• Name7�� ress/Phene.. 31 l� Name�V:�iV7 gk=� Address/Phone: U ��' b jS- 7A u Pe --e g- v✓. L-aaiY'- -7' Name: ,l Address/Phone: /0 ✓�-' /W z" ' "L� f�1,1 e/i/ OJZ r Name:-0��-\ 1i�lh� _ J" I `fi Address/Phone: 2_o '►2 1,1'L- 60 cl �- Exhibit I Page 26 of 91 Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands. • They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28'h 2005. Name: UIV S Address/Phone: I Ll u' �( b aY t •l L�11/L� Name: i�Ia t`IJ �h'1=TAddress/Phone: -L5-_75- /A/C- M.Ary kojv- p(• Name: �A Address/Phonef t' ?/`ted- /77 c", Named l'JIA8'� �--SCktkV\j� f� Address/Phone: Name: ly Address/Phone: Name: It Address/Phone: 1(, 12 saw Est. gealma6. � Ol \ Name: lam' Address/Phone: alp tl'� W la�x to C� Name: Address/Phone: r� �- -U, , ) n � G Name: +� ` dress/Phone: --�--t--F=1---! - tt e^ ;?o Name: Address/Phone: e Exhibit I Page 27 of 91 Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands. • They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28'' 2005. Name: C"UM Address/Phone: _ �S _S Jv V3 04-4 4— M (- IZZ Name: -.I Address/Phone: 0,52 J A -Z 91' 5�•��,, e e n D Y-. Ck&V Q -Y , o9- ( r) 3� Name: It,,A ', n �A. nA Address/Phone: Name l 1 w 6 v v Address/Phone: I _' I/ f �j r ko n— Name:_ Zia, `;-� " Address/Phone: 2— ZS5 L'L) (Pkj'7�1Qn ,"'J ��� CI ?—'�rjI Name: 24k5 24` J Address/Phone: -244 (!!)/2 %a Name: a l� l { LQ j� Address/Phone: Name:__! �InI �' S « �� �' �_Address/Phone: G S_LJI ( c) 5 ('(� dv S 193tI ,Z /3 of O tZ (777, Name:` �l �_y pddress/Phone: , I eedWL 1 QM% Exhibit I Page 28 of 91 Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands. • They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28' 2005. Name: ��ULVI V ( �Q,�' w ►� Address/Phone: Dc U I �� p W �� �IA 1 r ';Z/ J, (%-0/ J Name: .q r l Address/Phone: 19 1 B NE f mte(O. oend 0l 3z,5 -7m �,,Ot�it ri e N C�i.StSVI NamIMMENOW 1 ' Address/Phone: �� �� yl ID VI Vld, �j%%0( Name: I e t N ► P6-�z eAzrotj Address/Phone: W 25-, 6F2M6N a 17 7 $(o q ZS 2-q4 2. 3 Name: / a.. k -� Cl l u {�, - �l- it Address/Phone: Name' Address/Phone: (S ateii� I�'�4zn 3o- 7�2 Name•. V"y as Address/Phone:Util 511V ((U) 0 cir. . W(,,YV1onY 012 -Op3' Name:Address/Phone: 0Orl Name8�r1l\(j t Address/Phone:GSD K0, Lcrri AJE., PLCW ow -.0 / Or- Io � Name: a Address/Phone: i -7 7 Name: / Address/Phone: 935- S, LJ, M4d,•4 s . /)R 5-77411 -3 l o -7 2.13 Name: C V C n A, ,, c r c Address/Phone: x`6.5 /\)\^/ k �- i\ 4-N r eet 01P- -S --I - (L Name: C/ n- C • Tokn Address/Phone: 2� b5 MA) HA / 4) ';;r b&b Name: �A ��, v7��V�(� ! Address/Phone: VF QQG Exhibit I Page 29 of 91 S„`r_ L Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands. • They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as . wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28'' 2005. Name: C 'L t` `.4A Address/Phone: 1� If t l�.f q iso Name:_ U �, ��4� Address/Phone: �u �( �`'� ' 1 f� �D (o ` Name: � Address/Phone: � Pe r-' u,, z Sad-�c-6g1 � � d 'r L Name:J/"jee7 d yl ec Address/Phone: �' ? r_ 4 <l Name: Address/Phone: a� Ja F I6(t1er vs "ti�U Name: /V AA /1'L A //A V- Address/Phone: 61AT'` k-wR4 firs ('j, 31 ?-" q!&r Nama� j ��1� G i4 l I I�}S In ,--� Address/Phone: 7 ? Cr 1- �Z (Y Name. W 5� 1( Su Karl % Bet. a � �, of Address/Phone. �� �. � liL°� Sr�v� �• ✓1 SA 1(l4t M 1 f 6V Name:� Address/Phone: Name: ' t/ �Zc� Gh Address/Phone: 7cf Al W pa✓F cc Ay{ U e LAdC 61Z q2 7Q I Name: ^��tZ� ( ���-�-J—Address/Phone: Name: S D h Address/Phone: 1302- Vx,13 Lol, _ Name: ( ILA ,iwn Address/Phone: Name: A 11 awl ►& Address/Phone: [M L Q Ge q -M3 Exhibit I Page 30 of 91 Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands. • They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28' 2005. Name: l.ta,?'L.uo ;J'V`t� /� ,� Address/Phone: / 0 ��� Name: La ,iw r!.`_ :trc -e ,n•-tI, Address/Phone: SYS_S� Name: Wry 69 VTI;_ Address/Phone: Name: else 5M,.4L Address/Phone: 511 / " -3 $9 -2 7 ( 8 Name: 1i4ewv.-cl { Address/Phone: �Sd ) ¢,2,U'i-U35 1 Name: LkYtA5z t ! 'wyk 1 Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name:_ 6u v #'�'�� Address/Phone: Name: P d w ( ��L n '5et— Address/Phone: Name: J IIJA,( ,l �l C �i Address/Phone: 6rW)336- 6,o&7 - 1�gil a7c1- c1y33 503) H81- !-IQa3 73 0 11So Alsd v�'�`^ S PO PCW 7'% 3 5,, � �Vai' ?771)7 15"er 0160 Name: i N) (A Address/Phone: 77�7 a �) L :S (� Exhibit I Page 31 of 91 Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands. • They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as _ wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28' 2005. Name*]�Ixl'44� 44 W Address/Phone: �7yS Z3� S 1 v WI `np �^ f ame: S� Y • " C l�� Ca' 1 Address/Phone: Q L4 16'3 Cf e^ `,w 1.+<. 69 Name: -.S 4:LAli l 1 r 1 1 Address/Phone: W6 /Vi'U ( 10 (,cG �/!? 7 7/) A / ' n I / ,p -7 Name: /1 � i C !1 as �/ R j� G� Address/Phone: // Q l l NameL���Prl?� ��G9' elf Address/Phone: -,-7-5-00 Vw DpeC�G/7� Name: �^�*A� Address/Phone: ROd Name: �Gl /(JC/ Address/Phone: 4/0 IJ W A/ 69-T 6/4✓ 7— loe .-T4 7 Name: %�°.�1/l Address/Phone: Name: l— I /mooj ' Address/Phone: Name: r!/ Address/Phone:-j Name: fl Address/Phone: p(1 {5t-,/ bD U J Name: C I ! Y jrily`� Address/Phone: `� 1 1 V-1 5G , %'di.� ?11 �� C j �� J�l � �` Exhibit I Page 32 of 91 Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands • They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as . wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28'h 2005. Name:4� Address/Phone: &epo Ilk) Name:l )' Address/Phone: ICM 5 AIC, Sn u-��nnCt��� a �y� 97701 7701 ii Name: fDnh(a_ N —U(� T)rA Address/Phone: 1q l �� u2 tr�Un t,'�S �;r ��� 'BQAd 0 iZ Ot?lo Name: 1�, �Y10� � \ 1 `l, fZl Address/Phone: (216 V �(hi1 lh\A V1)0,S & J Name: v/1 �Im�JA� Address/Phone: Qc LOX PlO Skltd 09 V709 Naris �—���k_Address/Phone: IM -7 VIL 7�1-Ccp_\l )1�1)k ,,r C _ Name:--,/,.,';, Address/Phone: Name: rS kil Address/Phone: l*W Tiljnal /l5z 54/r Name:111�l P/�l'� ley Address/Phone: , d S��0.G1U-C GOP, L—k �)tv\4p_ Q�- . Name: (`? " ✓ ) Address/Phone: Name: C AAyku rk 5�' 1 Address/Phone: � � `J a � I � � �' `">"` � �y"' � 30 Name: Jen /"�(<< Address/Phone: �'6OG( 5� i l O`% r -F4-v' Name 1 h LM(&,rQP� Address/Phone: �QI3� ( i� 1�i' ICJI LSc_��'fYY Y1 Q LE QR .Q7'lCZ IlY Name: ? \'P 1 Z C7 ��! _Address/Phone: v / C 0 /Y, kNI-) Q'2 S im Exhibit I Page 33 of 91 Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands. • They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as . wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28' 2005. Name: �2$`I rIXW Address/Phone: PNI' W) bca� � Name:'rA�1' kkc�C%Q�1�:1 Address/Phone:l_ 1n_�'1�4� lLt�i(�i, Pa !:!e; lei CI (IT) 'CfA A /vd 31Z -31,1-f Name: l 1�' t/ /� dt h Address/Phone: 53c / t'u 1074 Z96 Name: Address/Phone:1 S 1 6671A Name: Address/Phone: 'Uw r Name:Address/Phone: �� t �d . Name: Address/Phone:Q v/ S %—vl/Vl 9770& 1 Name: C,� nsti, Q, Address/Phone: I �6t R 9770d, AName:- (AL-- —ID Address/Phone:1 I. I�,`3 e•.� ,G Name: �Yr � �.���,—Address/Phone: G -3 14 -1 Z5 %th, PJ�b a 12 aZ ZQ Name: _ #Z:A (V Q)o L' C NA P (� r,e � Address/Phone: y �' y ti L`J F C-- 0 C q A '3 — Name: I�p ry--C'-- r - \ ------_.Address/Phone:.�— Name: J DS /" 1 Address/Phone: _1_ 0 ZdK�ZJ L7j S,swcs,oa:'' sSj Exhibit I Page 34 of 91 Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands. • They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28' 2005. Z s SU Name: � J�' ` J `-'� h Address/Phone: H'16 n +e -VV --Y Yu -j/ 1 tA-,J-)0r 777.61 Name:::3f_-;5iCa Ark10r1 Address/Phone: N)Ao (1AS To C' 'n\ -tF Z GV-- , Name:___ 1 ted' jy Address/Phone: le y 1)2 qrJ�i 13eh,c1, O)c '--1 ---4 -4o � 1&136 A)C- Akdlhvi "O j 0141-, �Jer 97707 G SS �I l,� ( 014, fit-,.. a oe. `q ,,2" �� u l l T �Gt`fVyfDaG) (�1'.'�'lCn� Oil Name: A/1-2, V wu) Address/Phone: 6o 1 /��� "6 Name: /��/ �v �/��5 Address/Phone: 1—/m Name:� /Address/Phone: .a . go)( 7'� -7 . ,-7 771-T Exhibit I Page 35 of 91 Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands. • They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28' 2005. Name- ddress/Phone: W0 Name: Address/Phone: L . ? 7n Name:_ Cy h44'-Vt'K 5 . C k I''VI Address/Phone: 1 �3 0 ISI F I'yA-ce i ( 8 1 Uol �— I f� � � 0 k 17-7o � Name: �� ✓� M � (A q Address/Phone: t g� �Of C� �,` .� l (j e n O fZ g 7 70 � �5"03� `f5�9`S6oy Address/Phone: Name:�� Address/Phone: l z s Name:i�ress/Phone-_4X W`� bb Namea ��\ d ess/Phone: Name: CI+ Address/Phone: (� l �i , �o �'e ou- 'zP_4_i OL q 7I OZ Name: �e ° 'u^ Address/Phone: t 041 j344,t_ d , o� cl-7 f -7a 1 Name:_Pm� J'Oue# Address/Phone: -P-0. 90-k 6315 1 5 6 ell ((a > o R Q 7 70 g Name:_ Address/Phone: Vol I qzi�d 0'2 S71­7�L. Name: Address/Phone: (O(Buo ltzd_ar Name: / V I G ��r_)_Address/Phone: m'w v Exhibit I Page 36 of 91 Oregonians overwhelm�pgly_ support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands. • They are currently -under threat vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to thea rare geologic formations, importance as wildlife ha stat, and as a welcomed re tr at for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pas a resolution favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then Februv 28`2005. ' Name:(,Y,012 C- G`6 .ate Address/Phone: 6ztyls Name:_ � �� Q, c p� C� Y Address/Phone: %d l Y CJS- j cj c,(V 0) 1 Name: Address/Phone:1 � p pw d61 J jo Ma Mta// �1p_ 3�� o� 5 Name: J Address/Phone: �% I'�'MCj%'7D/ Name Address/Phone: 7 C) 3y Name: I ACt V� Address/Phone: 1/0 rJ w At -,j 5 ( (L'0 -0306 553 /VC Olney 14ve c77767i Name: ,// Address/Phone: 5 .3 S ` 7/ o?, Name: �� ��•j' Address/Phone: (H13`i -73 a� Name: Address/Phone: WIV (i"i I � 3-r e - ( / � 530) D��-9015 �5U-O,; 7 Cv 13 L�i C//;, /7 � ��) N� v✓C iiv Exhibit I Page 37 of 91 Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands. • They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28' 2005. creta( N E N MCA C4 *f a Na •/Address/Phone: �/ (.f�1�' Lc.'�/I/ 1 S 5r Z t� lCv� c f� s Name: .6 i Address/Phone: i �l i7s-�( � (7 U r i38S VW tQ24or Name. Address/Phone: / 1 'Z --�-• � �l Z �/ 1 � / //O'i �P/L y /� CS Name: / /-e I/ A?ej:f�ddresslftone: Cl �iC/% LI ri �lc� K� Y• I�f ns c+ 39-4 -(`s'2 e.) -53b— a Name: ""� _ R' V Address/Phone: CLI I C,/cl ? -Z q 12r4;' r. �6� k)b QQArnomk OPS ah256 Name: 'Q% Address/Phone: LIQ cj Name, Qa/lAD 0 4 S,,a d UAd W'hmhone: 0/1 i S� 15U5 niu pOrtlW Name: V V lJ Address/Phone: VO r AddresPhone:NameQ jl Z/ `l !� Z G I r r� t o Name:_ A7-1 /%4 tjP "z Address/Phone: '��3 3 y / Z/ 5 / Address/Phone: �(- j1L � Name: 1 I 1� �V�(,�. a� �. � � - � � y Lf Name: / / �L(/�` +'�Address/Phone: �r Exhibit I Page 38 of 91 Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands. is They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28' 2005. Name��o,Ve11 MA' les S AddressJPhone: 1((�S Somer 9,0 Bet1 � OR, 4� io'Z V Name: Address/Phone: �C�ln QUI IGS S2' �'I er►'1aS �r �� �7� Z. Name: �f ff rr Address/Phone: Name: ' �.t�l �,� � �_ J Address/Phone: �j its � p�� erx� �! `i "l 7ro(? Name: (^w C rL'j Address/Phone: u 6 N,C�b (� `►✓ ` 1 Name: I 11 Co LQ Address/Phone: 121 U �S-O CLs,Cl, a In Qbcj i` cnJ q-7-)S'V Name: AA A ` 0 { 00 b S Address/Phone: ',�C� U • !S I �+ 0,,1 Name:Iy �Address/Phone: ja bt M � I" L 17 6Z— Name: I1 15E- K^ �� c Name: Address/Phone: _ f� 11 �� �`-t`• �`iL Name: Address/Phone: 1 `-U7 U3 �L� c�L (O"aw C" 1,V4Q/5X;%s% ' 'tel —g77( Name: l.? 4 �Address/Phone:'IV_-51�0 Name/1', �4- '-�n vet I I Address/Phone: J s6a S T r' i �� (� SqI -r) OR ?77S 01 J Name: A��'�% ddress/Phone: C R %/L r /2 Name: �- % Address/Phone: Z•5�� h�W �� � �jv'j P • �� f Q Exhibit I Page 39 of 91 Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands. • They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28' 2005. Named Address/Phone: Name: ddress/Phone:l� 93a 4t+t &%T35--, Address/Phone: �° `►3�' c�c I c ,> C`r- 5-'^ 1 - `?Za H�v`i _ Address/Phone: ddress/Phone. u Address/Phone: 5-q( 9- D—' / (t t 5� l - 3 i'K - L-0-0 $3 5q11 w 17 7c, a -)c &-c''bit o� '53I '�-f C: O c-�� U o& .4 1 &L"2 NII I V rI l �5L , flwkild C Exhibit I Page 40 of 91 Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands. • They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28' 2005. Name: , ddress/Phone: J I Z Z N i��l 11'1.1511 Ci lJ ( P--)P—rlj ... Name: Address/Phone: l t dCJ N L r ... 6,11-1 Name: OLAddress/Phone: Vf llI 1 / l IAA Name: Address/Phone: 5,56 A/ OU I z A 6 0--�"0� Name: \� (�� 1 J j 1 i 2,'Address/Phone: Name:✓D�,,, 44 y r ly/G1�/% dress/Phone: e LI Name: ` W , J.� '61 Address/Phone: 2 11, J 1\."( C UU Q 7� 2 ��77 �-C; "l C�� SW LAI I ��� 53-/aj Name:_ a CL 6k.0 -WA' Address/Phone: i sonqve Q / Name: �-�VI ;� AL Address/Phone�OVOS�]� Ls L , %u / 7�j �/ S-36' - �Rl -413 Name: Address/Phone: 11 V q SW 32 Y -"J -L 54 1 ' sy� ani Name:^ Gio q6 ~� __-� �ddress/Phone: /QZT � �--� � i (�.�Q..�k:2sc_. T Exhibit I Page 41 of 91 Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands. • They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28' 2005. Name: -'` ^( �- �( (,( U�]T_ Address/Phone: Name: /� >' � / \t'd1 - Address/Phone: SSW L! N X PQ), Name: _ Address/Phone: I6S AIV,/ D incO5 GQ+2��3Rt�-�Ia8 Name: "�174;�^ I�Yl�tic Address/Phone: 1 ?)03-C, Nam,- /Lil44 AddrPcc/Phnne- I 7-3, Cv a–J t Rk-nC -Y \ ke— Narneiz_:T_� . -- Address/Phone: Ya�"��'�' Name: `I �`�f"1l �' 1 lle/7�'r Address/Phone: L uU Z cV, ,tet is � I' L,�n Name: l T Y evy_o o (AyU k) Address/Phone: 13 �i t Hca% g `l, S 7 Name: Ck�+ '\ ��44 �f J Address/Phone: r '�L A 13 ���''," ,, h p 3 �Z NamerzwUt4 v i A,,1A AA1%, dt.L. _ Address/Phone: 2i6 3 T►ol r�� .. iii /�' -_ f�' Name i. ' L�i �C "� �"C'�-<J Address/Phone: Name:c �. / � G( �,�7�--- Address/Phone: JJ17 l OY22 WI Exhibit I Page 42 of 91 Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands. • They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28' 2005. �/Name:Address/Pone: �U � � Name: S yAV _V\ - %`C_ �6 t r Ul Address/Phone: o'. /icy Name: Ky_k'�_ 6\C�A Address/Phone: NO CjI kk0j" Name: �r U� 1 dQW VI Address/Phone: 1915 P�_ 4 ot Name: K t,, 4E.,,,. �,� Address/Phone: 171 e e'y- �'. L'I Name:- 1! r i vt r �� r i s .. Address/Phone: 6W(C-7 `.;F Su-, a i t Name:AAV41 Address/Phone: WO'— O'— Lt'154 IA L f'(W oyz 1qw Name:YJ 4 0 , ('L�Z� 1 Vcx.� Address/Phone: Zblbo .%I�_ 2� s-\- E3 l ci OR, 7 Z o Narr��. �--- Address/Phone: 207/3 12.,.5.'3 A/ Name:/i �. �b1r( Address/Phone: Cj 776 Z Name: )akcl%�Address/Phone: N 4K `6fjl�'Of Cl Name:C-)V ,.r' '+ C- Address/Phone: f o e ox 2.2_ q LA P Name: "�`G- Address/Phone: P61) 9e1K- ✓O Exhibit I Page 43 of 91 Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands. • They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28'h 2005. �r Name: �/ - / J ressIPhone: �Des3 c54l.6eth ,4ve 67,10139v -095V, Name• , J Address/Phone: i �. I my s Name: Address/Phone: � ` Name: Address/Phone: /�y IVE Z%7'� f Name:L Address/Phone:.5513 SVV CAS(OE y I ST>4 Gr -D7LVO) /t7r' Name:= S J 0.04 V Address/Phone:D - d ' t Ale- k4oa Name: Address/Phone: �, y 7•�d Z Name: # \ Address/Phone: Ak �.� ) t 70C -o ��j6 / o Q , Namc: Address/Phone—/ Name: ck n4 5r5.� -r\CV\ �_ i �!-(n¢- (,(V cx c.� Address/Phone: (� 35 3n �D�� �, ci. 35�-t Z -G II53 S,c.,• 6� -� 51, r�~od woJ-7� pJS 9 77 / Name: incl Y I Address/Phone: G� C� �% C P�� 1' 4� �i C8 )) PJA (1(G 47-7 7 Exhibit I Page 44 of 91 XA Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands. • They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28' 2005. Name: 1 '�J''!� �'if �. Nl l .Address/Phone: Name:. 1. �. 1- i' I Address/Phone: Name: � 1 �.� �, C'c ' 1 Address/Phone: Name: ddress/Phone: / ^31I�eo�IkiCI Names ., Address/Phone: Name:�� i�1V Q _ Address/Phone: 3a2- L�9 Kb 39s -q47� �8 03Z Sy,O 3�`e`2���� UIQ- 9 —1 -7 Name: j) %"P7 / (VI eU (l fi K Address/Phone: 31�5 ?0� qq7,91 -ig Nine- _ Address/Phone: MTa' 1P�gQ EQ() T T70 Z Name: 1 �' � t t ! 1 -N Address/Phone: tss Y'I t � � •� v 7 �� �1 d XII L �� n Name: Ld Address/Phone: Exhibit I Page 45 of 91 Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands. They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28' 2005. Name:_��) r� { Y ME ST Address/Phone:U Name: c� �,.�� .��- Address/Phone: Name: -ar2s � oy- n Address/Phone: j Name:- > 'j e ✓( t Ct V CVOT% Address/Phone: S I � g S U✓ "I­)UMf' Ce. AL/e Name: � ►� I1�c.�c �1 �� 1 Address/Phone: -?q-7 f� Vf. Name: Address/Phone: i n3 Name: Y)py\ �� Address/Phone: � : . b � ', , k"_- j'c i � r iqo Name: dress/Phone: Jr Name: �(� ((� V` Address/Phone: I Name: ddress/Phone: C 0 b Name: ; Address/Phone: —NW Name: / 1 Address/Phone: Exhibit I Page 46 of 91 Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands. • They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28'h 2005. x_770! Name:_K)TkA A. Gt.AtZ.K Address/Phone:125!5 �DAIVVMPo2"r AVF_ +�115NO Name: G� � Address/Phone: &99&5 s/i/►f ��'r'170 (,Cc.r� y7739 (s3�►-/73rf> Name: MW Address/Phone: J50 mt,Lc`W 8m Sf-, , 5i0, C 6 i Name:yo.— Address/Phone: -7 75—JC Name:�ii r-� 5 k�zt ll Address/Phone:ie 3 "l (Ayc&r V-& X1770 Name -C � ��-- Address/Phone: 1. V - I'D t%C�k ` 6515 *j\ I_t? i Z r: LcbTy\ gg S&'j sT &"6j D(e 97 ?1)2 (5-n) qui -7-3 Exhibit I - — Page 47 of 91 2 Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands. • They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28' 2005. Name: OVA rGniZ Address/Phone: ���/ JL �J�(V�ar� ✓ il.�n(t �11 �'.C� Name:-%% :�h k*nek4 1A : x Address/Phone: ;ci - Z�S «I - -6�6 ' w5c'Z/_ Name: Address/Phone:� �� /� .IGI W W, ✓ ! lil .5�1 C�B� Name:.,b?i'I/I2F,Lf/ 6ea-A Address/Phone: Name: ��� Address/Phone: 6925 '7_ / �ei�y Name:�In nf/LIon Address/Phone:11 PH/ -) UK -%)Orn Li'l• '166 _Iyee Name:/� �(�'� o b / h IVG.�j1 141+G Address/Phone:/,1/4717/ /`� �.�' �D�� Z 0 3 Name: 0 Iy A A' `W" v Address/Phone. W4 'W CWTW' ✓ WIN 1A-7,ry� `r y�3i8 Name: �- Address/Phone: /�(�'I� �f^ �iT 45- O O� Name-•')NaV. \% \MIWAddress/Phone: \U ;fQ 6 Ail �J i 'I,, I �i Name''' '/ y Address/Phone: / /VV v ✓ l At V Name:. ` Address/Phone: �t r w «dW Name: Alt K, ddress/Phone:1 111 6f alh2 12h. U� r�qz Name: �_b1�Ih Address/Phone: Priv W11 U, O ?7751 Exhibit I Page 48 of 91 is _M s Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands. • They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28' 2005. Name1<01c± WYVLO,)A Address/Phone:9'510 N ,W . _IWf S 15f et:S thr, el' 770 ` � 1 Name, IL'— l Address/Phone: I Isl l,� 11r,✓� �--t �� �� �, �'l 7 3 C� Name: 1 ddress/Phone: ����ttom_ }"1f�-5� %R) �- Ulm` �7 v Sw D C) � Name: _ �l j� � � > 611�Address/Phone: � o P (A NameF t� 11 \Address/Phone: `� ` �C�� �`'� CA Nam . Y !& f � I IV Address/Phone: ✓ Name: �Address/Phone: Name: I J�r �-t'� CI) l C.(. r1Ad dress/Phone: Name: ` ' { Address/Phone: 3 oe�\ Name;: �7Jn Address/Phone: Name: J�(,G Address/Phone: _332-5-3.-O Exhibit I Page 49 of 91 Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands. • They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28' 2005. L(I e-v�G 27 Of 2 a 6 1,"'V-, ; -rec. ,, 4 C;V'- Ij Name: ! �dress/Phone: Names W �"' Address/Phone: Name: Ubh n Address/Phone:/P5 4)�/ I'll U� 'Rod 42 70 Name: Address/Phone: % 80' 1 Name: / Address/Phone: �� / �Name: ,�� Address/Phone: `m(kC Name: R' ' Address/Phone: 13 Name: Address/Phone:]45 t%e / Z i Name: /1' " V %Address/Phone: 1 �'-�c ;G ✓7 S / S ie f- Cr et T?") ej MR.�r�: Si PR V 741 q3S 6.k1, 39D -7z13 Exhibit I Page 50 of 91 Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands. • They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28' 2005. Name: De,Al I D vr►� CrtAddress/Phone: Name: Jon c.a J rc Address/Phone: 2 Al E 16 T �� OK �/ 9.7 ?at ]/ `Gj Name: Address/Phone: / �J �" '��� �� 770 r \r O CIL` 1/dl, � D� A2 Name: L-� ' Address/Phone: ��� �t-t� �"d`72Nsc �77c2- Name: Address/Phone: �� �� ' ` `�` ?2, Name: Z46 'W'0.n im Address/Phone: (� l2 K•�%yc F(ar�Gc %� Name: Address/Phone: �q� lojej AA Armor C' f2 a 4 G, (:,L77od Name: Address/Phone: M10 d� z %iry,, r',0' fl � C4 Name: w u(MAddress/Phone: o�d �3 O 1 ►rn Q - Vrr S j7Ck. OF 2t"� QR q -77A (.Oaq(yf C'md L.n . r Com, T7 7U7 Name: Ck Address/Phone: d i Name:,., AAe�- Address/Phone: Exhibit I Page 51 of 91 Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands. • They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28'' 2005. 117 LU DP,. G Name: C ddress/Phone: S`1/ 77/`-lg40 d�,0o yJ4i t r✓�/�O Name: �ia�css/Phone: mm (S41)'38 -31?Z4 Name: JASUI.., 4 I J L `► ri. �l�l5J`TI����`l' Name Address/Phone:00, Namee. -It- ' ��6E�jAddres&/Phone: �j�8 ��c r U ed &,qrJ , Name: dWj'-P"t TJU— Address/Phone: I C&LCA Y&bfga PCxl[A O P Name:ru&evt. Address/Phone: JS)K . e. lVartna,. (A a�_ �irle.V.�t� Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: ��1� Qh l o C),1 l D Name: Address/Phone:,!z,?o{ 4 LA—CA I/- Qrae�J -102' �r Name: Address/Phone:J I IT # 10 t,J Ur VC I(/ 7 9 Name: /LI''t 4'► C / S,/. TuL Address/Phone: -/ Y4 N f- S ward 4ye Ike "d d 1? " 7 701 Exhibit I Page 52 of 91 Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands. • They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28' 2005. 1 W1 Name: ,4/) G/,# Address/Phone: � /"' A 7 j'41 Name: i I& Address/Phone: Z � �'I Ci'IAi�� � � � R �` 33 Name:(Mie 5 q Address/Phone: �4'7 01 Name: AddresslPhone: z-Gl 36 k��,l��,,; Of, cc 13D_35�) 4 aoZ t -S�zS Name: Address/Phone: I Name: Address/Phone:� ASC farce 1 9 Name: v r�� 5Y\ � � Address/Phone: � I Name: Address/Phone:P 1 �e Name: W'X" _ � /`�+�%1 Address/Phone: yL S dao �� L�hi L Name:ACI-L Address/Phone: Z 5 S.�t,�f oX�f V6, -7-7( Address/Phone: 0 Cf�'7) ? '�- `\ 0 ,ass S Name: (� Address/Phone: T 1 /" / 169%11 f 4Gl OV e- (�'I %(C 1%e VGA.'0"5a�7 � a� Name: Address/Phone: Exhibit I Page 53 of 91 Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands. • They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28'h 2005. Name: L c_ v_r• -erN C l y m e- r- Address/Phone: 3 53 0 J I j A ,, f e. I o e_ H U e. (R ed m"n d) Name: Address/Phone: _Iq0 N / I is AI x%770/ Name:�111?.h'# s Address/Phone:�'` Name: Tj A 1Y\Ck Y vY i Address/Phone: 31 _L Ci 'UJ � h pnvo k 9775_, Name: 1(k L\,V, V� Address/Phone: 4K (;II n YVA C k (k Y \ 4v f Name:�aEM(T'�^ tSr Address/Phone: �Q(�R`t?C'Y�,1rr1Q7� 6-11702 7 �v O ✓�� Name: 1 10�Y� ufSc�i-- Address/Phone: o2��S 1 Sm� �n�.k � &A- tite.%Gy r" 9P 3-/603 LVO _qZ4 Name i 0 � J+1(1n_ Address/Phone:am-02- Name: I RL -d2 Name: Address/Phone: l0� a'% Name: S vlc Q \'rj'VQ0.tAddress/Phone: V AJ N w Name: �r r `� Address/Phone: " SVS ��Y FWv" qj70 r-- Name: iiV 1 �'i / vv� Address/Phone: Name:' 1T� ((V�� Address/Phone:% 1Z-�'-' r�'(' +G- Name: Address/Phone: " I I QP - Exhibit I Page 54 of 91 Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands. • They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28' 2005. Name:/ Address/Phone:s1 Z-jn C—t L t t�j C, ie 77r,1 n Name: t f.' !f { <` C !!. J Address/Phone: Name: Aco'("I t'A- Vy-�Address/Phone: 6(13 S / 6-0575 WM J5 ki-• .V oit 1, Name: VI;A, kj1A/J L'yL Address/Phone: J &4 19 N4 -b IU -C IU , &e"I j U K- Name: QH C' h � 6111 5 v ,J Address/Phone: 2-% 34 IJwc, ! ✓� ( V►Q 4 77 d Name: k Address/Phone: (113 3 ��l turn 977,�;r— Name: Address/Phone: Name: ra �tP Z 1 Address/Phone: 3Y3— o U Name: 1 L, , f r fU dress/Phone: Nil Vj %A LO Name:—ALO fr'' Address/Phone: Zi��� Name: `J �� t 7 1� Address/Phone: rl �' Ne L-A k rt a( PI sn� 4K 577,1-1 n l� Name: �rl� liv�l` �/lr Address/Phone: I«3 - qq..�� ]1jCahic ACJe cNi r L" Name: i PO (' Address/Phone: Name: � Address/Phone: ? �~ 17(5 Exhibit I Page 55 of 91 Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands. is They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28'h 2005. Name: Address/Phone: ti Name: — Address/Phone: _ t!% �►/�/c /'�i5��� Name:._. Y*'Y&TY Address/Phone: 13.5//&�wk156-4Kb Name: /r(P!/SIQ��I'DLi/%L Address/Phone: Z-0-7J—AIF— RA%1/aEc0,,#V ego -Cl Name:.1Z C)LO\6 66 1 QXl . Address/Phone: 06505 5W Name:T � ^ Address/Phone: je'A V-\ I Cti� Name: _ (_ - i rn ey—dy1 Address/Phone: 613 1 � Q5 w({ j �`V p s f �"r li ('✓1� ix / 3�1 f Name: y �Gc.6t Gt �� -?® Address/Phone: r s �5 � V � q7 7S—/ Name:_,I,v "-' 9 Address/Phone: `t51S 6U Gva 0'2 9? 7S Namet ,444' �Yl/ f'� Address/Phone: J w(%` O � q—) 76 I Name: Address/Phone: Name: 11-' Address/Phone: 2 IVt)CI FC. X b&-bl k LYS d W --ax Exhibit I Page 56 of 91 Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands. is They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28' 2005. Name: C.k Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: t.J 22 JFYJ / &/ Name• ,,/ p Address/Phone: e!ivr �^7 Name: II& tZ �I Q ((f Y� Address/Phone: �f � � �S nIr igKis l ' 64w_ 4w__ Name: �� , `L a< ` ' �; � ;� Address/Phone: O.5 -7 ; 'Y' -J' : 171') v Name:USAddress/Phone: I -MIJC) �� U L.i � J � S 1 Uri- CIL 7 770_2 _45CIS 773 Name: Address/Phone: Address/Phone: Gni Name:_ '�e �/ � F}1rGt V%_ Address/Phone: v"I �(�� �,. 'a �hd `�-7)4$j_ Name: L � � �� 1� Address/Phone: _ x`41 ' 5 q SS - �. HI K a Name: 4LAddress/Phone: S"A C — 31 — S 9-C) L Name: lyk 5VvkI Address/Phone: 5-v LIL 0 Exhibit I Page 57 of 91 ( ft ftians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands. • They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28' 2005. Name: \'\k( A ess/Phone: �� f ^, Name: V� C1� l v� Address/Phone: 3 -I SW Aw-coni e- C�— S Name: ,ti nJ &Alug Address/Phone: ;UILt Ll dl, jn_. Name: A� Address/Phone: _1720 /i/F (4/e Name: Address/Phone: 00 Ci Name:Z�4Z Address/Phone: ✓ tl� /moi. �H�� r �} �% 61 rPS91 /7 q r717 «Z Name: C. V ( n 'l' Address/Phone: &'j ,GE Name: 1 0 0 0 yj__Q p Address/Phone: l , � +, �1 77O 2- Name •P 11 min Address/Phone: 41+ Ay, zU' SL DE & Name: Address/Phone: i av AVE, WLA'J i k �J- V" CF �� C Name: I&I M, i1p Address/Phone: 2-1161 C4-, ►3e .('' GI77C R Namel f,A AA _a '�'�✓ Address/Phone: 13 2 /l� 9 y10 t G g77D Name: �.. _Address/Phone: 112 t MW Mopg7C,glc ► Of14,S 61 3L 1_0� 0 I 4-770( Exhibit I Page 58 of 91 Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands. • They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28' 2005. Name: ' ►l _1 Address/Phone: Z I / g NU/ - // S� NameL 1 V ylc't Address/Phone: �6� SW 2e)T-t (.-+ Name: Address/Phone: `' 0 a y ockx(r V.6 Q% Name: Address/Phone: 1 to 6 1 N W t, *6 ? Name: Address/Phone: (d J'A�. Name: Address/Phone: `a Y 7� Name: Address/Phone: Address/Phone: NameAddress/Phone: Name: &,m t, 116-40--k Address/Phone: N"4 _ 1A cx� Name: W MIS Address/Phone: Name:i Address/Phone: 001 Sr_ -Te-,A rVg4 rk 9-7-102- T� Na Ca n't, w(,L Address/Phone: 4 L W C&I-�. 114 i� �,'� 0 Q,9 '7+4 rL Name: �©W(,N 4 Address/Phone: ZZ� . c. ffd-C1 &�fqq 13 -_Vu �� l� Name: !� 1 f.� / l S/ _ J � L ! /�.� Address/Phone: %� �,�� � G . ,.�� .�LCj, ( ' eC.AP '0/ Exhibit I Page 59 of 91 Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands. • They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as . wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28' 2005. Name: llyk2& k t lis i Address/Phone: 1#477 S� l�lnCF2t4�tir � Pi'rtPwl(R,(��'� I-/ C I/Y2 Name: 2 �1/`2MS0�'�Address/Phone: "d �7i`> %y U) Re�J- 0P, 9;YOI 3?9-57 3(+ Address/Phone: Name AUC b L-1 5 b� Address/Phone: J 9 4 dam` 1 LI q /110 0 t5G qv -t S P Name: V4 I Address/Phone: Nam . Address/Phone: 9527 54) 6sp4" l L 'A�(��g77a/ Name: A C4 L 3 1-3)9 V 1 Address/Phone: Nyi A ,70F Name:4A6Z6r<ddress/Phone:070 ''" V \ 4'1V L Address/Phone: 'b ' Name: Address/Phone: coo Name: 1 I _Address/Phone: r % oz Name: Address/Phone: Name:_ 'lf�"'� Address/Phone: Name:—//"/W Address/Phone: .S -(i 3_�)0 SS/s WI W ILialua z. S-716oyo/ Exhibit I Page 60 of 91 rM Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands. • They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28' 2005. Name: 9JCC . k A Q Address/Phone: R\\'do L' y<'tCi '-k \Ckx Vie' Name: � L� --��✓ Address/Phone: `7 R) l!ca(1_:5 Named nom\ �/�(X{�1f10��v� Address/Phone: + 017•6" LP• -4 Name: A. � "�;_ Address/Phone: �[,1�� C]�� 4 - 6Qw �) !% � �9 —4g 3 Name: (I L Gt Y?; 6V1 Address/Phone: (/ 06'-3(�) W leatVicy-b Name: Address/Phone: Name: f,�r �(9 Address/Phone: y,9( -1616`9 Name: K of I C 1�1 A � °)-� h Address/Phone: `k 3 `7 N VJ Saq � v. ti w � L, �( (`� e� —1-7() k Name: N\�I Address/Phone: e , 1� �^ 7 ii d Name: (I(l L ` Address/Phone:GJo� �)E- L 230 11 VJ LaAj &oA ,,�Ln BeA 0 (0,0-'2q 3 Name:, i el V14 l7,v,-fI ( of Address/Phone: L (, KIM 0?, I&lt,,,W 61 -- Exhibit I Page 61 of 91 Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands. • They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as . wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28' 2005. � /a tr w / z b-6 Tr 891-,J 9 > 7dl Name: apd� Address/Phone: 4 / 7-/ % / 8' Name: {—Address/Phone: 92-ysz-f5 2 7125 _�A i�75L3-2&,,'S Name- i X�) 1DLYi/J Address/Phone: 42&_ � CJGLIv,� PA {moi iezv('i-AL3 (:)Q(4-Zl4 ( li t .l>(',1 , adu ls��-►15 1 Name: � Address/Phone: 33; W IN t�7�r•�-� C�V��i /� li-�, �J�Ln(,�D1G'- �'� 70 � Name: Address/Phone: () 10 /VLJ Nein, A,, -2 -2J Name: .;-JL 1 Address/Phone: /7Q ? & .iI "A Z,(Z Name: X,e= Address/Phone: 7a- N t Name: `,)l` tt b nrr (AU C S T- Address/Phone: A 13 T 1 i) an I! 2 Lh jL7-r p Q -7 7, - Nam: ,— Name: L/n /i Q ct'Jd'�//� .h.i�►�t cdress/Phone: — 1 E 1A,--(, % Ud . -4-EY 0 Name: c Address/Phone: o?0,' 7h£//m ��'"' D� ' i _E 7Q6 Name: Address/Phone: f Tr -p Name: Name: -1.3;4/ n AIA W0`► Address/Phone: 4Z`c -61 q (�C [, � Q� Name:_ 6` ' ✓'�(}Z( Address/Phone: /4A4 T " Exhibit I Page 62 of 91 �j Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands. • They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28' 2005. MAR -"/, 0k 13 &S Al w K= W POCT AVE Read, ©e Name: R&M •DOLER MTAKL T Address/Phone: Name: ZC L14_- Vu"n �,1�9,f1?lell Address/Phone: #t Name:M. Address/Phone: MOL Name: Address/Phone: �"7_('( r Name: 42d19J J IMACLYWCM Address/Phone: , -1 1'1 -11 _D I C -Y 0 L) G �' � S Name: Address/Phone: V • �r _(o�� 9 6 I Nam&"����.Address/Phone: AMC P"alee)L biAd- Name: ?a I Ge, '& r nCS Address/Phone: fp I 437 E(kkom 5kfe end Qvt,. !'7?62- Name: ' Cb Address/Phone: I S'% SE 5AA MlkRk 1 UJI) OR. AM 01 Exhibit I Page 63 of 91 WRA Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands. • They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28' 2005. J 'Lt Address/Phone:"'Z D� S Name:C� Name: va)--_ ,A Address/Phone: 12 UL A) Ty f Q Name:_JnY) 41 Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: W, o'h T� 1233 Ali! EL6riN A�d Name: Address/Phone: �� 1% '�/ ✓� S'oc�? - s O3 !L Name: Address/Phone: 1601a N W R"wy a L 751 - Name: S 510 Name:, tom„ V "Ir -h Address/Phone: 10 /}L d A, e..2, h f F 7 * 1 _z. j' Y f N l� / ` �^ ame. ,cc,�, Address/Phone: �ls3S S/l`l%� �%,�?G �".�,� � l%'— Name: 1. e L ` Address/Phone: Aks I 'TIO -000 Name: �\ ` Address/Phone: Affil G007 -0,M Name: Address/Phone: 2,L l t 1 770J Name: ALL Address/Phone: 6/ 337 / t41(' (' Y / __) 7 d j Exhibit I Page 64 of 91 Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands. • They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28' 2005. Name. Address/Phone: Name: 40M S s , t�F} Q�, Address/Phone: Z72 13CAK rr` Mu Address/Phone: f 7 1 �( Name: ,�� ` �S � � n e � , �� G :Y I O C `7 i6 � Name: Laura S+► I'r$ Address/Phone: ?Dihb x IllrZt Anel b� �770Ci 3rz -033-/ Name: klni 'Ikmyters Address/Phone:_t43L4P Ne WC�A ,T Sar,'^17701 aS(j-72-75 Ili Name: 8r 1 t'L r�C, j Address/Phone: I(2,1. 6jul P" 0 d 04 8770 lei? J nn 38�p(�50 % Name: 'Q,I Yl e. er5 Address/Phone: 14/0 llY� j I J � f A ra-b'7/�� Name: c /l3� L-tC9V ht-eAddress/Phone: SSG NW�zt i o. /twt.� i �c,eYvO1Z 97-70, $ i O --?j'L (o Name: Address/Phone: _O"S KILAI St br_b,9(JLA/GI`U 5v v 14 s Name: DOAA� (ACJ Address/Phone: Name: G Address/Phone: Name: Rose" j� . ,I ,r� 5 Address/Phone: 29.3% NC A i kh /L Al Dov i Name: J �ULti` Address/Phone:%2C7 Name: "61; J WJ,��fGr✓ Address/Phone:6?3G �`i.w �C t`��-Ck ��i/',j % 16`_� a Exhibit I Page 65 of 91 Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanendy protecting the Oregon Badlands. • They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28' 2005. Name:��i l lJ`R YY1 1 Address/Phone: w P6,yyea &t 3 Pje kid bk- 517 2 Vk7 Name—,r—Ha ym Cbk (kTA Address/Phone: Name: Il �' Address/Phone: %z Z_ r.f"e_ M Name: BRAD M KEP- l N � dress/Phone: 2-02-0 NC (� N N � �, Ar 3/v 5 � � b 10i Name: % 2 C C Address/Phone: Mkk' S7 rl c�i/ a D R ?720,q Name: I l �-� r r i S o�C�S,e r�( 0 (t. q? 7 d S� Address/Phone: Name: l Vl(i1F-SSe Address/Phone: i1— Name: (� (Jyl/� {� Address/Phone: l 1�1 �( �j I IAj V Name: -LA- ) C- .ti �o —Address/Phone: (e 5 AJw <-�k TC )j -� fa'�r/L'10_`�� .- Address/Phone: 6 N� T� �I _ Name: � Fr �' 1Y 1 U, z Address/Phone: I' 150 ! ? 7 7 i� Swh.�um✓ 0t 9-7701 Name: i 'i�°"J`i - Address/Phone'1,4 Name: V Address/Phone: 1516 PJ Ala Lj Po r Name: Address/Phone: J� 14%r JAI 4-'J C I4 rS r 6 v Exhibit I Page 66 of 91 Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands. • They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28' 2005. Name: G a&ka--U C a•-Aw✓: 4X L Address/Phone: A 0 8.3,- q d V 1)4' 4 7 ye - Name: i Address/Phone:113(05 Ow P��a4_kz# t -%Wq'IX` Name Le,, V I11- Address/Phone: '1.145 Name: UA�)VA VTor Address/Phone: 16% P.AQ'Vncl ()(z Ql ZZOZ Name: JFgjbic&1c 49. Address/Phone: M&M ALJ ft Name: �_(� t%1 . Address/Phone: I ����- L ht;:,i��%� Name:Address/Phone: Name:'` Address/Phone:� "i '� l .L,{ bt�'j Z_ s_ Name: L- i�Ct.� � Address/Phone: g e Name: �j L Address/Phone: Name: 190 Address/Phone: lJ 3 O� �I.StG/S C� 1771, i Name: Name: -4 W (.'l t' Address/Phone: C, j % S [B { i d 9-770,? Name:L.MV VII IAddress/Phone: l Exhibit I Page 67 of 91 Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands. • They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as . wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28' 2005. 6w -ca -0 Name. Address/Phone: '/6 oo S14) Ca n a ( Red(ew cp7d 9-775- p Name: Address/Phone: & N z ?f dyl JIff I Name: Address/Phone:l4Fi SSW X61 `l ►QJ�[1 1[ o n �(� 12 ,511-0 1 Name. J1.Address/Phone: /4/0 A1W BQ-4-7$e�-33$� Name: c + Address/Phone: 1707 S -'F' I'tmotst-l� Gt SP- 7770 -2 - Nam 7702Nam a, Address/Phone: ,!33q " 1� �U, ` cY _ q-)�(63 Name:a41„ dress/Phone: A�L NW &L 'SUn(f- g7�' f Name: t :jL1 4u � Address/Phone: �7b ``' "" �i��l l Q� �� ► l Name: Ks�a� l�ctSYl� �� Address/Phone:_✓A-7 (JV% Y Name: Lnt.ddress/Phone: ) !J�TtltkAjo Q b® Name: 't G V\ r a a Address/Phone: `� ��`i t` -ll _ �,o !� ti: S4, Fi r i" N C' 'r Ue'-- r 17TZ Name: Jen n I k r Nxn-tz Address/Phone: 55106, LaZ k' t"C I Vi r br, ,5 u n n v -; r d /2 q 7 �0 ;�- I Exhibit I Page 68 of 91 Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands. • They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28' 2005. Name: fl1Q,. k E)? G e aL) Address/Phone: <6%M_'FSUJ Ck. gAdrnq,m) Name: ��� �' Address/Phone: (:j IM L l Toon LA Name: 1� 1 ` \(ice `iQ,� Address/Phone: Qq Ie) ^t' Name:_J Li TLS 1 1 `e 1 (�,1.� , Address/Phone: 653 ()Lk) oinwW k Name:__ v Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: dame: }- F.._ M t��i G Address/Phone: i3 iR' , ht t k' 3-�evtj C Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Exhibit I Page 69 of 91 J Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands. • They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as . wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28' 2005. �Pme:..i(! a lie A( 1 y 3 C Address/Phone: Q/Z kW HIIll ..51 • Glu ff dVII19' 97761 �' �% ✓l ,C,D 6rr'hi dk' Name;J l / :�13i� � f Address/Phone: Name-'&�I Address/Phone:f 1—ZZ- &_pcj 27-709 Name: "�� Address/Phone: �u� /�4d� CQ�� X31 6 Pnd 17704f Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Exhibit I Page 70 of 91 Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands. • They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as . wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28' 2005. Name:•44i VOf &as -,,--___Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name �� ' ddress hone: Sf0 .o-3 y Name:-��(/�i/Z Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Z Name: f"z ddress/Phone: y3S s. • N ; S e„ s Mjra z, DR 77 791 390 — 7 i Name:e(C1✓�' . U0 (�Address/Phone: Name: ddress/Phone: 73��lC�. l Name: _ Address/Phone: Ij Name 2��- �/� I / �1 `t 7S—OgES e Name: " " C� -00� Address/Phone: ' V ' Ny�� q3y W V,9,� 7773Li Name= �' �y Address/Phone: Name: an Address/Phone: yy 3 Name Cv Address/Phone: 3q(0 zC Exhibit I Page 71 of 91 Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands. • They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as . wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28' 2005. Name, Address/Phone: Lg I03 &, d '27?Drk 3 { $ -913 Name:_ NNA 1-1�11L�Cs�Vs Address/Phone: 165 7G WINIPNC) d� Name:_.AIflC I [) ,a\ Address/Phone: t VJ E 3 � � ��, y •,, L ,, Name: Lks'11 o,_ j vl S Address/Phone: 13L Z j(1 w, Name: W A ���`^'►)�` Address/Phone: X1-11 Nj 14 6`^a 0 Name: ` tnl cN, j r_,ro. 1 Lr Address/Phone: '3ao 2 — 3 Z SS X* r Name:Ar4 * AddresslPhone: 12 Name: �� Address/Phone: ) V Name:_[ u4 /� Address/Phone: Syg% "Ole ,SzWa.6r=t V/Irl 1' Q-/104 Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Exhibit I Page 72 of 91 Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands. • They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28' 2005. Name: �M & W IM ltiy Address/Phone: a3 NCI 0 r e nnOl Name:(. � Au AAA Address/Phone: /�bS" /VW �-{ r L�33L+ eti�. 0(Z i22G, `f Pr :��Qi i Q<� Name:e�� $cam.��'a1n Address/Phone: _ d ..+11c;c,(`C� `� t�'� ? ,`}lei i ��C�lr'-i,£'aZt �.Vi Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Exhibit I Page 73 of 91 Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands. • They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28' 2005. Name:lo VA NN \J Address/Phone: 7-b() NW t—_NO %ASV � W O -q qsq Name: Wei V` q. Address/Phone: 1085 SEr j Address/Phone: 2.�5 I cY iqh l .10 CI 1 �J r ` Name: Address/Phone: c 573 n f G Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Exhibit I Page',4 of 91 Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands. • They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28' 2005. Name: i% Address/Phone: r Name: J f 4a V t UIV Address/Phone: Name: j Address/Phone: Name: ,,U ` t e, Address/Phone: Name: _ r—l/Address/Phone: Name: 4 Address/Phone: Name: i+ i' a aIr {Address/Phone: Name: � IA "C- � �C G✓VC Address/Phone: Name:'Address/Phone: Name � UUL CCl i -L(O Addressrnhone: (V f IG'J �� ►L �� _%v OH Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Exhibit I Page 75 of 91 Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands. • They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as, wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28' 2005. Name: (aAlk--k Address/Phone: Name: �(i ��!/ �/�y I d3 ff" Address/Phone: A) GJ 11 C ,/4Y Name O`e lr' Y Address/Phone: n ZC''�S.S �� fir.trtrtGrt GIC 1 77c'. Name: Gz- in - Address/Phone: Name:1j 4L-z°b Address/Phone: G"3 -38r_ 41 -tact i 1 . 5 k. Njw Cok rn-eio � l� , O2�-lo( Name: �, t \(' '7 ,LY\Q Address/Phone: I _ ��� (6738 CO(l ,U,, e L0u�0 i f� �•�Ly dk �'7�0z Name: Address/Phone: S�%1 " 3� L7 " $ % io 2 �w /1/�,tv�oo Fe -&l , 01�- 011 Name: Address/Phone: Address/Phone: `O,70-7 tv 27 Name:: lf�' V Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: t1 y%LC Name:S� WQ-X A ( CA Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Exhibit I Page 76 of 91 Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands. • They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as _ wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28' 2005. Name: L-. �tJ Address/Phone: �� 6 i Name: wZ7� %�-,�,,ddress/Phone: _ , PdiZ C.64�� C_jvV S- Syf3- S`jS`E Name:� 6(/1 Address/Phone: ?01 CA Pe"I) 5aWg77 Name: 3EIl Address/Phone: 4-4 NN61, ;MS 9222 Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Exhibit I Page 77 of 91 Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands. • They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28' 2005. Name:M a ?U�Address/Phone: xmST 'A n (-V ^ 1 nSV Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: I ddress/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone. Exhibit I Page 78 of 91 Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands. • They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as . wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28' 2005. Name: C Lr'v Address/Phone: 1235 �t STft" dr— ✓ j Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Exhibit I Page 79 of 91 Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands. • They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28' 2005. Name: (/i' ,-0 Address/Phone: AILI Z t� 3 itieC y AZ T 72 C Name: Address/Phone: Name: C, �P d{ r, �� �, r1 Address/Phone:/ Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: A 'dress/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: A'dress/Phone: Name: A'dress/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Exhibit I Page 80 of 91 Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands. • They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28' 2005. Name: +/K UQ QUI =sem Address/Phone: I c) 1 (0 C r C ,4 d. Rz_720.,2ic 1, C.,( 'I �d Z Name:A_ U. n Address/Phone: 541 —_7 4 5'�6 *� So t - 389 -q 39 Name: . —aa.y Q[k 1 r t1_ C Address/Phone: 22'5 bl L1 $ Y O MCJ.�,.� 0.� 311__595 i S Name: —jp6Y• Address/Phone: ��A� w/ q7_76 a Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Exhibit I Page 81 of 91 Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands. • They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28' 2005. Name: a gL Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: 60-�CayVYC.A1 f �(�{•�igi�'�P Name: &J_Address/Phone: Name:&a2���Address/Phone:&Z_ �� d XV � �J 20 1-1 KF_ k i 1 m m n N S�� � 7107 Address/Ph0 T G IVI Name: ss/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Exhibit I Page 82 of 91 Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands. • They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28'' 2005. Name:L 6. 5 k/ ^� f , # �^ �dress/Phone: �� ' `�� 3 5-0 1201�1� Name: Mj!!tj ZAZ5M4 wt Address/Phone:-3WS-11-'5-573R 1&202, COACA KWkQk 1?J. Qct?ol f Name: T_ ��� T-�--� fC-c' ,^Address/Phone: S41 - �ZZ `qZ'7 5 3-T5 --40Za.,i✓e 4 ✓2 jl J Name:_f sC.f�Vl��nit 4c� Address/Phone: 503 T-17 `0'5-2- 2 5770 Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: IVWI Exhibit I Page 83 of 91 Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands. IsThey are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28' 2005. Name: Rd�'T4 �1' 4W �8 ✓(fe Address/Phone: 311 — � 12 o Name:_ KfX Y \ 1-161, FQ)Ckke,' Address/Phone: I d 15 �- I'IIMW — 5L Name: %Av�A �� ra ,cam Address/Phone: '10 J-9611 Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Exhibit I Page 84 of 91 Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands. • They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as _ wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. 199 Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28'h 2005. Name-- �DU r -.A h Address/Phone: `_D_v 1 3S J Lv (_,_ 7�r Name: Address/Phone:.t O� ci- n 1 Name: %�/� Address/Phone: _�3 Z G�S� v: tw �. nA , d 12 c -T7 U i Name: " Address/Phone: _ Zb 7 AA-) Names �1.� # v "� Address/Phone. � l � �—to Name: Address/Phone: Na A/Address/Phone:J—(2 h t l/(�C 17a Name:j Address/Phone: Go' IAN 1 Ccn 1 Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: L �' �' f fl v� 0"C tt ll a [ Name: IVAk4Address/Phone: 11 11 Name: � �/'( �iJ1 p J /UA Address/Phone: LQj "1 ao ,G xj ICG , 13?*c) 2 WIz LKAf�4'1i 6Tdtie Q�,M) 6Z 3�?9-10)3 Exhibit I Page 85 of 91 A • Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands. They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28' 2005. Name:\v1 a 1, >ln v r, Address: �" L . i� x 4'3i ti,i r ✓ :u �nr, ��OJT" Phone: S ` r - 5 S� �l 5 6 Name:.ILP- i�!!�� ( Address:21 SBI\/\ eL�-(V r 1 YV rLy) Phone:`` j V `7_7 1 `(D- !ter Name: C 1 a V1 VLC�i" SNddress: I CI1 I r f -I eC 1 i" 9k :0- I 170 ( Phone:5 `4 17 7 � Name UA—) lf, rens: ) Name:n �yy, �3" ":•t—Address: Phone: �(�g Name.— I S_4 �"4i' Address: L. 3 m L a V 2 SYPhone: 15," Name:N2;l VJs,�f V Address:�D (�'�,< </3Z/ .S7S�-U .c OK `i77 `j Phone: vs'?_2 Name:(�''t ejj Address: Vic, Jq 5 V G_ Yl� 6 uJ) )L1� 7 7 _:. �' 4.Phone: 3 ?3 - it Name: Address: Phone: Name: Address: Phone: Name: Address: Phone: Name: Address: Phone: Name: Address: Phone: Name: Address: Phone: Name: Address: Phone: Name: Address: Phone: Name: Address: Phone: i I Exhibit I Page 86 of 91 Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands. They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28' 2005. Name: Address/Phone: -7 Name: Address/Phone: ?�N& SV) Naw' ':-A ,' '>j'VV\ 0— 1,,,- -i�>Address/Phone: 2 O'l I 111 ALVWA� Of Name: Address/Phone: q-1— r-MIq Z2661 AX 6,kar 7 /-W — A Name: A Address/Phone:—:V(i ej q775 (o S75NaName: VI A 1 0' Address/Phone: , trfA 17 757 - Name: A. me:A" Address/Phone: (7c Name: /I AIZL-) q,Q4A & Lrn Address/Phone: 1,314q Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: Exhibit I Page 87 of 91 Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands. 9-1 They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as . wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28'' 2005. Name: -vL dress/Phone: %0 7 $ AQ OVA v -v e Name c�ddress/Phone::� ��jt %i��% fj t"Y` ��3�� �7�6o Name: (L- , Address/Phone: OAOA - : Ak�4 (4 -qu i' 1371 NF_ GIAcia<j2 Rr,DG6R-AD 01-PID/ Name:_ 'v Address/Phone: V 0 ' >(_) x q�, L-1 (� z -"i D k C� '1') O Name: i4-Address/Phone: Lo !tel Gf Address/Phone: Z-cD%zri Er_Vbdr--',( kL 7,02 a� 25, �S 2446 U O vv _2� S� &_'M, bA 9470I tj Lk) GLgotzr,rP. An) 0� 0 Name: V\ V1 Address/Phone: _H Z NcgoL P✓TJ� ec-, Or 4 A qqo' ( f r Address/Phone: 2I% 5 �' 42 Q (Z -k Exhibit I Page 88 of 91 Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands. They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as . wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28' 2005. Name-illnNi'��Vt �� Address/Phone: 6WbVLfVSIC!-4t, q -no I its •3- Name:_ G- ,Q -TMi n Address/Phone: 340 SE y� j } (..p,' f.1 \$<., �j71 02 321-= FS_] 2-6 Name: Address/Phone:0 A4 Q l�JOX 822-W Od Name: AAddress/Phone: 605 A)LI) r n Lp IM ! Aa \ lam( Name: S- '�. Address/Phone: 6 f�/ 3t°�''1S►D _ � Name: i�il 1 ► (J� Address/Phone: Name: 75 sl a , ,,,,Address/Phone: g' -'V Name: AIM J 16 Address/Phone: 7 2 Nam c Address/Phone: ! lam✓,�V !7� Name: Address/Phone: Name: Address/Phone: V Um fk< 1/ W'j k- " Name: 4S I --Tom• 0r Address/Phone: ` F8- -0/ 2 (0 Name: Address/Phone:U �3 -7 Exhibit I Page 89 of 91 Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands. They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28' 2005. Name: 17N� -VIdress/Phone: �� C r c l` / (J 3 Name: Address/Phone: 18f5-7 ate-PUrCeA( g1Yd-*�z51 31S-�u�q ZJ�J / *Name:—Address/Phone: ame: Address/Phone: Oy v l '-i4A ,. /)4 - k,,Lpol Name:--:�� dress/Phone: e -z 07 Name: l'.._/��Address/Phone: 1 LI Q 7 N E I O -U rCCt -RQ. h Name: Address/Phone: (f !� Name:_ i Ly1., f(� ({ i�, r Address/Phone: W � Name:I�,Q(�_Address/Phone: l / 1. L.S �✓ • 4aP Name: I\� l) h "! ' Y 4 ,t Address/Phone: f/]�' //ll Name: 04e,l 4 �3 i i lk "" Address/Phone: PA /�� � � '?C. Name:Xm Ceil or i '{' Address/Phone: �J? ��t.! j ��'�t. ?77o1 '.3c56-- 3,� Name: i U6� Address/Phone: Name:�k 1� �� �l �i V� � �r� Mitt. ?("L . �� Vld 01 �r Address/Phone: Exhibit I Page 90 of 91 Oregonians overwhelmingly support permanently protecting the Oregon Badlands. They are currently under threat by vandalism, theft, and other degrading activities. They should be protected due to their rare geologic formations, importance as wildlife habitat, and as a welcomed retreat for Oregonians. Therefore we the undersigned ask the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution in favor of permanently protecting the Badlands no later then February 28' 2005. 177-70 Name:nd"a ",""„WA dres�ne: 2ZU1DWILQi70QSE LAI Name: l6A/ A44(\Address/Phone: -7o A) ) W L L%F-(--k Name: V wdX.V Address/Phone: q (Z)T M Name: M61— A)"" Address/Phone: 6Z /-,L' Id/f 9tY67'C /JLA- Name: C I0-Ud( Q / j i" I 7 l -P Address/Phone: ' J - 9% 7 61 Name:�Address/Phone: Name: 71)a hone: 1300 SE 3 /01 /Coy NamA- e: ((��6"'� Address/Phone: 24OZ W1?_ IAC, Or. 644ib 32 7"' ) 40S Name: Address/Phone:��u� Name: �15 Address/Phone: qj� (?7-7U I Na Address/Phone: 60fc twee -5 NamQe: tCAddress/Phone: Q i \_\ 1�.\,IK A0 NW \G& .�afvx" 0'?� qq7'5�- _I7c)�4 4Lcc.k alae Exhibit I Page 91 of 91 WAVCNi�,i, Exhibit P.-Itv" 1 r%f,4,4 0 0 L7 Exhibit J Page 2 of 44 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS In the spring of 2003, the Sonoran Institute took up an important question: What is the relationship between how public lands are managed in the western United States and the economic health of neighboring communities? At the time, only bits and pieces of this question had been answered. No one had looked at all public lands in the West (including National Parks, Forests, Wildlife Refuges, Monuments, Conservation Areas, and Bureau of Land Management lands), and all counties contain- ing public lands. And, no one had studied how the conservation or industrialization of these lands had influenced local economies. Above all, no one had developed a system to compare counties facing different economic conditions and opportunities. Since the age-old debate over "jobs versus the environment" is so polarized — and so vital to the West's future — it was clear that this question needed some serious attention. The impact of public land management decisions on the economic health of neighboring communities is both subtle and complex. To examine these relationships, this study applied an unprecedented set of filters. Results were submitted to several rounds of intensive peer review. What emerged is a compel- ling and important set of findings that belie the old mythology that conservation is incompatible with economic prosperity. In fact, the opposite is true: protected natural places are vital economic assets for those local economies in the West that are prospering the most. But the degree to which a com- munity can benefit from the designation of a new National Park, Wilderness area or similar protection depends largely on additional factors, such as access to an airport and the education of its workforce. In short, those communities that understand and capitalize on these factors and their relationships will be much more likely to prosper. We are very grateful for the support of the LaSalle Adams Fund, whose generosity and confidence in the Sonoran Institute has allowed us to create our SocioEconomics Program, which has quickly emerged as the premier program for researching and explaining the changing economy of the West and its relationship to the management of public lands and ecological health. The Henry P. Kendall Foundation and the Brainerd Foundation have also played a critical role by helping to create and nur- ture the Sonoran Institute's SocioEconomics Program. I also want to acknowledge the team at the Sonoran Institute whose hard work and passion for the West and its people are unmatched. The researchers and authors are: Ray Rasker, Ben Alexander, Jeff van den Noort, and Rebecca Carter. This report was an exemplary group effort. I am also grateful to Patty Hernandez and Erin Quinn for their detailed maps and GIS analysis, Jenny McCune for her meticulous editing, and to Caroline Seaman and Patrick Holmes for their research assistance. I'd also like to thank Pete Morton, Priscilla Salant, and Paul Lorah for their rigorous review and helpful comments on earlier drafts. Eric Sorenson and Jon Catton were instrumental in helping us pare down a substantive research report into this shorter, popularized version. For the detailed report, entitled "Public Lands Conservation and Economic Well -Being," please visit www.sonoran.org Finally, we would like to thank the numerous people we have encountered and learned from during our travels to all corners of the West. Your love of the land and your passion for place are inspiring. We wish you the best as you balance your economic needs with your quality of life and the health of this magnificent landscape. ii Luther Propst Executive Director, Sonoran Institute Exhibit J Page 3 of 44 YY � `� .�F i� �� ! y. i�`1(,yl+ n �:� x ,� � 7 Y y T l;= � '!C`�3. � r 1 .'�� P � ti..> ro � F1. yy w �75� �+ `. x Kli- 3 ; .. I !r i e %r ' r�� � ai � ,t+ � t � '' .. .� �� � nr TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVESUMMARY............................................................................................................................1 INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................................................... 2 THE NEW ECONOMIC DRIVERS IN THE WEST.................................................................................4 Lifestyle.................................................................................................................................................................... 4 Retirementand investment....................................................................................................................................... 5 Protectedpublic lands.............................................................................................................................................. 6 THE BIG PICTURE: THE WEST HAS CHANGED DRAMATICALLY...............................................7 With a few exceptions, the West is not resource dependent..................................................................................... 7 Therural West......................................................................................................................................................... 7 Resource dependent states grow the slowest.......................................................................................................... 10 Counties dependent on high -wage producer services grow fastest........................................................................ 12 The changing economy of the West - summary findings....................................................................................... 13 COUNTIES WITH PROTECTED PUBLIC LANDS OR CLOSE TO PROTECTED LANDS GROW THE FASTEST.................................................................................15 Other assets also influence economic growth........................................................................................................ 15 Tourism and transportation infrastructure help diversify the economy................................................................. 18 There are downsides to economic growth.............................................................................................................. 19 NOT ALL COUNTIES BENEFIT EQUALLY FROM PROTECTED LANDS.....................................20 Metro/Commutershed counties............................................................................................................................. 21 Non -Metro counties with airports......................................................................................................................... 21 Non -Metro counties without airports..................................................................................................................... 22 The importance of protected public lands to economic development - summary findings ................................... 23 CASE STUDY - DOES PROTECTION OF PUBLIC LANDS HELP LOCAL ECONOMIES? .......... 24 THE GRAND STAIRCASE-ESCALANTE NATIONAL MONUMENT ........................................ 24 The economy of Garfield and Kane counties grew substantially after the designation of the monument...................................................................................................................... 26 GarfieldCounty ...................................................................................................................................................... 26 KaneCounty ........................................................................................................................................................... 27 Real estate values continue to rise.......................................................................................................................... 28 New migrants bring vibrancy to the economy..................................................................................................... 29 CASE STUDY - WHO WILL BENEFIT, AND WHO WILL NOT, FROM A NEW WILDERNESSAREA?...............................................................................................................................31 THE PROPOSED NEW BOULDER WHITE CLOUDS WILDERNESS ...................................... 31 Blaine County is ideally positioned to benefit from wilderness............................................................................. 32 CusterCounty needs to diversify........................................................................................................................... 33 Ideas for diversifying the economy of Custer County ........................................................................................... 34 Custer County is not Sun Valley - use affordable housing to attract people.......................................................... 34 Benefit from new wilderness legislation................................................................................................................ 35 OBSERVATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.....................................................................................36 LITERATURECITED................................................................................................................................37 ABOUTSONORAN INSTITUTE..............................................................................................................38 lv---- - ----- -- Exhibit J Page 5 of 44 EXECUTIVE . • We initiated this study to establish whether protected public lands in the West play a pos- itive or negative role in the economic health of adjacent communities. Building on previ- ous studies, we employed additional layers of geographic and economic analysis. We discovered that Wilderness, National Parks, National Monuments, and other protected public lands, set aside for their wild land characteristics, can and do play an important role in stimulating economic growth - and the more protected, the better. We also found that there are many other important pieces of the economic develop- ment puzzle, and that not all communities benefit equally from protected lands. Access to metropolitan areas, via road and air travel, is also extremely important, yet some rural communities are remote and isolated. The education of the workforce, the arrival of newcomers, and a number of other factors allow some areas to flourish and to take advantage of protected lands as part of an economic development strategy. Communi- ties without these economic assets, in spite of being surrounded by spectacular scenery, tend to struggle. We explored in detail how the economy of the West has changed, and looked into the idea that the West's competitive advantage in a global marketplace is its unique landscape and quality of life. Historic dependence on resource extraction industries, like mining, oil and gas development and the wood products industry, turn out to have the slowest long- term growth rates. Diverse economies - espe- cially those with high-end service industries like finance, real estate and business services - grow the fastest. We then show how some areas of the West - those with easy access to larger markets and with nearby protected public lands - are ideally positioned to attract these types of industries and therefore stay competitive in the global economy. Those communities that are not diverse, isolated, without nearby protected lands and highly specialized in resource extraction are the most vulnerable to global competition. In short, this study identifies factors that are vital for economic success in the West and describes the critical contributing role of protected public lands. Exhibit J Page 6 of 44 INTRODUCTION "The economic health of Blaine County depends on wilderness and roadless areas that provide for high-quality recreation opportunities. " —Sarah Michael, County Commissioner, Blaine County, Idaho "All Americans, not just residents of Utah, will pay dearly in the long run for the unnec- essaryfederal environmental extremism that sets up unreasonable roadblocks to produc- tive uses of natural resources. " —Alarik Myrin, Utah State Senate, commenting on President Clinton's deci- sion to create the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. The vast expanses of open space are the defining characteristic of the West. More than half the region's land is in public own- ership and managed by the Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Forest Service, National Park Service, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. In mountainous regions, some counties are 80 percent publicly owned and in states like Arizona and Nevada, that number is as high as 90 percent. It is no surprise then that another distin- guishing characteristic of the West is the heated debate over how these lands should be managed. Some people prefer that public lands be set aside and protected for their scenic and recreational values. Others prefer they be used for resource extraction, in the form of oil and gas development, mining, and logging. These debates - between pres- ervation or extractive uses of public lands - are most passionate in the rural West, where jobs are few and space is plentiful. 2 Exhibit J Page 7 of 44 A typical example is playing itself out in Utah. When the Grand. Staircase-Escalante National Monument was established in 1996, local reaction was negative, even hostile. President Bill Clinton and Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt were hung in effigy in the town of Escalante, and residents in Kanab released black balloons in symbolic mourning. Over time, some have grudgingly accepted the new Monument. Others have embraced it as their economic salvation, hoping hordes of tourists, and eventually new businesses and residents, will flock to some of the most economically depressed towns in rural Utah. Today, a proposed new Wilderness Area in central Idaho - the Boulder -White Clouds Wilderness - is being heralded by some as critical to the well-being of the economy. Early this year more than 130 business lead- ers in Idaho sent letters to Congressman Mike Simpson in support of the wilderness pro- posal. Others in the West see just the oppo- site; that "increased federal intervention" will stifle an economy dependent on public lands for natural resources like timber and miner- als. Pat Davison, an accountant, business adviser, and former candidate for governor of Montana, said, at a forum for gubernatorial candidates, that Montanans must "take back their state" from environmental extremists blocking development of Montana's coal, oil and gas, timber and precious metals. (As reported by Mike Dennison, Tribune Capitol Bureau, January 1, 2004.) In the following pages we describe how the economy of the West has changed and explore the role of tra(litional resource extrac- tive sectors. Then we show the findings of a comprehensive analysis exploring the rela- tionship between protected public lands (Map 1), in the form of Wilderness, National Parks, etc., and the health of the local economy. This is followed by two detailed case studies: a before -and -after economic analysis of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monu- ment and an exploration of whether com- munities in Central Idaho are likely to benefit from the proposed Boulder White Clouds Wilderness. We conclude with observations and recommendations for communities in the West that want to find ways to grow and diversify their economies. MAP 1: PROTECTED PUBLIC LANDS Protected IN THE WESTERN - National Parks UNITED STATES. - Wilderness, National Monuments, Oth Monuments (NPS,FS,BLNl), Wilderness Areas (NPS,FS,RLNl,FWS), Recieation Areas (NPS,FS,RLhI), Wild & Scenic Rimers (NPS), Wildlife Refuges (FWS), Waterfowl Production Areas (HWS), Wildlife Management Area,• (PWS) ** Wilderness Study Areas (NPS,FS,BLNl,FWS), Inventoried Roadless Areas, Forest Res—, (BLDG, Public Domain Lands (BLDI), National Forests (FS), National Grasslands (FS), National Preserves(NPS) The bulk of protected lands in southern California are BLDI National Consmation Areas. Abbre6ations: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Forest Servim (FS), National Park Senice (N P.9, Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) Exhibit J Page 8 of 44 THE NEW ECONOMIC DRIVERS IN THE WEST Research shows that the West's economy is driven by peoples' decision about where they want to live, a rapid rise in retirement and investment income, and the increased attractiveness of communities surrounded by protected public lands. LIFESTYLE In the past decade, a widening body of research has shown that amenities, such as environmental quality, a slower pace of life, low crime rates, scenery, recreational opportunities, or "qual- ity of life" for short, are influencing peoples' decision to live and to do business in rural areas. Fuguitt and Beale (1996) found that telecom- munications technology has allowed businesses to operate far from urban centers, in scenic rural areas with a high quality of life. Power (1991) demonstrated that these "footloose entrepre- neurs" bring their businesses with them when they locate to areas like the Greater Yellowstone region. (See also Cromartie and Wardwell, 1999; Nelson, 1999.) A new theory of economic development has emerged, shifting from "jobs first, then migra- tion," to "migration first, then jobs" (Whitelaw 1992; Whitelaw and Niemi 1989). As the theory goes, people first decide where they want to live, and then create jobs for themselves in their new location. In turn, the in -migra- tion of people seeking a higher quality of life stimulates the local economy. For example, the construction industry benefits as the demand grows for new homes. Local retailers learn to cater to the tastes of these new arrivals, selling everything from espresso and mountain bikes to new homes. When retirees with nest eggs - both seniors and early retirees - move to a rural town, they in turn fuel other sectors, such as the health industry (both health care and health clubs). In sum, the influx of new people with ideas, experi- ence, and investment income into high -amenity areas stimulates new growth that goes beyond lower -wage, economically vulnerable tourism jobs. A study by McGranahan entitled "Natural Amenities Drive Population Change" (1999) compared population growth rates of U.S. coun- ties and found the highest growth occurred in counties with amenities that included a warm climate, mountains, and the presence of rivers, streams and lakes. Shumway and Otterson (2001) found that the greatest number of new migrants to the West are in what they call "New West" coun- ties, characterized by their recreational nature, scenic amenities, proximity to national parks or other federal lands, and a preponderance of service -based economies. They concluded that in the New West, the importance of mineral, cattle, and lumber production is dwarfed by an economy that is now based on "a new paradigm of the amenity region, which creates increased demands for amenity space, residential and rec- reational property, second homes, and environ- mental protection." (page 501). However, the importance of amenities is not limited to newcomers. Johnson and Rasker (1995), in a survey of business owners in the northern portion of the Greater Yellowstone area, found that amenities were more important as a magnet to keep locals from leaving than as a lure for newcomers. These amenities included recreation opportunities such as ski areas and wildlife viewing, social amenities such as low crime rates and the friendliness of the town, and environmental amenities such as scenery. Exhibit J 4 Page 9 of 44 RETIREMENT AND INVESTMENT INCOME The growth of many communities comes largely from retirees and people with investment earnings who, when they move to the rural West, help stimulate other sectors of the economy, most notably home construc- tion and health care. Peter Gillespie and his wife Agi, after twenty years of visiting the town of Kanab and its surrounding public lands, decided to move there from California, after "looking for that `perfect spot' to build a home for life after our first professions," Peter says. "A big draw is the opportunity to study the archeol- ogy and anthropology of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument." People like the Gillespies are increasingly common. In Kane County, in which most of the 1.9 million- acre National Monument sits and takes up more than half of the county's land base, nearly three-fourths of the net growth in personal income in the last 30 years has been from retirement funds, money from past investments, and other "non -labor" sources. In the rural West one out of every two new dollars in personal income in the last thirty years has been from these types of sources. The traditional staples of the rural economy - farming, ranching, mining, energy development and the wood products industry - make up only eight percent of all personal income. (U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, 2001). As our Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monu- ment case study demonstrates, these trends are typical of many scenic areas in the West. Once public lands are protected, the economy grows and diversifies, and in ways that are very different from the past. While traditional forms of employment - mining, ranching logging, and working in lumber mills - are in decline, retirement and investment income are rising rapidly. So is personal income from those who work in a variety of service related industries, from business and financial services, to hotels and retail stores. Exhibit J Page 10 of 44 PROTECTED PUBLIC LANDS Several researchers have focused specifically on the role protected public lands play as a driver of growth of popula- tion, jobs and personal income. Their important findings are summarized in the detailed version of this report, which is available at www.sonoran.org. This study builds on that foundation of previous research by examining: • Every county in the West • Critical differences between isolated counties and those connected to metropolitan areas • Important distinctions in how public lands are managed An important finding of previous research has been a differ- entiation between the growth in low-wage service industries, like lodging and recreational services, and high -wage ser- vices such as engineering, real estate, finance and business services. This latter category is also known as the "producer services" - those closely tied to the production of goods. For example, engineering services are used in manufacturing, while architectural, financial and real estate services are used for construction. While many areas in the West are scenic, with abundant wildlife and free-flowing rivers, researchers have found that areas that also have an educated workforce and ready access to larger markets via air travel and high- ways are poised to have growth in the high -wage producer services (Beyers, et. al. 1995; Hansen et. al., 2002). This study, therefore, adds an important element to pre- vious research by showing: • The importance of protected public lands relative to other variables that need to be in place for economic growth. What needs to be in place to be able to attract the higher - wage service industries. Before we address the findings of our analysis, and how these lessons can help communities prosper, it is essential that we look further at how the West has fundamentally changed. Exhibit J Page 11 of 44 2. 1A, r .. ■ THE BIG PICTURE: THE WEST HAS CHANGED DRAMATICALLY "We have turned our backs on what brought us here - the high paying jobs. We are a natural resource economy whether we like it or not. " —Representative Denny Rehberg of Montana quoted in the Daily Inter Lake,"Rehberg:8xtracting natural resources will help economic woes." By Alan Choate, April 15, 2004. When federal agencies set aside public land for conservation, the local response is often negative, even hostile. Much of the concern is driven by a commonly held view that the West still depends on public lands for timber, minerals, oil and gas resources. From this point of view, public lands and resource development is the lifeblood of rural commu- nities, and curtailing resource extraction hurts the well-being of rural people. WITH A FEW EXCEPTIONS, THE WEST IS NOT RESOURCE DEPENDENT In the West - defined in this study as the 11 western mainland states of Arizona, Cali- fornia, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming - mining, logging, and oil and gas development have historically played a significant role in economic development. In a very real sense, our identity, sense of place, culture, architecture and even fashion have been shaped by these industries. How- ever, today these industries provide few jobs. They have not been a significant source of new jobs or personal income in the last three decades. This doesn't mean that resource industries should disappear. They can be an important part of an increasingly diverse economy. In some communities, and for some families, resource extraction will continue to be impor- tant. But these are the exceptions. Local lead- ers in the West who understand that enormous shifts have taken place will be much better positioned to help their communities thrive in the 21st Century's changing economy. THE RURAL WEST Most of the concern over the economic impacts of conservation of public lands comes from rural areas (Map 2). But while it is commonly believed that these areas depend on resource industries, personal income from employment in mining, oil and gas develop- ment, logging, and the lumber and wood products, these industries represent less than 5 percent of total personal income in 2000. Along with farming and ranching, the tra- ditional resource staples of the rural West represent 8 percent of total personal income (Figure 1). This is down from 20 percent in 1970. (U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, 2001). 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No%,,� Motropolimn cow nus as ddhod b} to om" d many- m,unland Rudpnamdi us"d by 111C Ufi. ment ol'Comincrce, All wtm6c;vvithom nAut'opolk)drk'C "irO &Ii(u d by BFA as nom- mupown, WOOD PRODUCTS (incl. pap erproducts) AGRICULTURE (incl, ranching) 2114, MINING (AL enap, dndopmnq 3A% RegumM Emwmk h0mmAn SYMM Bumau ofFemVInic Anayst Wuhilm IXQ 2M)l Exhibit J Page 13 of 44 Meanwhile, the biggest source of real income growth, accounting for half of net growth since 1970, has been "non -labor income." This is also referred to as money earned from investments and transfer payments like retirement benefits, health care and disability insurance payments, Medicare and Medicaid and welfare. The second biggest source of growth in the rural West has been service -related indus- tries, accounting for rnore than one in three new dollars of net growth (Figure 2). Jobs in these industries are a mix that includes high -wage occupations in health, engineer- ing, and business services, but also relatively low-wage occupations such as those found in restaurants and hotels. Since most of the growth in the rural West is in services, the success of rural commu- nities depends in large part on their ability to go beyond lower -paid tourism jobs and attract higher wage services. Public lands draw people employed in business services, engineering, finance, real estate, and other high -wage service sectors. But such workers also need ready access to larger population centers, as too much isolation, even when surrounded by spectacular scenery, can be a detriment to economic growth. FIGURE 2: GROWTH IN PERSONAL INCOME IN THE RURAL WEST,1970 TO 2000, BY SOURCE. 80 70 60 M N — E0 50 O U O C O =040 0 0 y c 30 a. O S20 10 C NO, Nq Ncb NO NO NO NO NO e NCP Non -Labor Sources (investments, retirement, etc.) Services and Professional ... Government Manufacturing (incl. forest products) ---a- Construction , Miring _ Farm and Ag. Services Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Regional Economic Information System, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Washington, D.C., 2001. Exhibit J 9 Page 14 of 44 RESOURCE DEPENDENT STATES GROW THE SLOWEST In rural towns, the promise of good jobs in logging, mining and energy development can be a powerful deterrent to the conservation of public lands. In parts of the West, such as the eastern slope of Colorado and western Wyoming, there has been a large upsurge in employment, personal income, and county and state tax revenues from these activities. But history tells us this trend, if not accompa- nied by diversification, in the long run, leads to the opposite of economic growth. It turns out there is an inverse relationship between resource dependence and eco- nomic growth; the more dependent a state's economy is on personal income earned from people who work in the resource extractive industries, the slower the growth rate of the economy as a whole (Figure 3). The fastest growing states - Arizona, Colo- rado, and Utah - are among the least resource dependent. Annual real personal income in Arizona grew five percent in the last three decades, yet only one percent of personal income in the state is from people who work in mining, logging, or oil and gas develop- ment. The two slowest growing states, in terms of real growth of personal income, 1970 to 2000, were Montana and Wyoming. These were among the most dependent on resource extractive industries. Historically, the most resource -dependent state in the West is Wyoming, with more than 10 percent of total personal income from these industries. Yet, growth in Wyoming's economy over the last three decades has been near the bottom of the pack, with real per - FIGURE 3: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A STATE'S DEPENDENCE ON tz% 1 RESOURCE SECTORS AND PERSONAL INCOME GROWTH, 1970 TO 2000. 10% ■ Personal Income Growth, Annual Rate (Adjusted for Inflation) s% I ■ Dependence on wood products, mining, oil and gas 6% 4% 5.0% 4.3 4.1 3.2% I I ' . 02 .6% 3/ ■ 3E' 2� J -5-"- L% 0.7% L 0 o" L. L 2.1 10.2% 0% 090 ��FO P� OSP OIQ 15A $�O G G y�P �ti Sources: U.S. Department of Commerce,; Regional Economic Information System, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Washington, D.C. 2001: Bureau of the Census. 2000. Exhibit J 10 Page 15 of 44 sonal income growing by less than 3 per- cent. The second slowest growth in personal income is in Montana, which is also the third most resource dependent state, at 3.5 percent. Such figures come as no surprise. Economic diversity is good for the economy. Special- ization, with heavy dependence on resource extraction industries, is not. What is striking - and worrisome - is that the dependence on what should be high - wage jobs in mining, oil, gas, and the wood products industry has not resulted in overall growth in personal income. Worse, the oppo- site seems to be occurring. Possible reasons for this are that boom periods, especially in oil and gas development, can serve as a strong distraction frorn the need to stimulate other industries and, by so doing, diversify and stabilize the economy. If handled correctly, resource development can serve as an opportunity. Ideally, a grow- ing resource -dependent community would invest in transportation infrastructure like roads and airports, as well as educational facilities. Instead, we all too often see situations like Custer County, Idaho, where decades of dependence on mining has left the community impoverished, with low educa- tion rates and without easy access to larger markets. Exhibit J 11 Page 16 of 44 COUNTIES DEPENDENT ON HIGH -WAGE PRODUCER SERVICES GROW FASTEST Counties that depend to a larger extent on producer services, like engineering and finance, almost tripled in size in the last three decades. In contrast, slowest growing coun- ties depended on "transformative" indus- tries like agriculture, logging, and mining, and manufacturing, where a raw material is extracted and "transformed" into a finished product (Figure 4). Put differently, the fastest growth in the West has occurred where the predominant occupa- tion is a white collar job. The slowest growth has been where the economy depends on what can be harvested or dug up. Furthermore, few counties are resource dependent. Three counties - less than 1 per- cent of all counties in the West - derive more than a fifth of their employment from mining, oil, gas, and energy development. If a different definition of resource depen- dence is used, then the number of truly dependent counties is still relatively small. For example, if resource dependence is defined as the number of counties in the West with more than 10 percent employment in mining (including oil and gas), then in 2000, there were 23 such counties, or 5.6 percent of all counties in the West. In other words, even an exaggerated definition of dependency yields few counties whose economy can be described by those terms. FIGURE 4: COUNTY GROWTH RATES OF REAL PERSONAL INCOME, 1970 TO 2000, COMPARING ABOVE AVERAGE DEPENDENCE ON DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES. 0% 50% 100% 150% 200% 250% 300% 350 DEFINITIONS: Producer services These include engineering and management services, finance and real estate, and are generally higher wage industries. Consumer Services Includes many of the relatively low-wage sectors, often related to tourism, such as hotels and lodging, amusement, and recreation. Also includes repair services, which can be higher wage. Retail Trade Retail sales, includes sales associates, managers and owners of retail stores. Wholesale Trade Distribution of durable and non -durable goods Government State, local, federal and military Distributive Involved in the distribution of goods and information, this includes transportation and public utilities, as well as telecom- munications. Social Services A mix of high -wage and low -wages services, includes health services as well as in-person and social services. Transformative Industries where raw material is extracted and/or transformed into a finished product. This includes manufacturing (including lumber and wood products) construction, agriculture, and mining. Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Regional Economic Information System, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Washington, D.C., 2001. 12 Exhibit J Page 17 of 44 THE CHANGING ECONOMY OF THE WEST - SUMMARY FINDINGS In the last three decades, the West has changed significantly: THE ECONOMY IS MORE DIVERSE The traditional staples of the Wests' economy — mining, logging, oil and gas development, and agriculture — are still part of the economy, but they have been joined by a number of new indus- tries and sources of income. A mix of high -wage and low-wage services industries, plus retirement and investment income, have helped the West move away from resource industry dependence. DECLINE OF TRADITIONAL RESOURCE EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES Several factors have slowed resource industries: improved efficiency requiring less labor, competition, a slump in world markets for certain commodities, and a movement to produce in low-cost areas of the world. These industries are still important, but it is unlikely that they will be the source of many new jobs in the future. SPECIALIZATION IN RESOURCE-BASED INDUSTRIES TO DECLINE States and counties that depend the most on resources also grow the slowest. By being specialized, they are vulnerable to the booms and busts of rising and falling commodity prices on the global stage. GROWTH IN SERVICE INDUSTRIES, BUT NOT ALL SER- VICES ARE THE SAME A significant amount of new wealth in the West is created by engineers, architects, researchers, designers, managers, and other occupations labeled as "services." However, the type of service industry in a county is important. Counties that depend more on producer services, like engineering and management services, see faster personal income growth than counties that depend on consumer services like hotels and recreation services. INCREASE IN NON -LABOR INCOME - Investment income, combined with pensions and age-related assistance from the federal government, are the single largest source of income for many rural communities. Exhibit J 13 Page 18 of 44 PROPOSED BOULDER WHITE CLOUDS WILDERNESS I COUNTIES WITH PROTECTED PUBLIC LANDS OR CLOSE TO PROTECTED LANDS GROW ,rHE FASTEs'r The pages that f'allow show in brief the find- ings of a comprehensive analysis betty-een the growth of the local economy and how public lands are managed. A nurnber of stat.isti- L_ cal techniques were used. all with similar results. The correlations shown in the figure below do not Imply I direct cause and effect relationship. Rather, they are used to show the relative importance of various factors to economic growth. LinprotecLed public lands that are imme- diately adjacent to protected lands have the greatest influence on economic growth (figure 5). The more public lands a County C_ has, or the closer it is to protected lands, the faster the economic growth, These are lands that are not likely to be used for resource extraction because of their close proxim- ity to Wilderness. National Parks and other protected public land,;. More likely, the fast growth is driven by the fact that many ski areas are found on this type of land, and with ski areas come airports, educated people, and a high percentage of employment in the relatively higher -wage producer services, like finance., real estate and business Services. The slowest growth OCCUrS In Counties with public lands that are unprotected and not close to protected areas. These are more likely to be used for resource extraction, OTHER ASSETS ALSO INFLUE-SrCE ECO— W` e are often led to believe, through the media and from our own elected officials, FIGI� RE 4: VN IL' OF GROW"I'll OF PFIRS) Neki. INCOML, WO F0 2000. AH pullfic 1�md� All land, kal PbtMc klnw grmth, 1970 2000, I I < i*.xn)Dlt J Page 20 of 44 that the management of public lands is the lifeblood of local economies. The reality is more compli- cated. While protected public lands play an important role there are many other variables that impact whether the economy grows or not. The importance of a variety of factors to economic growth are listed below. Figure 6 below shows how they rank in relative importance compared to how public lands are managed. FIGURE 6: HOW PUBLIC LANDS AND OTHER FACTORS INFLUENCE INCOME GROWTH IN THE WEST. Producer Services (engineering, business, architecture, etc.) Education Airport Ski resort Arts, entertainment, food Unprotected lands, close to protected lands Mountains All public lands All protected lands Unprotected lands, not close to protected lands Driving distance to city Economic specialization Transformative (mining, oil, gas, logging, etc.) Percent born in state 1 1 -0.6 -0.4 -0.2 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 Correlations (significant at the 95% level) &1 Less personal income growth, More personal income growth, a 1 1970 to 2000 1970 to 2000 Exhibit J 16 Page 21 of 44 Factors that are positively associated with real growth of personal income from 1970 to 2000 are: Mountains The percentage of the workforce in the county employed in the relatively high -wage producer services (engineering, design, management, finance, etc.). The percentage of the population with a college degree or higher. The presence of an airport with daily commercial flights to major hubs, and more than 25,000 passengers per year. Presence of a ski resort in the county. (Some have more than one.) Percent of county workforce employed in arts, entertain- ments, recreation, accommodation and food services - a proxy for the arts. The presence of mountains, measured as variation in eleva- tion for each county. Several factors are important to economic growth. How public lands are managed, indicated in red in Figure 6, is important: unprotected lands that are distant from protected areas, and therefore more likely to be used for resource extraction, are the least likely to add to economic growth. Lands that are protected or close to protected lands are more likely to boost personal income growth. Other factors also stimulate the economy of the West. The higher the proportion of workers in a county employed in the high -wage producer services, the faster the growth. Education, the presence of an airport, a ski area, the arts, and mountains are also important. Dependence on transformative, resource extractive industries, distance to cities, lack of diversity, and relatively fewer newcomers are all detriments to growth. Factors that are negatively associated with growth of personal income are: x Driving distance to city Driving distance to the nearest metropolitan area. The longer the drive, the lower the income growth. 0 Economic specialization Heavy dependence on a few industries - the opposite of diversification. Transformative industries The proportion of the workforce employed in forestry, fishing, Omining, oil and gas development, construction, and manufac- turing, including lumber and wood products. Gn Percent of population As a measure of the degree of in -migration. The higher the U born in state proportion born in state, the lower the proportion in in - migrants from other states. H W Q Slow economic growth or economic decline is closely associated with: distance to larger markets; economies that are not diverse and that rely on industries like agriculture, manufacturing and mining; and that have a high proportion of native-born — in other words, few newcomers. Exhibit J 17 Page 22 of 44 Producer services' x Educational attainment O Airport O Ski resort Q �Arts, entertainment, food Mountains The percentage of the workforce in the county employed in the relatively high -wage producer services (engineering, design, management, finance, etc.). The percentage of the population with a college degree or higher. The presence of an airport with daily commercial flights to major hubs, and more than 25,000 passengers per year. Presence of a ski resort in the county. (Some have more than one.) Percent of county workforce employed in arts, entertain- ments, recreation, accommodation and food services - a proxy for the arts. The presence of mountains, measured as variation in eleva- tion for each county. Several factors are important to economic growth. How public lands are managed, indicated in red in Figure 6, is important: unprotected lands that are distant from protected areas, and therefore more likely to be used for resource extraction, are the least likely to add to economic growth. Lands that are protected or close to protected lands are more likely to boost personal income growth. Other factors also stimulate the economy of the West. The higher the proportion of workers in a county employed in the high -wage producer services, the faster the growth. Education, the presence of an airport, a ski area, the arts, and mountains are also important. Dependence on transformative, resource extractive industries, distance to cities, lack of diversity, and relatively fewer newcomers are all detriments to growth. Factors that are negatively associated with growth of personal income are: x Driving distance to city Driving distance to the nearest metropolitan area. The longer the drive, the lower the income growth. 0 Economic specialization Heavy dependence on a few industries - the opposite of diversification. Transformative industries The proportion of the workforce employed in forestry, fishing, Omining, oil and gas development, construction, and manufac- turing, including lumber and wood products. Gn Percent of population As a measure of the degree of in -migration. The higher the U born in state proportion born in state, the lower the proportion in in - migrants from other states. H W Q Slow economic growth or economic decline is closely associated with: distance to larger markets; economies that are not diverse and that rely on industries like agriculture, manufacturing and mining; and that have a high proportion of native-born — in other words, few newcomers. Exhibit J 17 Page 22 of 44 TOURISM AND TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE HELP DIVERSIFY THE ECONOMY "Almost all the people who have opened new businesses here in the last 25 years came here as visitors and stayed because they loved it. That's what I did. " —Rhonda Fitzgerald, inn owner, Whitefish, Montana Western Montana Business Journal, Spring 2004 Counties with ski areas have more than one- third of their public lands in the category "unprotected, close to protected areas." This explains in large part why this is the category of public lands management most closely associated with growth in personal income in the last thirty years. Nearly three-fourths of the counties with ski areas also have com- mercial airports offering daily access to larger markets. The presence of ski areas is also closely associated with employment in the producer services, which in turn is related to the percentage of people in the county with a university education or higher. But this does not mean ski area economies are "resort towns" with transient populations. We found that their economies tend to be diverse and growing, with stable populations holding down jobs in finance, insurance, real estate, engineering, architecture and busi- ness services. Compared to other counties in the West, counties with ski areas have higher growth in personal income, higher home values, higher median family income, a larger percent of the workforce employed in producer services, and more educated popula- tions. The economy of the West has been evolv- ing. Typically, counties in the West started out depending on public lands for timber, minerals or farming. Eventually tourists discovered the area. The tourism industry, especially if it involved a ski area, lobbied for federal and state expenditures to expand the roads and airports so more tourists could visit. That led the economy to grow beyond a dependence on resource industries and tourism. It attracted footloose entrepreneurs, including those in the producer services, retirees, investment income and real estate development. Resource extraction has not disappeared, but it is now just one of many different sectors in a diverse economy. FIGURE 7: THE EVOLUTION OF ECONOMIES IN THE WEST. 18 Exhibit J Page 23 of 44 Meanwhile, the role of public lands has shifted from providing resources to providing resources and opportunities for recreation. Most recently, public lands have provided a setting for gateway communities to bill themselves as attractive places to live and do business. The key element in this progression is increased access via :roads and airports. An important competitive advantage for many rural communities is that they can use the same amenities that attract tourists as a way to attract businesses to relocate. David Snepenger and other researchers at Montana State University (1995) have found that one out of four business owners who migrated to the northern portion of the Greater Yellowstone region came there first as a tourist. This is an ofteri-overlooked aspect of tourism. With the eventual expansion of the airport, tourism stimulates the development of travel infrastructure that leads the commu- nity into a further transition to a more diverse economy. THERE ARE DOWNSIDES TO ECONOMIC (GROWTH Economic growth that is stimulated by environmental amenities and made possible because of airports can sometimes lead to more growth than a community can handle. Local residents often cite the loss of open space, ranches and farms; an increase in the cost of living (especially housing); and the rising cost of providing schools, roads and other services associated with a boom- ing population. These changes can polarize communities in the West, pitting old-timers against newcomers, but that doesn't have to be the case. The key is community -wide involvement in planning. While some gateway communi- ties may look; suspiciously upon zoning and other traditional growth -management tools as infringements on private property rights, many also have come to realize that planning and zoning can protect land values, traditional uses and the assets that drew residents in the first place. Exhibit J 19 Page 24 of 44 NOT ALL COUNTIES BENEFIT EQUALLY FROM PROTECTED LANDS There is not a single "West." There are three distinct ""Iests" and they are determined by how urban it is and to which degree it is rural. These three types are shown on Map 3: Z� Nle tro/Corrina u tersh ed. dP r r ........... t(Oft-rhetro Witio%# Alrooft COUNTY CLASSIFic.-mON tiletraContmutershed Non -metro with Airport Non -metro without Airport • Major Cities Airports (Enplartenicnts >25,000/\r. m Exhibit Pa -e 25 of 44 m NIETRO/COMMUTERSHED COUNTIES Irl metropolitan areas, there is so much else going on in the economy that the r presence of a Wilderness, National Park, National Monument or other protected lands seems to have little (measurable) impact on growth. NON -METRO COUNTIES WITH AIRPORTS Rural counties that are within an hour's drive of a mid-sized airport benefit from the presence of public lands. Indeed, the more public lands, the faster the growth of personal income (Figure 8). Public lands that are unprotected, but close to ot- protected areas, are also closely associated with economic growth. Protected lands are more strongly associated with growth in personal income than those lands that are unprotected and distant from protected areas and therefore more likely to be used for resource extraction. FIGURE 8: HOW PUBLIC LANDS AND OTHER FACTORS INFLU- ENCE INCOME GROWTH IN CONNECTED RURAL COUN- TIES. From 1970 to 2000, real per capita income for rural and connected counties that contained protected public lands grew 75 percent faster than connected rural counties without protected lands. Producer Services (engineering, business architecture, etc. j Ski resort Education Arts, entertainment, food Airport All public lands Unprotected lands, close to protected lands All protected lands Mountains Unprotected lands, not close to protected lands Economic specialization Driving distance to city Transformative (mining, ail, gas, logging, etc.) Percent born in state I I I I I I I 1 1 -0.8 -0.6 -0.4 -0.2 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 Correlations (significant to 95% level) Less personal income growth, 1970 to 2000 More personal income growth, 1970 to 2000 L i Exhibit J 21 Page 26 of 44 NON -METRO COUNTIES WITHOUT AIRPORTS Protected lands have the greatest influence on economic growth in rural isolated coun- ties that lack easy access to larger markets. From 1970 to 2000, real per capita income in isolated rural counties with protected lands grew more than 60 percent faster than isolated counties without any protected lands. As in other types of counties, educational attainment, ski areas, and employment in the producer services, arts, and entertainment are also important. Relatively more impor- tant than other county types is the presence of mountains. The driving distance to cities is positively related to income growth. This may be because one of the attractive fea- tures of some rural areas is their remoteness. However, the presence of newcomers and economic diversification, as with the rest of the West, has helped fuel economic growth. As a group, these counties did not grow as fast as the non -metro counties with airports. FIGURE 9: HOW PUBLIC LANDS AND OTHER FACTORS INFLUENCE INCOME GROWTH IN CONNECTED RURAL COUNTIES. Producer Services (engineer- ing, business, architecture etc.j Education All public lands Mountains All protected lands Airport Unprotected lands, close to protected lands Ski resort Unprotected lands, not close to protected lands Arts, entertainment, food Driving distance to city Economic specialization Transformative (mining, oil, gas, logging, etc.) Percent born in state 1 1 -0.4 -0.2 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 j Correlations (significant to 95% level) v �1 Less personal income growth, 1970 to 2000 More personal income growth, to 2000 Exhibit J 22 Page 27 of 44 AIRPORT 4— u THE IMPORTANCE OF PROTECTED PUBLIC LANDS TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - SUMMARY FINDINGS ® The presence of public lands in the West is a significant driver of economic growth. ® Lands that are unprotected but close to protected lands contrib- ute significantly to economic growth. Lands that are unprotected and distant from protected areas, and therefore more likely to be used for resource development, con- tribute very little to economic growth. ® Many counties with ski areas are on lands that are unprotected, but close to protected areas. The presence of a ski area, and con- sequently daily commercial air service, is also tied closely with economic growth, particularly in the form of finance, real estate and other relatively high -wage services. ® Protected lands in the form of Wilderness, National Parks, and National Monuments go hand in hand with economic growth though some counties fare better than others. ® In counties with metropolitan areas or within the metro commut- ershed, protected lands have little measurable impact on growth. • Protected areas are the most strongly tied to growth in counties that are remote and isolated. ® While public lands are important for growth, other factors are even more important, including the proportion of the workforce employed in producer services, arts and entertainment; the pres- ence of a ski area and commercial airport; the education of the workforce; and the presence of mountains. © The more diverse an economy, the faster it will grow. The more specialized, the slower it will grow, especially if the specialization is in mining, oil and gas development, logging, wood products manufacturing, or other resource extractive sectors. `*"'}!' ® Distance from markets is a detriment to economic development. `' Despite advances in telecommunications, the key to economic �� �• development is a ready ability to travel to larger population centers. ® The influx of newcomers is closely tied to economic growth. Exhibit J 23 Page 28 of 44 t t ' i Y d"' 46, , it, 'a h GRAND STAIRCASE - ESCALANTE NATIONAL MONUME '} 5 Exhibit J Y 1 44 .. CASE STUDY - :DOES PROTECTION OF PUBLIC ]LANDS HELP LOCAL ECONOMIES? THE GRAND STAIRCASE-ESCALANTE NATIONAL MONUMENT The Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument was designated in 1996 during the Clinton Administration. It sits in one of the most rugged and beautiful corners of the country, but the Monument also contains one of the largest unexploited deposits of coal in the nation. That had some residents look- ing forward to the promise of high -paying resource jobs. They did not like the idea of creating a monument when a mine would do. Tempers flared when a Dutch company withdrew its proposal for a coal mine, linking the monument designation to bureaucratic hurdles. A simultaneous sharp decline in Asian economies, plus expensive transporta- tion costs, likely played a significant role in the company's decision. More recently some county officials protested the "pro -conser- vation attitude" of the current Monument director by removing road signs from the Monument and asked for his resignation. Despite the headline -grabbing controver- sies, many citizens of Kanab and Escalante recognize new economic advantages that have become apparent since the Monument became official. Local opinion about the Monument has varied from continued resent- ment to grim acceptance, to the beginnings of enthusiasm about the influx of tourists (and their money) into nearby towns. At recent public meetings in Kanab and Escalante, several local business people expressed opti- mism about their community's ability to ben- efit from the influx of tourism dollars and the increased exposure that Monument designa- tion has brought. They have also noted that a 0 L. greater Bureau of Land Management (BLM) presence has brought steady, well -paying jobs and boosted the local economy. Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monu- ment encompasses approximately 1.8 million acres, 14 percent of the land base in Garfield County and 53 percent of Kane County. Since the Monument is a significant portion of the land base, and because initial reaction was so negative, a before—and—after pic- ture helps to shed light on the impact of the Monument on the economy. MAP 4: GARFIELD AND KANE COUNTIES IN UTAH, AND THE GRAND STAIRCASE- ESCALANTE NATIONAL MONUMENT. Garfield Box-Death.Ho Bryce : Wilde C ar Ci Br As • Canyon 41 Pine V M Kane C Wilde e 'i 25 Bureau of Land Mgmt + Airport Forest Service — Interstate 15 National Park Service a Tribal Lands ® Wilderness Area M GS-Escalante NM Exhibit J Page 30 of 44 THE ECONOMY OF GARFIELD AND KANE COUNTIES GREW SUBSTANTIALLY AFTER THE DESIGNATION OF THE MONUMENT -- m�wrsn GARFIELD COUNTY Since the designation of the Grand Stair- case-Escalante National Monument, Garfield County has seen significant growth in per- sonal income from retirement, investments and other non -labor sources, a variety of service industries, and from people employed in various government agencies. Labor earnings and average wages per job have increased substantially, unemployment rates have declined, and real estate values have gone up. Since 1970, almost three out of four new dollars of personal income are from retire- ment, transfer payments, investment and other non -labor sources (Figure 10). Income from services and professional industries - a mix of low-wage and high -wage occupations - doubled, more than making up for losses in mining, oil and gas development, farm- ing, and ranching. These two categories of personal income now account for more than three-fourths of personal income in Garfield County. Together with personal income from people employed in government, these three sources of income constitute the entire local economy. Moreover, the economy of Garfield County continued to grow after the designation of the Monument. In the four years before FIGURE 10: PERSONAL INCOME BY SOURCE, 1970 TO 2000, GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH. 40 35 '411" E 0 25 8 ` 20 — o � N = 0 15 Cn0 IL o 10 i -5 6 BUJ- h.7 K� NZ, ^, K, ^. ^- N- N_ N_ ^- .1 ` .y the designation of the Monument, personal income from labor grew, in real terms, by 14 percent. In the four years after the designa- tion of the Monument, real labor income grew by more than 18 percent. While real average earnings per job fell by more than 6 percent in the four years prior to the existence of the monument, average earnings per job grew by seven percent in the four years after (U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Eco- nomic Analysis, 2001). Garfield County's unemployment rate remains high, but it declined from 12.4 per- cent in 1995 to 9.2 percent by 2001, a period during which the Monument was designated (Figure 11). FIGURE 11: UNEMPLOYMENT RATES FOR GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH, 1988 TO 2001. 16 X14 �'F12 .- D 10 c ai E0) >, 2 6 o m EQ 6 m m c 4 c Q 2 9 26 Exhibit J Page 31 of 44 KANE COUNTY Kane County has also grown substantially since the designation of the Monument. There has been a significant rise in nort-labor income sources, personal income from 'service industries, and govern- ment employment, as well as construction and manufacturing. Since 1970, more than a third of net growth in personal income has come from non -labor sources. Employment in the service and professional sector contributed another third of the income growth; government, 17 percent; and construction, 11 percent. Together, these three sources represent almost 90 percent of net growth in personal income from 1970 to 2000, and more than 80 percent of the cur- rent economy in the county. Some of the traditional sources of income are still present in the post -Monument designation econ- omy, but today they are very small contributors. For example, there still is farming and ranching, but this sector contributes only two percent of total personal income. By 2000, mining, including oil and gas development, was virtually non-existent in Kane County. 55 45 p� T 35 UO C O �N25 Cw O O rn rn c a. 2 15 z -5 J FIGURE 13: UNEMPLOYMENT RATES FOR KANE COUNTY, UTAH, 1988 TO 2001. 10 9 2 8 w Cc 7 6 c ai E0,5 m o m 4 aQ E 3 2 Q 1 0 t== UNMED STATES - - - -UTAH —a— KANE COUNTY, . 18'° 8' �'� a3' 8'a 35'x' $'`O �^ Fb 8, & & r` � ^ n r* " " n n " n ^ ti ti The Monument designation does not appear to have hurt the economy, even if it did seal off the option of coal mining. In the four 0 years prior to the designation of the Monu- ment, real labor income grew by a little more than 27 percent. After designation real A labor income grew by more than 33 percent. D Before designation average earnings per job, y in real terms', declined by over 22 percent. b After designation it grew by more than 18 percent. a w Unemployment has gone down, too, from 8.7 percent in 1995 to 3.5 percent in 2001. t 0 i 27 Exhibit J Page 32 of 44 FIGURE 12: Non -tabor PERSONAL Sources (investments, INCOME BY retirement,SOURCE,1970 etc.) — Services and TO 2000, KANE Professional COUNTY, UTAH. Source: U.S. Depart- - - Government ment of Commerce, Regional Economic Construction Information System, M anufacturing �- (incl. forest Bureau of Economic ,Analysis, Washington, products) D.C., 2001. _ Farm and Ag. Services —b— Mining The Monument designation does not appear to have hurt the economy, even if it did seal off the option of coal mining. In the four 0 years prior to the designation of the Monu- ment, real labor income grew by a little more than 27 percent. After designation real A labor income grew by more than 33 percent. D Before designation average earnings per job, y in real terms', declined by over 22 percent. b After designation it grew by more than 18 percent. a w Unemployment has gone down, too, from 8.7 percent in 1995 to 3.5 percent in 2001. t 0 i 27 Exhibit J Page 32 of 44 REAL ESTATE VALUES CONTINUE TO RISE Real estate values give yet another indicator of the economy's strength and how much people want to live in the area. In both Escalante and Kanab, the commu- nities most impacted by the designation of the Monu- ment, the mean value of a home has risen substantially since 1996 (Figure 14). The median value of a home in Escalante rose from $69,432 in 1990 to more than $100,000 in 2000, a 45 percent rise, in real terms. In Kanab the mean value of a home dropped by 13 percent from 1980 to 1990, before the Monument designation. From 1990 to 2000, it rose by 23 percent. The mean value of a home in 1990, before the designation of the Monument, was a little more than $86,000. This rose to more than $106,000 by 2000. These trends dispel the argument that the Monument designation - setting aside public lands for protection against development - would result in economic decline and spawn only low-paying tourism jobs and hurt real estate values. 120,000 FIGURE 14: CHANGES IN HOUSING VALUES FOR ESCALANTE AND KANAB, 100,000 UTAH. (DOLLAR VALUES ADJUSTED TO 2000) fy 80,000 o g m 60,000 $65,268 E 0 S -4--K—b, UT -i--Escalante, UT i 40,000 20,000 $106,100 $100,600 1970 1980 1990 2000 Note: 1990 data is for the Escalante subdivision, an area larger than the town of Escalante, for which only 2000 data was available. Source: Decennial Census of Popula- tion and Housing. U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 2000. PQ Exhibit J Page 33 of 44 NEW MIGRANTS BRING VIBRANCY TO THE ECONOMY Susan Hand, co-owner and manager of the Willow Canyon Outdoor Company, a combination bookstore, coffee shop, outdoor outfitter, and clothing store, is one of the people bringing new vibrancy to the town of Kanab: "About a decade ago, our family was ready to escape the crowding and fast pace of San Diego. We had two small children and a pretty good idea of the sort of business we wanted to run. With a list of related criteria, we set off through the southwest to find a new home. Though we loved the red rock canyons and had old friends in Kanab, we expected to just pass through this little town on our way somewhere else. Serendipity, but here I am. I love our town, and I can't imagine leaving the magic of the canyons now. "We survived those first lean years. For our strug- gling new business, the creation of the Grand Stair- case-Escalante National Monument meant expanded opportunity and new customers. The administrative headquarters provided employment to over 50 profes- sionals (in a town of less, than 5,000 people), and the national publicity spawned interest among travelers. "I was surprised when our community expressed dis- dain for the Monument. But, like most western towns, our history is steeped in extractive industry, and the Monument obliterated the hope for a new coal mine. Moreover, the local lumber mill had just closed down, and endangered California condors were being released along the Vermilion Cliffs as part of a con- troversial reintroduction program. Our town blamed the government and environmentalists - and all those people (from somewhere else) who don't understand `our way of life."' Exhibit J 29 Page 34 of 44 .�L. 4 V__00/ PROPOSED BOULDER WHITE CLOUDS WILDERNESS Exhibit J Page 35 of 44 CASE STUDY - WHO WILL BENEFIT, AND WHO WILL NOT, FROM A NEW WILDERNESS AREA? THE PROPOSED NEW BOULDER WHITE CLOUDS WILDERNESS An important discussion is currently underway in Idaho regard- ing the potential Wilderness designation of the Boulder -White Clouds Mountains (Map 5). At 800 square miles, the region is the largest unprotected roadless area in the lower 48 states. Wil- derness designation would place limits on motorized recreation, mining, and road building, but would continue to allow tradi- tional uses like hiking, hunting, fishing, and grazing. The pending Wilderness designation offers a unique chance to ask: who benefits — and who does not — from Wilderness designation? The short answer is that there is no evidence that designating Wilderness will harm the economy, though some areas and residents will thrive more than others. Blaine County is better situated to profit. Two of its towns, Ketchum and Sun Valley, feature diversified and growing economies, a ski resort, an educated workforce, and both have relatively easy access to major population centers via air travel. All this makes it is easy for these towns, as part of their economic development strate- gies, to woo people seeking a high quality of life. By contrast, Public Lands * City Fish & Wildlife Service 1 Airport Bureau of Land Mgmt Forest Service ( — Major Roads ® County Boundary National Park Service Wilderness Area BWC - . ai Sawtooth NRA (USFS) Tribal Laandsnds MAP 5: BLAINE AND CUSTER COUNTIES, IDAHO, NEAR THE PROPOSED BOULDER WHITE CLOUDS (BWC) WIL- DERNESS. 31 Exhibit J Page 36 of 44 Custer County and the towns of Challis and Mackay, do not have these elements in place. A new Wilderness area is not enough to stim- ulate growth and by itself does not guarantee economic prosperity. BLAINE COUNI'YIS IDEALLY POSMONED TO BENEFIT FROM WR DERNESS In Blaine County, response to the Wilderness proposal is overwhelmingly positive. Last December, Blaine County Commissioners unanimously supported wilderness designa- tion for the Boulder -White Clouds (BWC). In January 2004, more than 130 businesses came out in favor of the wilderness proposal. Blaine County has what is needed to take advantage of protected public lands. It is economically diverse, and much of its service industry growth is in high -wage sectors like finance, engineering and business services. It also has an airport and an educated work- force. The ski resort and the booming real estate market have been huge contributors to the local economy. The Sun Valley/Ketchum Chamber and Visi- tors Bureau has passed a resolution support- ing the creation of the Boulder White Clouds Wilderness. "Areas like Sun Valley and Ketchum are attractive refuges for people, especially urban folks who appreciate gate- way communities surrounded by undisturbed lands," says Carol Waller, executive director of the chamber. In the last three decades, more than 42 percent of the growth in personal income in Blaine County was in the services and profes- sional sectors, and nearly as much growth was in non -labor income sources, including retirement and money earned from invest- ments. During that time, the growth of the economy has been fast and steady, with few up and downs (Figure 15). Meanwhile, Blaine County has added a mix of low-wage and high -wage jobs to its economy. Producer services added more than $83 million in real personal income. Per- sonal income from the relatively low-wage consumer services added $66 million in real terms. FIGURE 15: PERSONAL INCOME BY MAJOR CATEGORY, BLAINE COUNTY, IDAHO, 1970 TO 2000. 400 350 i 300 E 0 250 c o0 76 N 200 C O O aa) 0 150 d � 100 50 Services and Professional Non -labor Sources (irrvestmeMs, retirement, etc.) � Construction - - • Goverrrnent —14 Farm and Ag. Services --a_ Manufactwing (root. forest products) i—*— Mining Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Economic Information System, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Washington, D.C., 2001. Exhibit J 32 Page 37 of 44 The county has grown beyond a dependence on the low-wage sectors normally associated�with tourism, and attracted other sectors, such as business, engineering, legal, and financial services. In effect, Blaine County has evolved beyond just a resort or tourist economy and created a diverse, almost urban economy in a rural setting. It has grown beyond the label of "resort community." But like many high growth areas in the West, it has a new set of problems, like high housing costs. According to the U.S. Bureau of the Census, the mean value of occupied homes in Ketchum, Idaho, in real terms, rose 63 percent, from $309,540 in 1990 to $503,300 in 2000. Yet building more homes, and hoping this will drive down prices, is a double-edged sword. Unsightly or sprawling residential development can undermine the very resources that make the county attractive: CUSTER COUNTY'S ECONOMY NEEDS TO DIVERSIFY On the other side of the mountains lies Custer County and the towns of Challis and Mackay. Decades of heavy dependence on mining have left these communities impoverished, with low education rates, little economic diversification and no access to larger population centers. Most of the recent growth in ser- vices has been in the form of low-wage jobs. In these commu- nities, the idea of designating a significant portion of National Forest lands as Wilderness is unpopular without provisions for economic development. Even among those who favor conser- vation there is an understanding that protecting scenic areas alone is not enough to guarantee prosperity. In contrast to Blaine County; Custer County has specialized in one industry: mining. As the fortunes of the mining industry went up and down, other sectors trailed along (Figure 16). It wasn't until the late 1990s that despite declines in mining, FIGURE 16: PERSONAL INCOME BY MAJOR CATEGORY, CUSTER COUNTY, IDAH6, 1970 TO 2000 45 , i 40 35 m 30 Q = EO 0 25 c o �N20 co N N 15 � C a 10 ao Id, lgla lgl6 ^4,10 ^�o ^�ti ^�o 10� 10 e �p ^-R IS, 141 I f NomLabor S=ces relirenert, etc.) Services and Professiord - - Gow—d Minirg —�-- Farm and Ag. Services Maraaolrrirg (ind. forest products) Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Economic Infor- mation System, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Washington, D.C., 2001. Exhibit J 33 Page 38 of 44 other sources of income began to grow, most the county impoverished. According to the notably in services industries, construction 2000 Census, 13 percent of individuals in and non -labor income. The roller coaster Challis live below the poverty line, two-thirds ride of the last three decades may finally be of households earned less than $30,000 per coming to an end. year and only one percent earned more than Over the last three decades, only 20 percent $100,000. In contrast, in Ketchum, only 30 percent of households earn less than $30,000, of the growth in personal income, in real and 20 percent of households earn more terms, was from the services and professional than $100,000 per year. (U.S. Bureau of the sector. Mining, traditionally a large employer Census 2000, Rasker and Alexander 2003). and the source of relatively high -paying jobs, contributed 15 percent of net new income in One key element to economic growth is the last 30 years. education. In Challis 18 percent of residents Non -labor sources accounted for half of 25 years and older have a college degree. By comparison, more than half the residents real personal income growth; government 25 years in older in Ketchum have a college accounted for another 16 percent. In 2000, degree (U.S. Bureau of the Census 2000, three times as much income came from Rasker and Alexander 2003). non -labor income sources than agriculture, mining, and manufacturing combined. In spite of these problems, residents of Custer Unlike Blaine County, Custer County has County can capitalize on several important seen growth primarily in the low-wage opportunities. service sectors. From 1990 to 2000, personal CUSTER COUNTY IS NOT SUN VALLEY income from employment in consumer ser- vices like hotels and recreation services grew -USE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO by 41 percent. Social services, especially ATTRACT PEOPLE health, grew by 49 percent. At the same time, One of Custer County's competitive advan- personal income from producer services fell tages may lie in the fact that it is not Sun by 4 percent, a loss of more than $139 mil- Valley. According to the last census the lion. Particularly alarming was the loss from median value of a home in 2000 in Challis business services, engineering, and manage- was $73,500 and in Mackay it was $74,600. ment services. That's a fraction of the cost of a home in The only bright spot in terms of relatively Ketchum ($503,000). high -wage service industry growth has been the One strategy for these communities is to increase in income from government employ- attract "equity refugees." These are people on ment. State and local government accounted fixed incomes, often at retirement age, who for 65 percent of government jobs in 2000. decide to cash in their equity, most often a home in a larger city, and move to the coun- IDEAS FOR DIVERSIFYING THE ECON- try for a quieter, simpler, and less expensive OMY OF CUSTER COUNTY lifestyle. In Custer County, retirement and The good news is the fortunes of the county disability insurance benefit payments already total $7.1 million, which is larger than are no longer strictly hitched to the well- income earned in agriculture ($3 million), being of the mining industry, and therefore about the same size as mining ($7 million), at the mercy of globally determined price and much larger than manufacturing ($1 trends. million). (U.S. Department of Commerce, The bad news is: decades of heavy depen- Bureau of Economic Analysis, 2001). dence - and an apparent lack of reinvesting mining profits into the community - has left Exhibit J 34 Page 39 of 44 BENEFIT FROM NEW WILDERNESS LEGISLATION Although specific legislation has not been drafted, Congressman Mike Simpson is con- sidering a bill that would designate the Boul- der White Clouds as a Wilderness. The bill — to be called the Central Idaho Economic Development and Recreation Act — would also include approximately $10 million in economic development for Custer County. In a more controversial component of the pro- posed bill, Custer County would be allowed to sell up to 16,060 acres of federal land as summer home sites or rangeland. The hope is that it will bolster the county's tax base. If all goes well for Custer County, and locals are able to use the new wilderness legisla- tion as a way to protect their quality of life and attract people and business, they must then prepare for the next stage in develop- ment — growth management. New challenges include the breaking up of ranches — and therefore important scenery and wildlife habitat — for residential subdivisions, the rising costs of providing infrastructure like roads and sewers; and the rising costs of housing. "We have a better idea of what we don't want to become than what we want to become," says Gilliam. "We don't want to become another Sun Valley or Jackson Hole. We don't.want to look like Eddie Bauer when we're done." Exhibit J 35 Page 40 of 44 OBSERVATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS There are not too many places left in the world where you can earn a decent living and in less than an hour after work find yourself casting a fishing line in a blue-ribbon trout stream, or hiking through a forest unchanged from the days of Lewis and Clark. Such experiences are central to the West's quality of life. They set it apart from the rest of the world and give the region a clear competitive advantage in the global mar- ketplace. For decades now, the Western experience has been fueling a major transformation of the region's economic landscape. It also continues to ignite the debate over resource development versus preservation. But that debate is driven largely by a misunderstanding of what spurs economic growth today, and what it will take to succeed in the future. The keys to success, if we want to have a diverse and vibrant economy, certainly must include a clean environment, spectacular scen- ery, and recreational opportunities. As Sarah Michael, a Blaine County Commissioner says, "The Blaine County economy depends on wild places. The reason people live here and move here is because we're surrounded by five moun- tain ranges and numerous roadless areas and wild places. It's rare to live in a community with the cultural amenities we have and yet be surrounded by pristine wild lands. They are a tremendous asset for us." These vast expanses of open lands are our fun- damental asset. They define the West. They are something the rest of the world does not have. And as our analysis shows, the more pubic lands a county has, the faster its economy grows. If the land is in protected status, or immediately next to protected lands, then the growth is even faster. Unfortunately not all communities are posi- tioned to benefit equally from protected public lands in the same way. Their success charts on a bell curve. Small, rural communities that are isolated see some growth from protected public lands but for the most part there is so little going on in the economy that the protection of public lands is not enough to ensure prosperity. On the other side of the bell curve, metropolitan coun- ties have so many factors influencing growth that the role of public lands is drowned out. In the middle of the bell curve are the counties that most easily benefit from protected lands. They are rural, but connected to larger population centers. They have an educated workforce employed in engineering, management consulting, finance, and other knowledge-based service industries. They often have a ski area and entrepreneurs who live there can readily board an airplane to visit their cli- ents. These are the counties that are best positioned to take advantage of protected public lands strategy as an important element to economic development. The West is a diverse place, with communities in different stages of development. In a recent article in the Arizona Republic (May 2, 2004), Joseph Reaves summarized the development of the West as follows: "The Old West never existed - at least not in the way we pretend. The Wild West is more Hollywood than history. And the New West was a highborn notion that never quite found a home on the range." The West now faces the challenge of harnessing its competitive advantage in a way that protects the quality of its natural spaces while creating an economy where all are given an equal chance of succeeding in what is truly a global labor market. The next West should keep its options open. Mining, logging, and other forms of resource development - and let us include home building in the list of resource industries - are appropriate and necessary engines of the economy. But their impact on the land can be substantial. As natural amenities help drive economic growth, activities that use natural resources must be carried out at the right pace, right scale and in the right places. In other words, sound development leaves the environment healthy and resilient. There is evidence that this can be done, but any honest assessment has to conclude that we're still a ways off from doing it right. A good place to start is to develop a shared vision for your community, inventory your assets, learn about your economy, identify your competitive advantage and then protect and nourish these assets. To stay competitive, we need to continually evolve and adapt. As Wal- lace Stegner wrote: "A Westerner is less a person than a continuing adaptation. The West is less a place than a process." Exhibit J 36 Page 41 of 44 LITERATURE: CITED Bevers, WB., D.P. Lindahl, and E. Hamill. 1995. "Lone Eagles and Other High Fliers in the Rural Producer Services." Paper presented at the Pacific Northwest Regional Economic Conference, May 1995, Missoula, Montana. Cromartie, J.B. and J.M. Wardwell. 1999. "Migrants Settling Far and Wide in the Rural West." Rural Development Perspectives. 14(2), 2-8. Fuguitt, G.V. and C.L. Beale. 1996. "Recent Trends in Noimletropolitan Migration: toward a New Turnaround?" Growth and Change. Vol. 27: 156-174. Hansen, AJ; Rasker, R; Maxwell, B, Rotella, JJ,- Johnson, J;Johnson, JD; Pannenter, AW; Langner, L; Cohen, WB; Lawrence, RL; and Kraska, MPV. 2002. "Ecological Causes and Consequences of Demo- graphic Change in the New West." Bioscience. Vol. 52 (2): 151-162. Johnson, J.D. and R. Rasker. 1995. "The Role of Economic and Quality of Life Values in Rural Business Location." Journal of Rural Studies. Vol. "Travel Stimulated Entrepreneurial Migration." Journal of Travel Research. Vol. 34(l): 40-44. U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Labor Statistics. 2002. http://www.bls.gov/ U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis. 2001. Regional Economic Information System., Washington, DC U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. 2000. Decennial Census of Population and Housing. Whitelaw, E. 1992. "Oregon's Real Economy." Old Oregon. Winter: 31-33. Whitelaw, E.W. and E.G. Niemi. 1989. "Migra- tion, Economic Growth, and Quality of Life." Pro- ceedings: Pacific Northwest Region Econoriiie Conference. April 26 - 28. Corvallis, Onegdw. t _ � I t(4): 405-416 , McGranahan,D A ;1999.."Natural.Amenities ' M Drive Population Chan' Fraod and Rural Economres Di oo bio r:; Service, _ esearch w. U.S, i)ePfl e" ePo781>-01�4• Nelson, PB: T999.��" �ty of Life, Nontra-",ro dtttonal Income' and colic Growth: New a' W" elopwela nittes for the Rural West.".. -s tl�opment Perspectives. 14(2),,.3-37 �'M. 1991. "Ecosystem Preservation a_ conomy of the Greater Yellowstone 4ea.?�s �tonservation Biology. 5(3), 395 404. Tse, Rasker R. and B. Alexander. 2003. "Work!' s ,,.,Around the White Clouds: County a' nity, Profiles Surrounding Idaho's > Cloud, at�d Pipn,Quntain;" S {z. tute B., all oi�tana Exhibit J Page 42 of 44 A nonprofit organization established in 1990, the Sonoran Institute brings diverse people together to accomplish their conservation goals. The Sonoran Institute works with communities to conserve and restore important natural landscapes in western North America, including the wildlife and cultural values o; these lands. The lasting benefits of the Sonoran Institute's work are healthy landscapes and vibrant communities that embrace conservation as an integral element of their quality of life and economic vitality. Through community stewardship, the Sonoran 5= Institute contributes to a day when: Healthy, landscapes, including native plants and„ = wildlife, diverse habitat, open spaces, clean air, p and water extend, from northern Mexico to West- ern Canada. People embrace stewardship as a fundatx ' value by caring for their communities,_ecot�� and natural landscapes. T Resilient economtesksttpp®ii eta ties, diverse oppo aoit� F tive working lana natural world ; XV, IT r Op 5= Exhibit J Page 43 of 44 c SONORAN INSTITUTE 7650 E. Broadway Blvd. Suite. 203 Tucson, Arizona 85710 (520) 290-0828 Phoenix Office 4835 E. Cactus Road Suite 270 Scottsdale, Arizona 85254 (602) 393-4310 Northwest Office 201 S. Wallace Avenue Bozeman, Montana 59715 (406) 587-7331 Sonoran Institute web site: www.sonoran.org Central Oregon Motorcycle and ATV Club Deschutes County Commissioners 1300 NW Wall Ste 200 Bend, Oregon 97701 January 29, 2005 Dear Sirs, Our membership has a long history of responsible off highway vehicle use in Central Oregon. We have been team players with land managers for almost 20 years, logging out trails, building fences, patrolling and seeking solutions when problems arose. When we were asked to work with BLM on the Upper Deschutes Resource Management Plan, we showed up at every meeting over the last four years, contributed our ideas and worked through many contentious issues. It has been our goal to be a part of the solution as opposed to being a part of the problem. We feel strongly about Badlands and respect the scenic nature of the area. When it was open to our use we enjoyed the wildflowers, the wildlife and taking our families touring through the area. Then BLM, in their infinite wisdom, decided that somehow allowing OHV use was unacceptable. The vandalism that the area had sustained, garbage dumping, defiling petroglyphs and the all night partying, was somehow tied to lawful use by Oregonians on quads and motorcycles. Since 1999 we have petitioned the county commissioners with 1,500 letters to support keeping the Badlands open, then 900 letters to BLM to keep Badlands open, then 6,500 names of Oregonians in the form of petitions to our legislators to keep Badlands open, and today we have come to this forum. Why, we ask, is it so hard to just keep an area open? There is economic data to support our request today. We have a 1999 OHV user study commissioned by Oregon State University. This speaks to the economic importance of OHV recreation in Oregon. If we take the numbers given and use the growth of the sport we also have documented, of 20% annually, our numbers speak for themselves. In 1999 OHV expenditures were approximately at $74 million, creating 1,809 jobs and $120 million in personal income, while the economic benefit to Oregon was $46.6million and $3million specifically for Central Oregon. Using the growth rate, projected for 2005 the numbers are impressive. Oregon's economic benefit from OHV recreation would be $140million and in Central Oregon it would be $8.9million while personal income from the sport would be $352million in Oregon. The motorized individual in 1999 spent approximately $43 per person per day and the non -motorized individual spent $12. While these facts alone do not speak to why we should be encouraging OHV recreation in Central Oregon, they are at least worthy of putting on the table. Exhibit K Page 1 of 2 Why has COMAC spent 15 years trying to keep Badlands open? Because we feel our membership and the folks we serve would not be able to access many areas that others want to close, yet have available for their personal use and personal form of recreation. Our grassroots efforts are important to, not just us, but many of the small, elderly or disadvantaged voices that have asked us to stand up for them. We would much rather see the effort we have had to use to keep the Badlands open being used for highway cleanups, forest trash retrieval and public encounters than continually having to be political. Please understand how easy it is for the uninformed public and uninformed businesses to sign on to someone's version of "protecting" something when in fact many of those businesses had no idea how their names would be used to further a political agenda. Make no mistake, everyone in this room wants to preserve our land and protect our Central Oregon beauty, we just don't agree on how that can be accomplished. We of COMAC have never seen it happen because of a gate. Sincerely, \ 0� Jo i Dufourd, Past esident Blue Ribbon Coalition 209 E King Heze 'ah Way Bend, Oregon 97702 Exhibit K Page 2 of 2 Page 1 of 2 Bonnie Baker From: Bill Marlett [bmarlett@onda.org] Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 7:14 PM To: Tom DeWolf Cc: Bonnie Baker; Robert_Towne@or.blm.gov Subject: ONDA's Badlands proposal Tom, You asked for a summary of why ONDA included the additional 4,000 plus acres in its wilderness proposal (thus eliminating the 10 miles of dirt bike trails, shown in pink below). We included the additional acres in our Wilderness proposal because it would: - Protect lands within the Millican "sage grouse nesting region" (see map). The Millican Sage Grouse breeding ground (lek) is under tremendous pressure due to public harassment and is on a downward population trend. Wilderness within the primary nesting region will help alleviate this pressure on sage grouse using this lek. - Conserve wilderness values in and along Dry River Canyon, including prairie falcon and golden eagle nests on the north rim of Dry River Canyon. - Provide further seclusion for wildlife year-round in the corridor between Millican Valley and the Badlands. - Make it easier for BLM law enforcement to control activities in the Wilderness. As it stands, BLM's WSA boundary would be difficult to manage (against on-going intrusions of ORVs) as it would be very difficult to monitor by BLM. Of concern is BLM's proposed wilderness (WSA) boundary would provide relatively easy motorized access to the (Little) Dry River Canyon, the site of recent archaeological vandalism. Finally, a little perspective on the 10 miles of trails to be closed in the additional 4,000 acres: - the 10 miles to be closed are already closed 5 months out of the year .... they are NOT year-round trails. - of the 10 miles of trails, 7 miles are only suitable for use by dirt bikes .... they are NOT used by ATVs or trucks. Hope this helps but feel free to call with any questions, Bill L_ Exhibit L 2/14/2005 Page 1 of 2 Exhibit L Page 2 of 2 Bonnie Baker From: Tom DeWolf Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 9:45 AM To: Bonnie Baker Subject: badlands -----Original Message ----- From: Joani [mailto:brjoani@bendbroadband.com] Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 8:07 AM To: Board Subject: Copied, in case attachment failed CENTRAL OREGON MOTORCYCLE AND ATV CLUB Deschutes County Commissioners 1300 NW Wall Ste 200 Bend, Or 97701 February 1, 2005 Dear Commissioners, Thank you for asking for clarification on why the 9.6 miles of road in the Badlands has value to the OHV community. Badlands has 50 miles of roads within its boundaries that we used to be able to access. Our membership looks at the available acreage, not just the roads currently open. This is a matter of access. Closure of the few available roads left will lock out 32K to 36K acres. This closure is in an area that will already get racheted down because of the newly paved West Butte road, effectively cutting any riding area in half. A significant portion of that riding area is included in ONDA's wilderness proposal (Dry Canyon). The winter riding opportunities that BLM is offering to the OHV community lies in the Dry Canyon and North Millican area. There are few places that are accessible when we have snow, the other area being Cline Buttes, which BLM has now carved out a huge Pecks Milkvetch area of critical environmental concern (ACEC) that will lock us out. The recent release of the Upper Deschutes Management Plan has significantly reduced the off-highway opportunities currently enjoyed by our members. Due to the change in land management we will have far more restrictions and fewer areas of access. We will need to produce environmental assessments for any trail or route we may request and that will have to go through the public process, appeal period etc and could take years to complete, if ever. The OHV community is currently challenging the legality of closing access in a Wilderness Study Area prior to having it designated as Wilderness. Court cases do not support the process BLM has used. Our current available trail systems are not big enough to handle to amount of use they are currently seeing and every single trail is subject to winter closure, wildlife closures, entire forest fire closures, rehabilitation closures, and snow closures. 50,000 users annually is a lot of use for what might be open on any given week around all of Central Oregon. One of the biggest issues is winter use. There are few places to ride a motorcyle in the winter. Badlands could be such a place, even Oregon Dept. of Fish and Wildlife states there are no wildlife issues there. BLM is providing very little in the way of winter 1 Exhibit M Page 1 of 3 access for OHV use. Of the 400,000 acres we are discussing, none of it is closed to non- motorized use and approximately 23% will be available for OHV use. There is a principle here and we feel closure is not management, nor will it solve the problems BLM has had with the area. Our grassroots efforts may not have the funding nor the full time employees to spread the word but from the meeting this week it was clear that keeping Badlands open, with a nonwilderness designation, is a priority among many of your constituents. Sincerely, Joani Dufourd 20923 SE King Hezekiah Way Bend, Oregon 97702 (541)382-8319 brjoani@bendbroadband.com 2 Exhibit M Page 2 of 3 OREGON RECREATION COALITION February 7, 2005 Deschutes County Commissioners RE: Badlands Our organization, representing 7,000 Oregonians and 60 clubs statewide, would like to remind the commissioners that we object to ONDA campaigning for wilderness designation for Badlands. Although we are recently established, we joined forces with Oregon recreationists to stop just such designations in our state. The very same argument being used with public access to Badlands, "why does the OHV community care about 9.6miles of road when they already have 640 miles?", was the same argument used to lock us out of Crater Lake. We had one trail to access the rim, of all the area available for winter use the snowmobilers had one trail of 11 miles. The very same folks said, why do the snowmobilers care about 11 miles of road when they have so much. Now we have no access to Crater Lake. Hence why our membership showed up in droves to the Monday March 31St meeting at your office. That 9.6 miles means access to 32,000 acres and the ability to view the Badlands beauty. Please know, it is not just the OHV community requesting this area remain open, it's the silent majority that are not organized, do not have $15,000 to spend on four page inserts and weeks and weeks worth of radio ads. ONDA does NOT represent the public, only the special interest groups determined to lock up public land. We do not know where their funding comes from, but they have paid staff to work this issue 40 hours a week, what recreational group in the state can boast the same? What horseback group, bike group, snowmobile, metal detector, gem, four wheel drive or any other club could work full time on this issue, along with the disabled and elderly? Please do not support a decision a few folks are pushing hard to convince you to support. The rest of Central Oregon is not in agreement with the idea of a Wilderness 10 minutes from Costco bordering a gravel pit and a highway and has landowners living in. Sincerely, Joani Dufourd, ORC Board Member 20923 SE King Hezekiah Way Bend, Oregon 97702 Exhibit M Page 3 of 3 OWV Trail Tips by USDA Forest Service! Page 1 of 3 TRADITIONAL MOUNTAINEERING *- www.TraditionaiMountaineering.org -and also www.AlpineMountaineering.org - FREE BASIC TO ADVANCED ALPINE MOUNTAIN CLIMBING INSTRUCTION*M Home I Information I Photos I Calendar I News I Seminars I Experiences I Questions I Updates I Books I Conditions I Links I Search iw Search this site! Read more: OHV "Tread Lightly" tip of the month, July 2004 Quoted from USDA Forest Service, Official Website Recreation Report for July 2004: "Tread Lightly Tip of the Month: The logo for Tread Lightly is a thumb print which stands for leaving a good impression. Unfortunately, too many riders have not been practicing this, and now one of our most popular trails at East Fort Rock, TR 55 to East Butte Lookout, has been closed until September 30 to protect the lookout and lookouts from the vandalism, belligerent behavior, vulgar language, irresponsible riding, drinking, and littering caused by riders who don't think or don't care. We are all ambassadors for our sport and the future of our sport depends on all of us. If riders want to party and be irresponsible, they are not welcome here. With everyone's help, maybe we can turn this attitude around and keep Central Oregon what it is, or was, a place to ride." htt p://www. fs. fed. ustr6/ce ntra to re go n/conditions/rec re po rt -o hv. shtm I For a depiction of the "shared use" attribute of our dedicated National Forest OHV Trail system go to the CENTRAL OREGON COMBINED OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLE OPERATIONS COHVOPS section of the USDA Forest Service website: W qb� http://www.traditionalmountaineering.org/News_OHV_TrailTips.htm —_ ________1_/_31/2005 Exhibit N Page 1 of 6 OHV Trail Tips by USDA Forest Service! http./iwviw.fs,fed, uslr6/centralor-ego Nrecreation./coh-vops/index-shtmi- low Read more ... O The Badlands Wilderness OHV use restricted in Upper Deschutes Resource Management Plan OHVs to be held to designated trails by USDA Forest Service' BLM posts Reward for information -on Juniper rustlers BLM weighing public input on management plan Oregon's. Badlands hit by old growth Juniper rustlers Photos Congressman Greg Walden to visit The Badlands Badlands Wilderness endorsed by COTA OpEd - Unregulated OHV use is being reviewed across the western states OHV use curtailed by new USFS policy decisions Sierra Club's Juniper Group supports Badlands VViderness OHV regulation discussed at BLM meeting in Bend. Oregon Op Ed - Badlands part of BLM's recreation_ management area UpEd_- We need the Badlands VUlderness OpEd_-_Off-roaders have no reason to fear Badlands Wilderness designation Speak for the Badlands at Town Hail Meeting Hiking poles are becoming essentialgear Vandals- destroy ancient pictographs in the Badlands Senator VkWen tests support _of Badlands Wilderness Badlands Wilderness endorsed by -Bend -City Commissioners The Badlands: proposed for Vvilderness status The Badlands, a brief history The_B3diands pictographs reported 75- ear ago Map of huge exclusive OHV areas adjoining the Badlands Page 2of3 hftp://www.traditionalmountaineering.org/News—OHV—TrailTips.htm 1/31/2005 Exhibit N Page 2 of 6 TRADITIONAL MOUNTAINEERING www.TraditionalMountaineering.org and also www.AlpineMountaineering.org FREE BASIC TO ADVANCED ALPINE MOUNTAIN CLIMBING INSTRUCTION INFORMATION FOR PROSPECTIVE SUBSCRIBERS AND GUESTS Background: TraditionalMountaineering is organized in Oregon, USA, to provide basic to advanced information and instruction about mountain climbing safety skills and gear, off trail hiking and light weight backpacking, illustrated through actual mountaineering adventures. 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Exhibit N Page 4 of 6 East Fort Rock OHV Trail System OREGON ATV Ben lZanger District M"A Deschutes National Forest FUNDS AT WORK 2005 Exhibit N Page 5 of 6 :1110MR.1012■ar: 7HV Trail Sv.R-tr-. From the Desk of Gladys I. Biglor 62139 Cody Rd Bend Or 97701 Phone: 541-382-0516 E-mail: biglor@oregmtrial.net ate: January 29, 2005 To: Deschutes County Board of Commissioners Attn: Badlands Testimony 1300 NW Wall St., Suite 200 Bend, OR 97701-1960 From: Jack Souhrada Gladys I. Biglor My husband and I concur with the County's recommended action regarding Wilderness designation status for the Badlands. *1 Currently, many types of people recreate in the Badlands. The Badland's geologic features draw individuals seeking a unique recreational experience. Nowhere else in Central Oregon can people find a similar small land base with the capacity to provide a multitude of recreational opportunities, yet still provide solitude so close to Bend. Wilderness status will prevent access for many individuals. Some prominent groups would like you to believe that the Badlands are imminently threatened by rampant illegal activities. Their recent publications would make an unsuspecting public fear that these activities; cutting of ancient junipers, defacing of rock features, archaeological looting, increased use, displaced wildlife, trampling of native vegetation and garbage dumping, are destroying the area. We know through firsthand experience that this is not true. Over many years, each time we geocache in the Badlands we have never witnessed illegal activities taking place, nor has the solitude we've sought been disturbed. We do know that illegal activates have taken place. Wilderness designation will not magically stop these activities however. It would take a 20 ft. tall barbed wire fence with armed guards posted every 50 feet to prevent the low life scum in society from perpetrating their evils everywhere, on everything, and to everybody. We believe that responsible recreational users in the Bad- lands like geocachers can help managers eliminate illegal activities through presence, coupled with surveillance and reporting. We do not agree totally with the County's specific recommendation and ask you to consider modifying any endorsement of "that portion of the current BLM HIS which further protects the resources by restricting ...uses except for permitted uses". *1 Geocachers have recreated in the Badlands since the activities inception in 2001— all while meeting BLM's Wilderness Study Area management objectives. Geocaching activities do not impair the suitability of the Badlands for preservation as future wilderness. Even so the BLM's preferred alternative in the Upper Deschutes Resource Management Plan bans geocaching from the Badlands. Members of the local geocaching community plan to file a formal protest. We believe the BLM based their decision on incomplete and faulty information. Our formal protest will show that to be true. For these reasons Jack and I ask you to not support Wilderness Designation status for the Badlands, and to modify your endorsement of the BLM FEIS. We ask you to recommend to the BLM that they reconsider their ban on geocaching in the Badlands WSA and additional listed areas within the Upper Deschutes Resource Management Plan. Sincerely, ;_1121� J0614� Jack Souhrada VC Gladys I. Biglor co I * County Memorandum January l2, 2005_fmm Joe Stutler, Deschutes Country Forester Exhibit O Page 1 of 7 Geocaching FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions About Geocaching Page 1 of 6 �MMIIRW,MhA g you are not logged in. [log in] Frequently Asked Questions About Geocaching If you don't find the answer you're looking for here, ask it in the forums! What is Geocaching? Geocaching is an entertaining adventure game for gps users. Participating in a cache hunt is a good way to take advantage of the ;° •' " wonderful features and capability p y of a gps unit. The basic idea is to have individuals and organizations set up caches all over the.worid and share the locations of these caches on the internet. GPS users can then use the location coordinates to find the caches. Once found, a Contact us cache may provide the visitor with a wide variety of rewards. All the visitor is asked to do is if they get something they should try to leave �r something for the cache. How do you pronounce Geocaching? '�'+� ■*` You pronounce it Geo -cashing, like cashing a check. Are there any other names for Geocaching? Z The GPS Stash Hunt, Global Positioning Stash hunt is interchangable. Geocaching has become the standard for the game, however. The word Geocaching broken out is GEO for geography, and CACHING cb* he for the process of hiding a cache. A cache in computer terms is Advertise information usually stored in memory to make it faster to retrieve, but with us the term is also used in hiking/camping as a hiding place for concealing and preserving provisions. So what's the big deal? You gave me the coordinates so I know where it is. Seems pretty easy. It is deceptively easy. It's one thing to see where an item is, it's a totally different story to actually get there. What is a GPS device? A GPS unit is a electronic device that can determine your approximate location (within around 6-20 feet) on the planet. Coordinates are normally given in Longitude and Latitude. You can use the unit to navigate from your current location to another location. Some units have their own maps, built-in electronic compasses, voice navigation, depending on the complexity of the device. You don't need to know all the technical mumbo jumbo about GPS units to play Geocaching. All you need to do is be able to enter what is http://www.geocaching.com/faq/ _ _1/_30/2005 Exhibit O Page 2 of 7 Geocaching FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions About Geocaching Page 2 of 6 called a "waypoint" where the geocache is hidden. We're working on a section to help you set up your own GPS unit to play. In the meantime, feel free to ask questions in our online forums . How do GPS devices work? If you're interested in finding more information about Global Positioning Systems, check out GPS: The New Navigation by PBS. They have an excellent Shockwave and/or web page that explains how GPS works! So if I have a GPS unit, someone can track where I am (and where I'm going)? No! GPS devices do not actually broadcast your location. The satellites using radio frequencies actually broadcast their own position. Your GPS unit takes that information to figure out where you are (triangulation). Unless you have a tracking system implanted by aliens, you should be safe from the satellites above. As an extra precaution, however, you can put aluminum foil on your head to deflect the "gamma" beams. Seriously, if you want to check out some neat technology that does do tracking (and uses GPS units), visit the SecuraTrak web site. They're designing systems to track Alzheimers patients, asset management, fleet management, etc. How much does a GPS unit cost, and where can I get one? GPS Units can range from $100 to $1000 depending on the kind of capabilities you are looking for. The author uses a Garmin eTrex , which runs for around $100, and can get you to within 20 feet of any geocache (depending on the location). The next step is one with a built-in electronic compass, has topographic maps, more memory, etc. For more information, check out our guide to purchasing_a. GPS unit -for Geocaching . You can usually find GPS units at any boat supply store, and some camping stores keep GPS units on hand. You can also purchase them online through Am_a_zon.com and camping supply companies. A good, basic GPS unit is the Garmin eTrex GPS, or Magellan GPS 315. How do I use a GPS unit for Geocaching? If you need to get a basic instruction on how to use a GPS unit, try the book GPS Made Easy : Using _Global Positioning Systems in the Outdoors . To play, you'll need to know how to enter waypoints into your GPS unit. We're currently working on instructions for each particular GPS http://www.geocaching.com/faq/ 1/30/2005 Exhibit O Page 3 of 7 Geocaching FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions About Geocaching Page 3 of 6 unit. In the meantime, your GPS should come with instructions on how to enter a waypoint. If you have any problems, try the online forums . There's always someone to help. What are the rules in Geocaching? Geocaching is a relatively new phenomenon. Therefore, the rules are very simple: 1. Take something from the cache 2. Leave something in the cache 3. Write about it in the logbook Where you place a cache is up to you. This is neat! How do I hide a cache? Click here to read a_brief tutorial on how to place your first, cache . What is usually in a cache? A cache can come in many forms but the first item should always be the logbook. In its simplest form a cache can be just a logbook and nothing else. The logbook contains information from the founder of the cache and notes from the cache's visitors. The logbook can contain much valuable, rewarding, and entertaining information. A logbook might contain information about nearby attractions, coordinates to other unpublished caches, and even jokes written by visitors. If you get some information from a logbook you should give some back. At the very least you can leave the date and time you visited the cache. Larger caches may consist of a waterproof plastic bucket placed tastefully within the local terrain. The bucket will contain the logbook and any number of more or less valuable items. These items turn the cache into a true treasure hunt. You never know what the founder or other visitors of the cache may have left there for you to enjoy. Remember, if you take something, its only fair for you to leave something in return. Items in a bucket cache could be: Maps, books, software, hardware, CD's, videos, pictures, money, jewelry, tickets, antiques, tools, games, etc. It is recommended that items in a bucket cache be individually packaged in a clear zipped plastic bag to protect them. What shouldn't be in a cache? Use your common sense in most cases. Explosives, ammo, knives, drugs, and alcohol shouldn't be placed in a cache. Respect the local laws. All ages of people hide and seek caches, so use some thought before placing an item into a cache. Food items are ALWAYS a BAD IDEA. Animals have better noses than http://www.geocaching.com/faq/ 1/30/2005 Exhibit O Page 4 of 7 Geocaching FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions About Geocaching Page 4 of 6 humans, and in some cases caches have been chewed through and destroyed because of food items in a cache. Please do not put food in a cache. Where are caches found? The location of a cache can be very entertaining indeed. As many say, location, location, location! The location of a cache demonstrates the founder's skill and possibly even daring. A cache located on the side of a rocky cliff accessible only by rock climbing equipment may be hard to find. An underwater cache may only be accessed by scuba. Other caches may require long difficult hiking, orienteering, and special equipment to get to. Caches may be located in cities both above and below ground, inside and outside buildings. The skillful placement of a small logbook in an urban environment may be quite challenging to find even with the accuracy of a gps. That little logbook may have a hundred dollar bill in it or a map to greater treasure. It could even contain clues or riddles to solve that may lead to other caches. Rich people could have fun with their money by making lucrative caches that could be better than winning the lottery when you find it. Just hope that the person that found the cache just before you left a real big prize! Can I move a cache once I find it? Unless there's a note in the cache containing instructions on moving it to a new location, don't move the cache! Responsible cache owners check on their caches occasionally and would be alarmed to find theirs missing. An alternative would be to have a hitchiker, which is an item that you can move from cache to cache. An example of this is a candle that has travelled from Australia to Arizona, and a Mr. Potato head that leaps from cache to cache. All you need to do to create a hitchiker is to attach a note to it for folks to move it to a new place. You can also purchase a Grou_ndspeak Travel Bug , which is a hitchiker you can track through this web site. Are there any variations in the game? YES! We strongly encourage it, actually. Geocaching is a game that constantly reinvents itself, and the rules are very flexible. If you have a new idea on how to place a cache, or a new game using GPS units, we'd love to hear about it. Some examples - Offset Caches - They're not found by simply going to some coordinates and finding a cache there. With the Offset Cache the published coordinates are that of an existing historical monument, plaque, or even a benchmark that you would like to have your cache hunter visit. From this site the cache hunter must look around and find offset numbers stamped/written in or http://www.geocaching.com/faq/ --1/30/2005------ Exhibit _1/30/2005_Exhibit O Page 5 of 7 Geocaching FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions About Geocaching Page 5 of 6 on some part of the marker site, or continue based on instructions posted to geocaching.com Multi -caches - The first cache gives coordinates (or partial coordinates) to the next location, or multiple caches have hints to the final cache. Virtual caches - A cache is actually an existing landmark, such as a tombstone or statue. You have to answer a question from the landmark and let the "cache" owner know as proof that you were there. How long do caches exist? It all depends on the location of the cache and its impact on the environment and the surrounding areas. Caches could be permanent, or temporary. It's up to the cache owner to periodically inspect the cache and the area to ensure that impact is minimal, if not nonexistant. When you find a cache, it's always a good idea to let the cache owner know the condition as well. Periodically, Geocaching.com will review each cache to ensure that everything is still current. We cannot guarantee that a cache will exist at any given time, but we'll do our best to ensure the list is as current as possible. If you do find that a cache is missing/defaced, please let the cache owner know as soon as possible! If I post a new cache, how long does it take to be listed on the web site? Because each cache is reviewed by a volunteer, it may take up to 2 days to have your cache posted to the web site. Usually it takes much much less time - but be patient! Someone will approve your cache shortly. It does take longer on the weekends since we receive a larger volume of caches during this time. Does Geocaching.com (or a volunteer) physically check the cache before approving it? We wish! We'd love to head out to all those countries and states to check on each and every cache to ensure that they are placed properly. Based on the growth of the sport, however, this would be impossible. If you're not sure about a cache, wait for someone else to check on it and report back to the site. Before a cache is posted, volunteers check the page for inaccuracies, bad coordinates, and appropriateness before posting the cache to the site. What do I do if I find out that a cache has gone missing? If you visit a cache location and the cache is missing, always make sure to log the cache as "not found" on the web site so the cache owner knows. If you notice that the logs show an unusual number of http://www.geocaching.com/faq/ 1/30/2005 Exhibit O Page 6 of 7 Geocaching FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions About Geocaching Page "not found" logs, please inform this web site so we can check on the cache page. The cache can be temporarily disabled so the cache owner can check in on it. Sometimes, though rarely, when the cache owner cannot be contacted we can either allow folks to adopt the cache or have the cache removed completely from the site. We rely a lot on the geocaching community to let us know the status of caches in their area. Do you have an FRS/PMR channel to find out if other Geocachers are in the area? Yes. The community has decided on channel 2 as the primary for both FRS and PMR, and 12 as the alternate FRS (Family Radio Service) channel and 8 for the alternate PMR (Europe). FRS and PMR radios are longer distance walkie talkies, like the Motorola Talkabout. [Main] [About Geocaching] [Hide a Cache][Seek a Cache][My Cache Page] [Links] [Discuss Geocaching] Copyright © 2000-2004 Groundspeak Inc. All Rights Reserved. Designated trademarks and brands are the property of their respective owners. Use of this Web site constitutes acceptance of the Groundspeak Terms of Use. Read our Geocaching Logo Usage Guidelines http://www.geocaching.com/faq/ 1/30/2005 --------- -- Exhibit O Page 7 of 7 Jan 31, 2005 Testimony regarding Badlands Wilderness Designation My husband and I are a trail riders and I am former amateur offroad motorcycle racer, who competed in various areas of the United States. We can understand the desire to take the family camping and share in the fun of trail riding. It is an opportunity to be outside, spend time with your family and perhaps teach children to be responsible for their vehicle and it's repair, teach them responsible driving and teach them about the natural area in which you are camping. The motorized trail rider doesn't mind a hiker along the way but the hiker minds the trail rider. The trail rider leaves a cloud of dust and noise in the face of the hiker. I have experienced this in the forest while hiking. Some motorcyclists were not following the road, riding through a stream, had very noisy vehicles and when they were following the road they were not on their side but all over the road. Not only did it make me angry it frightened me. Hiking and trail riding in the same area are not compatible uses. There are large areas to the east and south of the Badlands that provide adequate opportunity for trail riding. Some areas are special and should for the protected for wildlife, vegetation, and archaeological values. Some damage has occurred in the Badlands and this makes restoration and protection all the more critical. There have to be areas where society makes it difficult for people to reach in order to protect the land from dumpers and looters of juniper trees. The Badlands is such an area. I urge you to support the Badlands as a designated wilderness area. The future generations of Deschutes County will thank you for your forward looking vision and appreciate the chance to hike in a nearby natural area full of surprises and learning experiences. Thank you for your attention and willingness to listen, Judy Clinton Exhibit P Page 1 of 1 31 January 2005 Dear County Commissioners As one of Central Oregon's recognized bird experts and old-timers, I wish to emphasize the value of the Badlands to the birds and birders that use the area. I urge the commissioners to support Wilderness designation for the Badlands to help provide a stronghold for the species that depend on ancient juniper forest habitat, and provide a wild area where birders can get away from traffic and crowds to observe these birds. The proposed Badlands Wilderness Area provides critical habitat to more than 50 bird species, and more than 100 species have been observed in the proposed area. The cliffs along the Dry River Canyon provide nesting habitat for Golden Eagles, Prairie Falcons, Common Ravens, Violet -green Swallows, Canyon Wrens, and Rock Wrens. Vehicle traffic and easy access to the north rim of the canyon has a detrimental effect on these birds. The ancient juniper trees in the Badlands area provide numerous nest cavities that younger junipers in the region lack. These nest cavities, first constructed and inhabited by Northern Flickers, are subsequently used by small owls such as Western Screech Owls, Northern Pygmy -Owls, and Saw -whet Owls. They are also homes for Mountain Chickadees, Red -breasted Nuthatches, Ash -throated Flycathers, Mountain Bluebirds, and Tree Swallow. Other bird species nest in the dense foliage of the juniper, such as Gray Flycatcher, Pinyon Jay, Chipping Sparrow, Dark -eyed Junco, Brewer's Blackbird, Bushtit, and Black-thoated Gray Warbler. Some bird species survive harsh Central Oregon winters by eating juniper berries such as Mountain Bluebird, Townsend's Solitaire, American Robin, Cedar Waxwing, and Evening Grosbeak. Many species forage on the trees for insect food during migration such as Yellow- rumped, Orange -crowned, and Townsend's Warblers, Lazuli Buntings, Western Tanagers, and Bullock's Orioles. These and many other bird species can be found in the Badlands, and are highly sought after by birders from around the state and the nation. Protecting this area makes good economic sense as well as ecologic sense. Your endorsement of the Badlands as Wilderness will demonstrate that you are committed to represent the desires of a majority of Central Oregonians, and we and our children will thank you for it. Craig Miller M.D. Author of several desert species in Birds of Oregon, a General Reference Oregon Birds Records Committee member Tour leader for the American Birding Association held in Eugene in June, 2003. Resident of Bend since 1981. PO Box 6376 Bend, OR 97708 Exhibit Q Page 1 of 2 -o Pied -billed Grebe Great Blue Heron Turkey Vulture Canada Goose Green -winged Teal Mallard Cinnamon Teal Gadwall Bufflehead Hooded Merganser Ruddy Duck Osprey Northern Harrier Sharp -shinned Hawk Cooper's Hawk " Red-tailed Hawk Ferruginous Hawk Golden Eagle American Kestrel Prairie Falcon California Quail American Coot Black Tern Mourning Dove Western Screech -Owl Great Horned Owl Northern Pygmy Owl Common Nighthawk Black -chinned Hummingbird Calliope Hummingbird Rufous Hummingbird Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Western Wood -Pewee Gray Flycatcher Ash -throated Flycatcher Western Kingbird Tree Swallow Violet -green Swallow Cliff Swallow Barn Swallow Steller's Jay Pinyon Jay Black -billed Magpie BADLANDS BIRDS Status probable rare visitor Uncommon Visitor Common Visitor Uncommon Breeder probable uncommon visitor Uncommon Visitor probable uncommon visitor probable uncommon visitor probable uncommon visitor probable uncommon visitor probable uncommon visitor probable uncommon visitor probable uncommon visitor probable uncommon visitor probable uncommon visitor Common Resident Uncommon Visitor probable uncommon visitor Common Resident probable rare visitor Uncommon Breeder Common Resident Uncommon Migrant probable uncommon visitor Rare Visitor Common Resident probable rare resident probable common resident probable uncommon visitor Uncommon Breeder probable rare visitor probable rare visitor probable rare visitor probable uncommon visitor probable uncommon visitor Common Resident Uncommon Breeder Common Breeder Common Breeder probable uncommon visitor probable uncommon visitor probable uncommon visitor probable uncommon visitor Uncommon Breeder probable uncommon visitor Common Resident Common Resident Common Raven Mountain Chickadee Red -breasted Nuthatch Bushtit Rock Wren Golden -crowned Kinglet Ruby -crowned Kinglet Mountain Bluebird Townsend's Solitaire Hermit Thrush American Robin Sage Thrasher Cedar. Wa,xwing Loggerhead Shrike Cassin's Vireo Warbling Vireo European Starling Orange -crowned Warbler Nashville Warbler Yellow Warbler '. Yellow -tamped Warbler Black -throated Gray Warbler Townsend's Warbler Wilson's Warbler Western Tanager Black -headed Grosbeak Lazuli Bunting Spotted Towhee Chipping Sparrow Brewer's Sparrow Vesper Sparrow Lark Sparrow Sage Sparrow Song Sparrow Golden -crowned Sparrow White -crowned Sparrow Dark -eyed Junco Red -winged Blackbird Western Meadowlark Yellow -headed Blackbird Brewer's Blackbird Brown -headed Cowbird Bullock's Oriole Cassin's Finch House Finch Pine Siskin Evening Grosbeak Status Common Resident Common Resident probable uncommon resident Uncommon Resident Common Resident probable uncommon resident Common Migrant Common Resident Common Winter Resident probable uncommon migrant Common Resident Common Breeder probable uncommon visitor Uncommon Breeder probable uncommon migrant probable uncommon migrant Common Resident probable uncommon migrant probable uncommon migrant probable uncommon migrant Common Migrant probable uncommon migrant probable uncommon migrant probable common migrant probable common migrant probable uncommon migrant probable uncommon migrant probable uncommon breeder Common Breeder Common Breeder Common Breeder probable uncommon migrant Common Breeder probable uncommon resident probable uncommon migrant Common Migrant Common Resident Uncommon Breeder Common Resident Rare Migrant Common Resident Common Breeder probable common migrant probable uncommon migrant Common Resident Uncommon Resident uncommon visitor Exhibit Q Page 2 of 2 Tracy Bowerman 1502 NW Baltimore Ave. Bend, OR 97701 541-318-657.0 Dear Deschutes County Commissioners, I was born in Bend in 1976 and grew up exploring the wild outlying areas, both in the mountains and the desert. Over the past twenty years, I have seen tremendous growth in Bend, much of it unchecked. It breaks my heart to see the Deschutes River become crowded with houses, my favorite running and biking trails covered in asphalt and developments, the city limits sprawl. As the city continues to grow and our population swells, it will become ever more important to set aside areas that harbor native species, and where one can go to escape the city and find solitude. Natural areas and recreational opportunities are reasons people move to Bend; people come here for the outdoor lifestyle. We need to make sure that our rampant growth does not cancel out that lifestyle. We need to think ahead and ask ourselves what we want this incredible place to be like when our children and grandchildren grow up here. I want my generation and future generations to know the wild places that neighbor us—the forests, mountains, rivers and desert. We in Bend are fortunate to have Wilderness areas close by, but those are only in alpine and sub -alpine environments. This is our opportunity to be proactive, and protect a very special piece of desert, just out our back doors. Most of the conversation surrounding Badlands has dealt with human uses and wants. The hoary bats, prairie falcons, kangaroo rats, and horned lizards that live in the Badlands couldn't make it in to speak tonight, but their needs are no less critical. In the greater Millican Valley, we have lands dedicated to ORV use, mountain biking, people's homes and farms. Let's make sure we also set aside land where buckwheat and junipers can grow undisturbed, where golden eagles can nest, and where people might be lucky enough to see them. I am asking you to support the Oregon Natural Desert Association's proposal for Badlands Wilderness. The Badlands is a very special area that is home to many desert species, Native American pictographs, and is an outstanding place for primitive recreation such as hiking, camping, photography, horseback riding, hunting, and simply enjoying the desert. The areas included in ONDA's proposal adjacent to the BLM WSA offer no less outstanding opportunities and critical habitat, including nesting habitat for prairie falcons and golden eagles. Please make a stand to protect a piece of Central Oregon's desert. Sincerely, Tr!fyi$ov6Man�� 1/ Exhibit R Page 1 of 1 January 31, 2005 TO: The Deschutes County Commission FR: Robb Reavill 1468 NW Kingston Ave. Bend 97701 RE: Preserving the Badlands I urge you to preserve the Badlands by endorsing the plan to designate this area as Wilderness. , b 1. DdiRes of other parts of the desert are already available to motorized vehicles. 2 AThe Badlands has a unique ecology, including old-growth junipers that are becoming endangered by poaching, prairie falcon habitat, desert soils, Native American art, and native plants and animals that should not be disturbed. Let us save at least one small area in Central Oregon from destruction. C,,►� pci )Y o V_"!v" (J( r . 5 Exhibit S Page 1 of 1 _r November, 2004 Dear Deschutes Board of County Commissioners: Re: Badlands Wilderness Petition We, the undersigned Deschutes County residents, live adjacent to or in the vicinity of the proposed Badlands Wilderness and are respectfully requesting Deschutes County's formal support of designating the Badlands as Wilderness. In 1976, Congress directed BLM to inventory public lands in Oregon and the West. After a 15 - year public process, the Secretary of Interior recommended the 32,000 acre Badlands Wilderness Study Area for wilderness designation in 1991. In October 1992, President Bush Sr. recommended the Badlands as wilderness to Congress. Since then, no congressional action to designate the Badlands Wilderness has occurred. Once designated wilderness by Congress, there would be no changes to existing grazing practices by ranchers, including fence repair, hauling water or gathering cattle. The only substantive change from how the area is currently managed is a permanent ban of motorized vehicles, except for grazing permittees, persons with inholdings and officials for emergency use, such as fire control. That said, it should be noted that BLM is proposing to ban motor vehicles from the Badlands WSA upon adoption of its Upper Deschutes resource management plan later this year. Since President Bush's recommendation to Congress, we have seen a continued decline in wilderness values of the Badlands due to incompatible, and sometimes illegal activities. Property owners bordering the Badlands are experiencing destructive activities, such as fence cutting and vandalized gates by vehicle users entering and exiting the Badlands. Moreover, Badlands is threatened by on-going cutting of ancient juniper trees, removal of lava rock formations, dumping garbage, squatting, stripping of stolen vehicles, cross-country vehicle use by dirt bikes and ATVs, partying, trespassing onto private property, livestock harassment and wildlife poaching. All these activities are exacerbated by motor vehicle use into the Badlands. Hikers, horseback riders and other recreation users are disturbed with loss of solitude caused by motor vehicles, while wildlife, such as elk and deer, are likewise affected. It is expected that, with formal wilderness protection by Congress, BLM will have greater success in securing funds to increase monitoring and enforcement. Thank you again for your consideration. 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N H c £ V ` a 1 N 3 vC 1 Ln Cd CIA a� a V W 0 a 74 c i h--1 W H F � nW b � N U N y N NEWS RELEASE Bend, Oregon Deschutes County 1300 NW Wall Street, Ste. 200 Bend, OR 97701-1960 Phone (541) 388-6570 - Fax (541) 385-3202 - www.deschutes.orc CONTACT: Joe Studer, 322-7117 January 20, 2005 Commissioners to Hear Testimony on Badlands Area Uses Hearing to Be Held January 31 The Deschutes County Board of Commissioners will hear testimony from the public regarding proposals for the utilization of the Badlands area on Monday, January 31 at 5:30 p.m. The public hearing will take place in the Commissioner's Hearing Room, located on the first floor of the Deschutes Services Center, 1300 NW Wall Street (the corner of Wall Street and Lafayette Avenue near the Parkway). Attendees should enter through the County's main entrance on the west side of the building. The proposed Badlands Wilderness Area is located approximately 20 miles east of Bend and is currently public land, managed by the Deschutes Resource Area of the Prineville Bureau of Land Management (BLM) District. The area features unique geological rock formations, pictographs and areas of ancient, old-growth juniper — some of the oldest in the state. The Badlands has traditionally been used by off- road vehicle recreationists, hunters and rock hounds, and is also utilized for livestock grazing. After hearing public testimony on January 31, the Board of County Commissioners will consider recommendation options from the following Badlands area uses: 1. Take no action on the proposed Badlands wilderness area designation; 2. Support the BLM wilderness report which proposes declaring 32,030 Badlands acres as a wilderness area; 3. Support the Oregon Natural Desert Association's (ONDA) proposal to declare over 39,000 Badlands acres as wilderness; 4. Support a non -wilderness designation for the Badlands area; or 5. Support BLM's current environmental impact statement designating the area as "roadless," prohibiting the use of all motorized vehicles within the area. Exhibit U Page 1 of 2 Page -2- Public testimony taken at the hearing will follow an orderly process. Depending on the number of people who wish to testify, speakers are urged to limit their testimony to 3 to 5 minutes each so that everyone will have a chance to speak. Citizens will be called in the order in which they have signed the testimony sign -in sheets. Lengthy presentations and time consuming visual aids are discouraged. If you are providing handouts as part of your testimony, or if you wish to provide written testimony only, please provide at least ten copies — for the Commissioners, the Recording Secretary and any media representatives attending the hearing. Citizens are encouraged to submit written testimony in lieu of speaking at the hearing, or if they are unable to attend. All verbal and written testimony provided will become part of the official record on this issue. Citizens should submit documents to the Commissioners at: Deschutes County Board of Commissioners Attn: Badlands Testimony 1300 NW Wall St., Suite 200 Bend, OR 97701-1960 Via fax: (541) 385-3202 Via e-mail: bonnieb@co.deschutes.or.us For more information regarding this hearing, please call (541) 388-6572. Deschutes County conducts meetings in locations that are wheelchair accessible. Deschutes County also provides reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities. For persons who are deaf or who have hearing or speech impairments, dial 7-1-1 to access the State transfer relay services for TTY. At meetings of the Board of County Commissioners, the County will provide an interpreter for hearing impaired persons who make their request at least 48 hours' notice. Written information can be made available in large print or in audio format; to request these services, please call (541) 388-6571. Exhibit U Page 2 of 2 Deschutes County Board of Commissioners 1300 NW Wall St., Suite 200, OR 97701-1960 (541) 388-6570 - Fax (541) 385-3202 - www.deschutes.ory, AGENDA PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED USES OF THE BADLANDS AREA MONDAY, JANUARY 31, 2005 5:30 p.m. 1. Overview of the Proposed Badlands Wilderness Area Designation —Robert Towne, Manager, Deschutes Resources Area, Bureau of Land Management 2. Staff Report on the Board of Commissioners' Possible Decision Options regarding the Proposal — Joe Studer, Deschutes County Forestry Specialist 3. Public Input This is the time provided for individuals wishing to address the Board regarding this issue. Visitors who wish to speak should complete the information requested on the sign-up sheets provided. The Board Chair will call individuals to speak in the order they have signed in. When you are called to speak, please use the microphone and clearly state your name. If numerous people have signed up, speakers are urged to limit their testimony to 3 to 5 minutes each so that others will have an opportunity to voice their opinions. The use of time-consuming visual aids and lengthy presentations are discouraged. If your statement is similar to testimony previously given, it would be helpful to introduce yourself and merely state that you concur with that person's testimony. If you are providing handouts as part of your testimony, or if you wish to provide written testimony only, please provide at least ten copies — for the Commissioners, the Recording Secretary and media representatives. (If you only have one copy, it should go to the Recording Secretary.) All verbal and written testimony, as well as written testimony previously provided to the Commissioners, will become part of the official County record on this issue. All written testimony and handouts submitted prior to or at the hearing will be posted to the Board of Commissioners' web page on the County's website (www.deschutes.org), along with the minutes of the public hearing, no later than February 16. Exhibit V Page 1 of 1 Notes regarding Public Input on the Proposed Badlands Wilderness Designation There are two spreadsheets tallying citizen input received at the Commissioners' Office — one is input received prior to the deadline announced by the Commissioners (February 11 at 5:00 p.m.); the other, short list is input received after the deadline and before the list was finalized (February 15). Anything received after February 15 will be forwarded to the Bureau of Land Management in Prineville. Because of the complicated nature of the issue, the input was designated as either "pro" or "against" the proposed Badlands wilderness designation. Please note that every effort was made to interpret the sender's opinion. A few letters, e-mails, faxes and voicemail messages were lengthy or unclear as to where the sender stood on the issue, or the sender indicated support or opposition with various conditions that made their opinion hard to interpret. If a sender's stance on this issue inadvertently ended up in the wrong column, we apologize. The letters, e-mails, faxes, voicemails and verbal comments shown on the lists are those that were provided to the Board's staff so that we could log them in. Verbal testimony provided at the January 31 hearing is also included. If someone indicated he or she was representing a group of people, since there is no way to verify that information, only the stance of the person testifying at the hearing is listed. If someone sent a fax and an e-mail, their comments were only counted once. If more than one person submitted comments on the same fax, letter or e-mail — for instance, married persons — they are listed separately. Only Commissioner DeWolf forwarded e-mails and voicemails that came directly to him on this issue to staff, and he started forwarding them only after the public hearing on January 31. The other Commissioners did not forward calls or e-mails to staff, some of these comments might have also been given to Commissioner DeWolf, but others may not have. Therefore, if a caller or sender contacted only Commissioner Luke or Commissioner Daly, those comments might not be included on the tally sheet. Simply stated, the tally of the citizen input received at the Commissioners' office shows a total of 1,032 in favor of the proposed Badlands wilderness designation, and 225 against. Please note that the minutes of the public hearing have been posted to the County website without the numerous exhibits attached (items given to the recording secretary at the public hearing on January 31). The exhibits have been scanned separately and in batches because of the size of some of the documents. The exhibits are listed at the end of the minutes so those people who want to view the exhibits will be able to look at only those that interest them. The letters, faxes and e-mails listed on the tally sheets are available for viewing at the Commissioners' office, along with a copy of the minutes should anyone have a problem opening the minutes or exhibits on his or her computer. Copies of all of the input, as well as a copy of the tally sheets, minutes and exhibits, have been forwarded to the Bureau of Land Management Office in Prineville. Copies of the tally sheets and minutes have been provided to the staffs of Senators Smith and Wyden and Congressman Walden. At this point they have indicated they do not require copies of the letters and e-mails. The Commissioners are reviewing the vast amount of information on this issue, and plan to announce their opinion sometime mid-March. The exact date has not been set, but it will likely be at a regularly scheduled Board meeting. Please watch for this as an agenda item on the Board's calendar on the County website, www.deschutes.org/commissioners/calendar. If you have questions, please contact the Board's staff at 388-6570, or via e-mail at bonniebeco.deschutes.or.us. Thank you. Badlands Wilderness_ Desienation Proposal Documents Received 2/16/2005 Page 1 of 37 Date of Type of Stance on Wilderness Designation Last Name First Name From Contact Contact Pro Against Notes Abel Kevin Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Abrams Lara San Francisco, ca 1/28/05 fax letter x Ackley Sandra Bend 2/7/05 fax letter x Adams Amber Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Adams Irene Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Adams Laurie Bend 2/10/05 fax letter x Adams Paige Bend 1/30/05 e-mail x Adams Rod Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Adams Ross Bend 2/3/05 fax letter x Addington Greg Salem 11/8/04 fax letter x Oregon Farm Bureau Federation with 45,000 members Allen Janice Bend 1/31/05 fax letter x Ammelrooy B. Redmond 2/5/05 e-mail x Anderson Clinton Bend 2/7/05 e-mail x Anderson Jim Sisters 2/11/05 letter x Anderson Joann Bend 1/25/05 fax letter x Anderson John Bend 2/1/05 letter x Anderson Kellie Bend 2/7/05 e-mail x Anderson Kriss North Bend 1/31/05 letter x Anderson Noel Bend 1/31/05 fax letter x Anderson Robert Redmond 1/31/05 fax letter x Anderson Ron Bend 2/7/05 fax letter x Anderson Shelby Bend 2/7/05 e-mail x Angotti April Bend 2/10/05 fax letter x Angotti Richard Bend 2/10/05 fax letter x Anslinger Daniel Bend 2/10/05 fax letter x Applebee Cal CRR 2/10/05 e-mail x Arbetter Jason Bend 2/9/05 fax letter x Archey Sheri Salem 1/25/05 fax letter x Armstrong Cheryl Bend 2/10/05 fax letter x Armstrong Glenn Bend 2/10/05 fax letter x Armstrong Leanne Bend 2/10/05 fax letter x Artley Dick Grangeville, ID 1/24/05 fax letter x Asher Carolene Prineville 2/11/05 fax letter x 2/16/2005 Page 1 of 37 Badlands Wilderness Desilznation Proposal Documents Received 2/16/2005 Page 2 of 37 Date of Type of Stance on Wilderness Desienation Last Name First Name From Contact Contact Pro Against Notes Atkins Thomas Bend 2/10/05 e-mail x AuCoin Susan Ashland 1/29/05 fax letter x Austin Elaine Bend 11/1/04 fax letter x Austin Jon Bend 11/1/04 fax letter x Austin Ned Bend 1/28/05 fax letter x Auxier Donna Bend 2/10/05 e-mail x Auxier Janice Bend 2/10/05 e-mail x Aydelott Steve Bend 1/26/05 fax letter x Ayer Elizabeth Bend 1/26/05 e-mail x Ayers Tess Terrebonne 2/11/05 fax letter x Aylor Jerry Bend 1/28/05 fax letter x Aylor Linda Bend 1/28/05 fax letter x Bahr Jacqueline Florence 1/29/05 fax letter x Bahr Tracy Bend 1/31/05 fax letter x Baker Bonnie Bend 2/1/05 in person x Baker Gordon Bend 2/1/05 letter x Baker John Bend 2/7/05 fax letter x Baker Nancy Bend 2/7/05 fax letter x Banks Henry Redmond 2/5/05 e-mail x Banks Ruth Redmond 1/24/05 fax letter x Barger John Bend 1/30/05 fax letter x Barker Art Sisters 1/31/05 fax letter x Barker Diana Redmond 2/7/05 fax letter x Barker Susan Sisters 1/31/05 fax letter x Barlow Jeff Bend 1/22/05 e-mail x Barnes Donna Sunriver 2/10/05 e-mail x Baron Roger Bend 2/1/05 fax letter x Barry Brian Bend 1/31/05 fax letter x Bartel Frederick Bend 2/9/05 fax letter x Bartel Merrilee Bend 2/7/05 fax letter x Bartol Geoffrey Bend 1/30/05 fax letter x Barton Donna Bend 1/27/05 e-mail x Bastian Theresa Bend 2/9/05 e-mail x Bauhofer Donald Bend 1/31/05 letter x 2/16/2005 Page 2 of 37 Badlands Wilderness Designation Proposal Documents Received 2/16/2005 Page 3 of 37 Date of Type of Stance on Wilderness Desienation Last Name First Name From Contact Contact Pro Against Notes Baustian Lynn Aurora 1/31/05 e-mail x Baxter J. Bend 1/30/05 e-mail x Beam Judy Bend 2/10/05 e-mail x Beardsley Kate Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Becker Mary Bend 2/5/05 fax letter x Benavides Maria Bend 2/11/05 letter x Bennett Julie Bend 1/31/05 e-mail x Bennett Logan Bend 1/31/05 e-mail x Bernert Dianne Bend 2/9/05 fax letter x Berreen John Bend 2/9/05 fax letter x Berrigan Mary Bend 1/26/05 e-mail x Beuschlein Carl Bend 1/22/05 fax letter x Beuschlein Marti Bend 1/22/05 fax letter x Beyerinck Lauren Bend 1/26/05 fax letter x Beyerinck Ron Bend 1/26/05 fax letter x Biely Jill Bend 2/5/05 letter x Biglor Gladys Bend 1/29/05 letter x Bischoff Zane Bend 1/26/05 fax letter x Bish Karen Bend 2/11/05 e-mail x Blackhorse Mariah Bend 1/31/05 fax letter x Blumm Michael Bend 1/25/05 e-mail x Bodden William Redmond 1/25/05 e-mail x Bogie Lyn Bend 1/22/05 fax letter x Bolinger Dean Bend 2/9/05 fax letter x Bolinger Kate Bend 2/9/05 fax letter x Bomarito Marcie Bend 2/1/05 fax letter x Bonacker Susan Bend 1/29/05 fax letter x Bond Al Prineville 2/11/05 fax letter x Bond Ann Bend 1/28/05 fax letter x Bond Karola Prineville 2/11/05 fax letter x Bond Kendra Prineville 2/11/05 fax letter x Bond Michael Bend 1/28/05 fax letter x BOnotto Linda Bend 1/31/05 fax letter x Boone Peggy La Pine 2/11/05 1 fax letter x 2/16/2005 Page 3 of 37 Badlands Wilderness Desienation Proposal Documents Received 2/16/2005 Page 4 of 37 Date of Type of Stance on Wilderness Designation Last Name First Name From Contact Contact Pro Against Notes Booser Joanna Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Borlen Bob Bend 1/31/05 letter x Borne Jeff Bend 1/31/05 fax letter x Borne Lucy Bend 1/31/05 fax letter x Borne Parker Bend 1/31/05 fax letter x Bosy Barbara Bend 2/8/05 e-mail x Bowerman Jay Sunriver 2/3/05 fax letter x Bowerman Teresa Sunriver 2/3/05 fax letter x Bowerman Tracy Bend 1/31/05 letter x Bowers James Bend 2/10/05 fax letter x Bowers Janie Bend 2/10/05 fax letter x Bowler Scott Portland 2/5/05 fax letter x Boydston Jim Bend 2/9/05 fax letter x Bradfield Carole Bend 1/31/05 fax letter x Bradford Janice Bend 1/30/05 fax letter x Bradford Mike Bend 1/30/05 fax letter x Brandt Aaron Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Braun Elizabeth Bend 11/1/04 fax letter x Brennan Drew Bend 1/27/05 fax letter x Brenner Angela Vincennes, IN 1/25/05 fax letter x Bred Frank Bend 1/31/05 fax letter x Bridges Nick Redmond 2/10/05 fax letter x Brisbois Budi Bend 1/31/05 e-mail x Broad Tom Bend 1/31/05 voicemail x Brochetti Lou Bend 2/7/05 voicemail x Brommer James Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Brommer Penny Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Brown Adrienne Bend 1/28/05 e-mail x Brown Barret Portland 1/27/05 e-mail x Brown Diana Bend 2/1/05 fax letter x Brown Eve Bend 2/9/05 phone call x Brown Robert Bend 2/9/05 phone call x Brown Saundy Redmond 2/7/05 fax letter x Brown Verdene Redmond 2/7/05 fax letter x 2/16/2005 Page 4 of 37 Badlands Wilderness Designation Proposal Documents Received 2/16/2005 Page 5 of 37 Date of Type of Stance on Wilderness Desienation Last Name First Name From Contact Contact Pro Against Notes Broxson Greg Sunriver 2/10/05 phone call x Bruskiewicz Mark Bend 1/30/05 fax letter x Bubala Lou Reno, NV 1/25/05 fax letter x Bucciarelli James Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Buckendahl Dana Bend 2/7/05 fax letter x Buckingham Brian Redmond 2/11/05 fax letter x Bueker David Bend 1/31/05 fax letter x Bueker Greg Bend 1/31/05 fax letter x Bullock Jim Bend 1/26/05 e-mail x Burch David South Bend 1/25/05 fax letter x Burke Greg Bend 1/27/05 e-mail x Burns Derek Bend 2/8/05 fax letter x Burri Michael La Pine 2/2/05 fax letter x Burt Larry Bend 1/28/05 fax letter x Burwell Bill Bend 1/28/05 fax letter x Burwell Henry Bend 2/5/05 letter x Byrum Mike Redmond 2/9/05 fax letter x Caba Maurice Sunriver 2/11/05 fax letter x Cable Thomas Eugene 1/27/05 fax letter x Cadez Gary Bend 2/11/05 e-mail x Cahall Richard Bend 2/8/05 fax letter x Cain John Bend 2/10/05 letter x Calomeni James Bend 2/9/05 fax letter x Camarata Jer Bend 2/10/05 fax letter x Campbell Carolyn Bend 1/25/05 e-mail x Campbell Gracie Portland 2/11/05 fax letter x Canfield Gae San Rafael, CA 1/24/05 fax letter x Cantrell Judy Bend 2/10/05 letter x Cantrell Marion Bend 2/10/05 letter x Cantrell Morgan Bend 2/10/05 letter x Capell Jeanni Bend 2/1/05 fax letter x Capell Mark Bend 2/1/05 fax letter x Capizzi E. Philomath 1/25/05 fax letter x Capps IMark Bend 2/9/05 e-mail x 2/16/2005 Page 5 of 37 Badlands Wilderness Designation Proposal Documents Received 2/16/2005 Page 6 of 37 Date of Type of Stance on Wilderness Desienation Last Name First Name From Contact Contact Pro Against Notes Car Nation Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x 85 signatures on letters Carlile Rod Bend 1/29/05 e-mail x Carlsmith Robert Sisters 1/31/05 fax letter x Carlson Richard Bend 1/31/05 testimony x Carnahan Jim Bend 2/9/05 e-mail x Carpenter Scott Portland 1/27/05 fax letter x Carroll Linn Bend 2/4/05 voicemail x Case Kay Bend 2/9/05 fax letter x Castano Robyn Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Castenholz Reave Bend 2/9/05 fax letter x Cavanaugh Susan Bend 1/30/05 fax letter x Chalfant Brad Bend 2/4/05 letter x Chambers Christine Bend 2/8/05 fax letter x Chambers Joanne Bend 1/31/05 e-mail x Chambers Kelly Bend 2/8/05 fax letter x Chambers Kelsey Bend 2/8/05 fax letter x Chambers Kyle Bend 2/8/05 fax letter x Chambers Tom Lemoore, CA 1/30/05 fax letter x Chang Phil Bend 1/27/05 fax letter x Chase Alvin Sisters 1/26/05 e-mail x Chase Beverly Bend 2/9/05 fax letter x Childress Shauna Bend 1/31/05 fax letter x Chisholm Mary Ann Sunriver 1/30/05 fax letter x Chladek Gabe Sisters 2/4/05 fax letter x Christenson Russ Bend 1/31/05 fax letter x Christoferson Kent Eugene 1/25/05 fax letter x Church Martha Bend 2/5/05 letter x Claflin Pamela Bend 1/24/05 fax letter x Clark Dick Bend 1/22/05 fax letter x Clark Harriet Bend 2/1/05 fax letter x Clark Kathleen Redmond 2/5/05 fax letter x Clark Laura Bend 2/9/05 fax letter x Clark Megan lBend 1 2/9/05 fax letter x 2/16/2005 Page 6 of 37 Badlands Wilderness Designation Proposal Documents Received 2/16/2005 Page 7 of 37 Date of Type of Stance on Wilderness Desienation Last Name First Name From Contact Contact Pro Against Notes Clarke Ruth Bend 2/7/05 e-mail x ClarnO Raymond Redmond 2/8/05 letter x Clayton Aspen Bend 1/23/05 fax letter x Clement Mark Terrebonne 2/11/05 e-mail x Clements Barton Bend 1/29/05 fax letter x Clinton Judy Bend 1/31/05 letter x Clothier Debbie Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Clothier Rick Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Clouse Tom Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Clover Rebecca Redmond 1/27/05 e-mail x Conner David Bend 2/10/05 e-mail x Conner Nancy Bend 2/8/05 letter x Conner Patrick Bend 1/31/05 letter x Connors Molly Bend 10/26/04 fax letter x Cook Becky La Pine 2/9/05 fax letter x Cook Sarah Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Cook Sherry La Pine 2/10/05 fax letter x Cook Tad La Pine 2/10/05 fax letter x Cook Travis La Pine 2/11/05 fax letter x Cooper Scott Bend 1/31/05 testimony x Corbat Richard Redmond 2/11/05 fax letter x Cornforth Rachel Lake Oswego 1/30/05 fax letter x Costello Lisa Bend 2/8/05 fax letter x Cotter Scott Redmond 1/28/05 fax letter x Cowan William Bend 2/10/05 letter x Cox Gregory Bend 2/9/05 fax letter x Craig Aaron Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Craig Bruce Portland 1/27/05 fax letter x Craig Judy Bend 2/9/05 fax letter x Crosby Andy Bend 2/9/05 letter x Crosby Susan Bend 2/7/05 letter x Cross Jacob Bend 1/28/05 fax letter x Croxford Michael Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Cruzen I Kali Bend 2/7/05 fax letter x 2/16/2005 Page 7 of 37 Badlands Wilderness_Deshmation Proposal Documents Received 2/16/2005 Page 8 of 37 Date of Type of Stance on Wilderness Desienation Last Name First Name From Contact Contact Pro Against Notes Culver David Bend 2/10/05 e-mail x Cumbie Terri Bend 1/30/05 fax letter x Currie Robert Bend 2/6/05 e-mail x Curzen Trudi Bend 2/7/05 fax letter x Cutter Lisa Bend 2/9/05 fax letter x Cutter Matt Bend 2/9/05 fax letter x Cyrus Matt Bend 2/11/05 fax letter Rep. Deschutes Co. Farm Bureau - no membership count listed Daily Bill Bend 1/20/05 e-mail x Dairy Joseph Bend 2/10/05 e-mail x Dalsass Joanne Bend 1/27/05 fax letter x Danforth Luann Bend 2/11/05 e-mail x Danforth Wayne Bend 2/11/05 e-mail x Daniel Jason Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Daniels Karen Bend 1/31/05 fax letter x Dardis Greg Portland 1/24/05 fax letter x Davidson Marion Bend 1/28/05 fax letter x Davis Cari Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Davis Grier Bend 2/9/05 fax letter x Davis Jim Bend 1/31/05 fax letter x Davis Kim Bend 1/30/05 fax letter x Davis Ryan Bend 1/30/05 fax letter x Day Matt Bend 1/28/05 voicemail x De Clerck Cecilia Powell Butte 2/11/05 phone call x De Clerck Gertrude Bend 2/11/05 phone call x De Clerck Greg Powell Butte 2/11/05 phone call x De Clerck Matt Bend 2/11/05 letter x Deacon Bend 2/5/05 e-mail x Deardorff Dalvan Bend 2/10/05 e-mail x Deeth David Bend 2/9/05 fax letter x DeFazio Susanna Walton 1/25/05 fax letter x Delmonico Carol Bend 2/8/05 e-mail x Delp James Bend 1/31/05 letter x 2/16/2005 Page 8 of 37 Badlands Wilderness Designation Proposal Documents Received 2/16/2005 Page 9 of 37 Date of Type of Stance on Wilderness Designation Last Name First Name From Contact Contact Pro Against Notes Demmer Gay Redmond 1/30/05 fax letter x Demmer Rick Bend 1/30/05 fax letter x Demmy Stuart Bend 1/28/05 fax letter x Dempsey Patty Bend 2/11/05 e-mail x Denton Preston Bend 2/9/05 fax letter x Denzler Eric Bend 1/27/05 fax letter x Dersch Barbara Bend 1/28/05 fax letter x Dewey Dave Bend 2/11/05 e-mail x Dewey David Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Dewey Joanne Bend 2/11/05 e-mail x Dewey Paul Bend 2/7/05 fax letter x Sisters Forest Planning Comm. - 80 members Dice Loye Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Dice Sara Bend 2/9/05 fax letter x Die enheim p Joanne J B Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Dieter Michelle Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Dilley Marylee Sisters 1/27/05 fax letter x Dillingham Colleen Bend 2/9/05 phone call x Dillingham James Bend 2/9/05 phone call x Dillingham Sterling Bend 2/9/05 phone call x Dilworth Christine Bend 2/2/05 fax letter x Dobbs Dean Bend 2/3/05 e-mail x Dobkin David Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Donoho G & G Redmond 1/22/05 fax letter x Dorsey R. Stephen Eugene 1/24/05 fax letter x Dougherty Jill Bend 1/30/05 e-mail x Douglas Georgia Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Dove Jenny Bend 1/31/05 fax letter x Downhill Owen Roseburg 1/31/05 letter x Downs Chuck Bend 2/9/05 fax letter x Downs Sam San Jose, CA 1/24/05 fax letter x Drake Laura Sisters 2/8/05 letter x (Drake Mona Bend 1/31/05 e-mail x Drake IRandy I Bend 1/31/05 e-mail x 2/16/2005 Page 9 of 37 Badlands Wilderness Designation Proposal Documents Received 2/16/2005 Page 10 of 37 Date of Type of Stance on Wilderness Desianation Last Name First Name From Contact Contact Pro Against Notes Drayer Jean Bend 2/10/05 fax letter x Duberow Barry Bend 1/31/05 letter X Duff Bob Redmond 1/28/05 fax letter x Dufourd Dick Bend 1/28/05 fax letter X Dufourd Joani Bend 8/23/00 letter x Duncan Patricia Redmond 2/7/05 fax letter X Dunn Heidi Bend 1/11/05 fax letter x Dunn Mary Bend 1/31/05 fax letter X Dutoit Sabine 1/31/05 e-mail x Earhardt Tom Redmond 2/11/05 phone call x Eberle Craig Bend 1/30/05 fax letter x Eccleston Duncan Fort Collins, CO 2/4/05 fax letter x Edgerton Paul Sisters 2/10/05 letter x Edgerton Sue Sisters 2/10/05 letter x Edwards Donal Lake Oswego 2/9/05 fax letter X Egan Veronica Durango, CO 2/11/05 fax letter X Great Old Broads for Wilderness Egerston Amanda Bend 1/28/05 fax letter X Egerston Chris Bend 1/25/05 fax letter x Egerston Randall Sunriver 1/31/05 fax letter x Ehle Dave Bend 1/28/05 fax letter X Ehli Kim Albany 2/11/05 fax letter x Ekblaw Dan Bend 2/7/05 e-mail x Elliot Michael Bend 1/30/05 fax letter x Ellis Ann Bend 2/9/05 fax letter x Elrod Jan Bend 2/10/05 phone call x Elwood Carol Bend 1/31/05 e-mail x Emerson Philip Bend 1/31/05 testimony x Emmert George Bend 1/22/05 fax letter x Engeman David Bend 2/9/05 fax letter x Engeman Karen Bend 2/10/05 fax letter x Englund Mark Terrebonne 1/31/05 testimony x Engstrom Adam Bend 2/11/05 e-mail x Engstrom Heidi Bend 2/11/05 e-mail X Engstrom Jeani jBend 2/11/05 e-mail x 2/16/2005 Page 10 of 37 Badlands Wilderness Designation Proposal Documents Received 2/16/2005 Page 11 of 37 Date of Type of Stance on Wilderness Desi nation Last Name First Name From Contact Contact Pro Against Notes Engstrom Paul Bend 2/11/05 e-mail x Epstein Jordan Portland 1/27/05 fax letter x Ertz Caroline Bend 2/11/05 phone call x Ertz Frank Bend 2/11/05 phone call x Ertz Gertha Bend 2/11/05 phone call x Ertz Gregory Bend 2/11/05 phone call x Eshoff Alice Frenchglen 1/31/05 testimony x Estep Kimberly Bend 1/31/05 testimony x Estes Gary Bend 1/28/05 fax letter x Estes Gayle Bend 1/31/05 fax letter x Evans Brad Bend 1/31/05 fax letter x Evans Shirlee Redmond 2/5/05 fax letter x Everston Sherry La Pine 2/11/05 fax letter x Fagen Nik Bend 2/10/05 e-mail x Fagen-Wirges Susie Bend 1/26/05 e-mail x Falcioni Pamela Bend 1/30/05 e-mail x Farnham Ev Redmond 2/5/05 fax letter x Farrow Bill Bend 1/26/05 fax letter x Fava Lena Bend 1/28/05 fax letter x Fava Linda Bend 1/28/05 fax letter x Fellner Marianne Bend 1/30/05 fax letter x Fenty Brent Anchorage, AK 1/22/05 e-mail x Fernald Richard Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Ferris Cindy Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Ferro Paul Bend 11/12/04 fax letter x Ferry Bill Sunriver 2/10/05 fax letter x Fevergeon Bonnie Bend 2/11/05 e-mail x Fevergeon Darrell Bend 2/11/05 e-mail x Fields Suz Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Fisher Cheryl Milwaukee 2/9/05 fax letter x Fisher Dennis Roseburg 1/25/05 fax letter x Fisher Robert Bend 2/8/05 voicemail x Flaherty Gary Bend 2/5/05 fax letter x Flannery Joseph IBend 2/7/05 fax letter x 2/16/2005 Page 11 of 37 Badlands Wilderness Designation Proposal Documents Received 2/16/2005 Page 12 of 37 Date of Type of Stance on Wilderness Designation Last Name First Name From Contact Contact Pro Against Notes Fleck Jason Bend 2/7/05 fax letter x Flint Russell Redmond 2/10/05 voicemail x Foley James La Pine 1/31/05 testimony x Forsyth Dorothy Bend 1/28/05 fax letter x Fowles Gary Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Fox Jean Bend 2/11/05 voicemail x Frank Andy Portland 1/27/05 fax letter x Franzini Daisy Portland 1/24/05 fax letter x Freedman Todd Bend 2/1/05 e-mail x Freimark Robert 1/28/05 e-mail x The Wilderness Society, 353 local members & approx. 200,000 U.S. members Freisella Michele Bend 1/31/05 fax letter x French Rebecca Sisters 2/10/05 e-mail x Freshwater Scott Sunriver 2/11/05 fax letter x Frewing Alice Bend 2/10/05 e-mail x Frewing Robert Bend 2/10/05 e-mail x Friedlander William Bend 2/11/05 e-mail x Friedman Bill Bend 1/31/05 letter x Friedman Katlin Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Fullbright Virgil Bend 2/7/05 phone call x Funai Arnold Sisters 1/22/05 e-mail x Funai Norma Sisters 1/22/05 e-mail x Funke Michael Bend 2/8/05 e-mail x Gardner Chris Bend 1/31/05 fax letter x Gardner William Portland 11/28/04 fax letter x Garley Kristin Bend 11/29/04 fax letter x Garrett Dr. Stu Bend 11/8/04 testimony x Gassner Glenda Redmond 1/22/05 fax letter x Gatner Joanne Bend 1/31/05 e-mail x Gault Kathleen Bend 2/10/05 e-mail x Geiser Peter Bend 1/30/05 fax letter x Gerarg John Bend 2/10/05 fax letter x Gerhardt William Bend 2/5/05 fax letter x 2/16/2005 Page 12 of 37 Badlands Wilderness Designation Proposal Documents Received 2/16/2005 Page 13 of 37 Date of Type of Stance on Wilderness Desienation Last Name First Name From Contact Contact Pro Against Notes Gibson Ken La Pine 1/31/05 fax letter x Giddings Cassie Bend 1/31/05 fax letter x Giessler David Bend 1/29/05 fax letter x Gillard Linda Bend 2/11/05 e-mail x Gillard Quent Bend 2/11/05 e-mail x Gilmore Peter Bend 2/7/05 fax letter x Gilmour Ken Peter oroug , Canada 2/11/05 fax letter x Gilmour Kent Peterboroug , Canada 1/24/05 fax letter x Giri Gopalakrishna Bend 1/22/05 fax letter x Giver Steven Bend 2/11/05 e-mail x Gnose Frank Bend 1/31/05 fax letter x Goldstein Rick Bend 1/26/05 fax letter x Goodmonson Pete Bend 1/31/05 fax letter x Gould Lois Bend 2/9/05 phone call x Gould Robert Seattle, WA 1/30/05 fax letter x Gowan Virgil Bend 1/27/05 e-mail x Oregon Recreation Coalition, 7,500 Oregon members Grabell Barbara Bend 1/24/05 letter x Graham Jane Redmond 1/26/05 fax letter x Graves Amy Bend 2/4/05 fax letter x Greenlee Bob Bend 2/10/05 letter x Greenlee Frank Bend 1/31/05 letter x Greenstreet Mike Lake Oswego 1/25/05 fax letter x Gregg Cleta Bend 2/2/05 voicemail x Gregory Margaret Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Greiner Carey Sunriver 2/1/05 e-mail x Greth Alice Bend 1/31/05 letter x Griffin C. Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Griffin Chris Bend 1/29/05 fax letter x Griffin Craigan Bend 1/31/05 fax letter x Griffin Jan Bend 1/31/05 e-mail x Griffin Patty Bend 2/10/05 e-mail x Grogan lAlan Bend 1/25/05 1 fax letter x 2/16/2005 Page 13 of 37 Badlands Wilderness Designation Proposal Documents Received 2/16/2005 Page 14 of 37 Date of Type of Stance on Wilderness Desienation Last Name First Name From Contact Contact Pro Against Notes Grover Ravi Chicago, IL 1/25/05 fax letter x Groves William Bend 2/4/05 fax letter x Gullette Katya Bend 2/8/05 e-mail x Gunby Cher Bend 1/25/05 fax letter x Gust Lloyd Bend 1/28/05 fax letter x Guthrie Jerry Grand Terrace, CA 2/3/05 fax letter x Gyorgyfalvy Martin Bend 2/7/05 fax letter x Hacker Marla Bend 2/9/05 fax letter x Haddad Brianna Bend 2/4/05 fax letter x Haertel Evelyn Bend 2/4/05 fax letter x Hagemann Roger Bend 2/7/05 fax letter x Hagen Paul Bend 1/29/05 e-mail x Hager Dean Bend 2/5/05 fax letter x Hahn Brad Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Haines Katrina Terrebonne 2/11/05 phone call x Hajek Jim Wedderburn 1/25/05 fax letter x Hajovsky John Bend 2/5/05 fax letter x Hall Thomas Bend 1/31/05 fax letter x Halligan Chuck Bend 2/5/05 fax letter x Halligan Janet Bend 2/5/05 fax letter x Halverson Bev Terrebonne 2/3/05 fax letter x Hamby Dorothy Bend 2/1/05 letter x Hammack Doug Redmond 2/11/05 phone call x Hammers Roger Sunriver 2/10/05 fax letter x Hand Julie Bend 2/3/05 fax letter x Hanschlea Mark Bend 2/11/05 letter x Hanson Anne Bend 1/31/05 fax letter x Harbin Helen Bend 1/31/05 fax letter x Hargreaves Doris Bend 2/5/05 e-mail x Harker Donna Bend 2/11/05 e-mail x Harmeson Sunny Bend 1/28/05 e-mail x Hamer Donald Sisters 1/30/05 fax letter x Harrington Bob Bend 2/11/05 e-mail x Harrington Deirdre Bend 2/7/05 e-mail x 2/16/2005 Page 14 of 37 Badlands Wilderness Designation Proposal Documents Received 2/16/2005 Page 15 of 37 Date of Type of Stance on Wilderness Desienation Last Name First Name From Contact Contact Pro Against Notes Harrington Jeff Bend 1/31/05 fax letter x Harris Tom Keno 1/24/05 letter x Harrower Gail Bend 2/5/05 fax letter x Hartweck Mike Bend 2/7/05 e-mail x Hass Cate Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Hassler Donna Bend 2/5/05 fax letter x Hattenberger Beth Bend 2/5/05 fax letter x Hawker Louise Bend 1/31/05 fax letter x Hayes Carol Bend 2/5/05 fax letter x Hays Natashya Bend 2/1/05 fax letter x Hegenwald Christa Bend 2/10/05 e-mail x Hegenwald John Bend 2/10/05 e-mail x Hegg Donnalee Bend 2/8/05 letter x Hegg Raymond Bend 2/8/05 letter x Heidtmann Natalie Bend 2/8/05 fax letter x Heinkel Joan Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Heinrichs Cheryl Bend 2/10/05 e-mail x Heinze Kent Bend 2/11/05 phone call x Hemperley Pat Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Henderson Cathy Bend 2/1/05 fax letter x Henderson Jeff Bend 2/1/05 fax letter x Hendrix Linda Bend 2/10/05 fax letter x Hennessy Dave Bend 2/10/05 e-mail x Hennessy Sallie Bend 2/10/05 e-mail x Henry Debra Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Herauf Amy Bend 2/10/05 e-mail x Herbert Emily Redmond 1/25/05 e-mail x Herbert P. Sydney Portland 1/24/05 fax letter x Herrmann Bill Bend 2/11/05 e-mail x Hesher Vicki Bend 2/4/05 fax letter x Hess James Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Hetzler Karlyn Bend 1/28/05 fax letter x Hewitt Rosalie Norwich, NY 1/28/05 fax letter x Hickman Gene Bend 1/31/05 e-mail x 2/16/2005 Page 15 of 37 Badlands Wilderness Desienation Proposal Documents Received 2/16/2005 Page 16 of 37 Date of Type of Stance on Wilderness Desienation Last Name First Name From Contact Contact Pro Against Notes Hickman Linda Bend 1/31/05 e-mail x Hickok Durlin Bend 11/8/04 fax letter x Hicks Marvin Crescent 2/9/05 fax letter x Higbee Michael Medford 1/31/05 fax letter x Higdon Susan Bend 2/7/05 fax letter x Higginbotham Carol Bend 2/10/05 fax letter x Hinman Brad Bend 2/5/05 fax letter x Hise John Bend 2/10/05 fax letter x Hoagland Carla Bend 2/7/05 phone call x Hoagland Gary Bend 2/10/05 fax letter x Hochstetler George Bend 2/5/05 fax letter x Hoenig David Portland 2/3/05 fax letter x Hoeschen Dan Bend 2/3/05 fax letter x Hoff Michelle Kinntersville, PA 1/25/05 fax letter x Hoffman Anne Bend 2/11/05 e-mail x Hoffman Linda Bend 2/10/05 fax letter x Hoffmann Richard Bend 2/5/05 e-mail x Hofman Karl Bend 2/4/05 e-mail x Hohman Aaron Bend 1/26/05 fax letter x Hollembaek Tim Bend 2/4/05 fax letter x Hollis Jerry La Pine 12/26/04 fax letter x Holly Faith Bend 1/31/05 fax letter x Holm Arlie Bend 2/10/05 letter x Holmberg Kelsey Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Holmberg Madeleine Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Holmes Henry Jefferson 2/4/05 e-mail x Holmes Matt Bend 1/27/05 e-mail x Holmes Michael Bend 2/6/05 fax letter x Holt Susan Terre bonne 1/29/05 fax letter x Hopson Diana Bend 1/24/05 fax letter x Hopson Mack Bend 1/24/05 fax letter x Houston Marcia Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Hovekamp Tina Bend 1/31/05 fax letter x Howard I Hailley IBend 1 1/26/05 fax letter x 2/16/2005 Page 16 of 37 Badlands Wilderness Desienation Proposal Documents Received 2/16/2005 Page 17 of 37 Date of Type of Stance on Wilderness Desienation Last Name First Name From Contact Contact Pro Against Notes Howell Susan Bend 2/7/05 fax letter x Howes Kent Bend 11/8/04 fax letter x Howiler William Bend 2/5/05 fax letter x Hoye Marj Bend 1/31/05 fax letter x Huebsch Frank Bend 1/30/05 fax letter x Hull Bill Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Hull Mollie Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Hunter Donna Bend 1/22/05 fax letter x Huntley Alisa Bend 1/31/05 fax letter x Huntley Lynn Prineville 2/11/05 fax letter x Hurst Bill Bend 1/27/05 e-mail x Hurworth Karma Bend 1/26/05 fax letter x Inkster Jim Bend 2/1/05 fax letter x Irmie George Redondo, WA 1/25/05 fax letter x Iverson-Charlot Lynne Bend 2/3/05 letter x Jackson Bruce Bend 1/31/05 testimony x Jackson Sam Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Jackson Sue Bend 1/31/05 testimony x Jacobs Joann Bend 1/24/05 fax letter x Jacobs Patti Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Janssen Paul BBR 2/10/05 e-mail x Jappert Bob Bend 2/11/05 letter x Rep. Oregon Farm Bureau Federations - 1,088 Jarmie Bruce Powell Butte 1/27/05 e-mail x Jeffries Teresa Bend 2/10/05 letter x Jensen Allie Bend 1/24/05 fax letter x Jensen Carol Bend 2/10/05 e-mail x Jensen Donna Bend 2/10/05 e-mail x Jensen Mardelle Bend 2/10/05 e-mail x Jensen Robert Bend 2/10/05 e-mail x Jensen Robert Bend 1/30/05 fax letter x Jensen Sarah Bend 2/10/05 fax letter x Jetters Harold Bend 1/23/05 letter x Jetters Joann Bend 1/23/05 letter x 2/16/2005 Page 17 of 37 Badlands Wilderness Desienation Proposal Documents Received 2/16/2005 Page 18 of 37 Date of Type of Stance on Wilderness Desienation Last Name First Name From Contact Contact Pro Against Notes Johnson Bill Camp Sherman 2/11/05 letter x Johnson Clay Bend 2/9/05 e-mail x Johnson Dan Terrebonne 2/9/05 fax letter x Johnson Melvin Bend 1/31/05 fax letter x Johnson Perry Bend 1/31/05 e-mail x Johnson Steven Redmond 1/31/05 fax letter x Johnston Fritz Bend 2/10/05 fax letter x Jones Dennis Bend 1/30/05 e-mail x Jones Gregory Redmond 2/9/05 fax letter x Jones Jerry Salem 1/20/05 e-mail x Jones John Bend 1/31/05 fax letter x Jones Michele Redmond 2/10/05 fax letter x Jones Raymond Bend 2/7/05 fax letter x Jones Rhoda Bend 1/31/05 e-mail x Jones -Nelson Susan Redmond 1/25/05 fax letter x Jourdan Christopher Bend 2/9/05 fax letter x Jud Daniel Eugene 1/24/05 fax letter x Julian Carol Bend 2/7/05 fax letter x Junkins Michael Bend 1/31/05 fax letter x Jurgenson Cynthia Powell Butte 2/11/05 fax letter x Jurgenson John Powell Butte 2/11/05 fax letter x Jurgenson Kurt Bend 2/11/05 e-mail x Jurgenson Kyle Bend 2/11/05 e-mail x Jurgenson Mollie Bend 2/11/05 e-mail x Kahl Kim Bend 1/25/05 e-mail x Kaiser Jim Bend 2/1/05 fax letter x Kasunic Denny Eugene 1/24/05 fax letter x Katroscik Joene Bend 2/10/05 fax letter x Kay Jack Redmond 2/4/05 fax letter x Kellar Scot Bend 1/31/05 fax letter x Keller Jacob Bend 2/10/05 fax letter x Keller Maura Bend 2/9/05 fax letter x Kelm Nancy Sisters 2/2/05 fax letter x Kelm Ron Sisters 2/2/05 fax letter x 2/16/2005 Page 18 of 37 Badlands Wilderness Designation Proposal Documents Received 2/16/2005 Page 19 of 37 Date of Type of Stance on Wilderness Desi nation Last Name First Name From Contact Contact Pro Against Notes Kelsey Marti Bend 1/30/05 fax letter x Kendrick Debbie La Verne, CA 2/11/05 fax letter x Kennedy Angela Bend 2/7/05 voicemail x Kennedy Cheryl Cottage Grove 2/11/05 letter x Kennedy Joanne Bend 2/9/05 fax letter x Kennedy Julia Bend 1/23/05 fax letter x Kennedy Tim Bend 2/7/05 voicemail x Kent Jerry Bend 1/28/05 e-mail x Kettering Jodi Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Khalsa Jai Bend 1/28/05 fax letter x Killingsworth Kim Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Kimball Leland Bend 2/7/05 e-mail x Kinley Thomas Bend 1/23/05 fax letter x Kinney Gisela Bend 1/28/05 fax letter x Kirk Marcy Bend 1/31/05 fax letter x Kirk Terry Sunriver 1/24/05 fax letter x Kirkpatrick Dawn Bend 2/11/05 e-mail x Kite Dori Bend 2/10/05 e-mail x Kline Sonny Bend 1/31/05 fax letter x Klinker Eugene Bend 2/10/05 fax letter x Klukas Kevin Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Klukas Mary Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Knapp Gregory Bend 2/9/05 fax letter x Knoernschild Kris Bend 1/27/05 fax letter x Knott Kay Redmond 2/11/05 fax letter x Koehler Betsy Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Koehler Tom Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Kohler Desin Bend 2/7/05 e-mail x Kook J. Diane Bend 1/29/05 fax letter x Kramer Jason Bend 1/25/05 fax letter x Krebs Wendy Bend 1/31/05 fax letter x Kreitz Jon Clackamas 2/11/05 letter x Kristiansen Nils Bend 2/10/05 e-mail x Kruse Mary Ann Bend 1/25/05 fax letter x 2/16/2005 Page 19 of 37 Badlands Wilderness Designation Proposal Documents Received 2/16/2005 Page 20 of 37 Date of Type of Stance on Wilderness Desienation Last Name First Name From Contact Contact Pro Against Notes Kubota Judith Bend 1/31/05 fax letter x Kuehn Robert Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Kunz Donna Bend 2/10/05 fax letter x Kunz Sandra Bend 2/7/05 fax letter x Kurtz Bill Bend 2/5/05 fax letter x L. Frank Bend 2/11/05 e-mail x Lacy Craig Bend 2/1/05 e-mail x LaFountaine Debbie Bend 2/5/05 fax letter x LaFranchi Stuart Bend 1/25/05 fax letter x Lahay Chris Bend 2/5/05 fax letter x Lair Kevin Bend 11/8/04 testimony x Lampe Laureen Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Lancaster Jeanie Bend 11/10/04 letter x Committee for Handicap & Elder Access - Petition - 6,000 signatures sent to Congress Lancaster Larry Bend 2/11/05 e-mail x Lane David Redmond 1/28/05 e-mail x Lane Rob Redmond 2/9/05 fax letter x Lansdowne Jerry Portland 1/25/05 fax letter x Lantz Rhonda Bend 2/1/05 e-mail x Larsen TJ Portland 2/11/05 e-mail x Larson Linda Madras 2/9/05 fax letter x Larson Monty Redmond 1/24/05 fax letter x Laughlin Robina Bend 2/9/05 fax letter x LaVeau Bruce Bend 2/10/05 e-mail x Lawler Martha La Pine 2/9/05 fax letter x Lawrence Steven Burien, WA 11/26/04 fax letter x Lear Jerry Bend 1/28/05 fax letter x Lear Julie Bend 1/28/05 fax letter x Leber Ben Bend 1/27/05 e-mail x Leber Ben Boulder 2/11/05 fax letter x Leber Celia Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Ledbetter Nicole Bend 2/9/05 fax letter x Lee Mike Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x 2/16/2005 Page 20 of 37 Badlands Wilderness Designation Proposal Documents Received 2/16/2005 Page 21 of 37 Date of Type of Stance on Wilderness Desienation Last Name First Name From Contact Contact Pro Against Notes Lee Robina Portland 1/25/05 fax letter x Lee Sharon Bend 2/9/05 fax letter x Leebig Steve Bend 1/31/05 testimony x Leeson Michael Portland 1/28/05 fax letter x Leo Carol Bend 1/28/05 fax letter x Lester Cynthia Bend 1/25/05 e-mail x Lever Bob Bend 1/31/05 e-mail x Lever Sue Bend 2/11/05 e-mail x Liddell Janice Redmond 2/10/05 e-mail x Liddell Richard Redmond 2/10/05 e-mail x Lillebo Karen Bend 1/26/05 fax letter x Lillebo T. Bend 1/31/05 testimony x Lilley Helen Bend 2/8/05 fax letter x Lindgren Jane Bend 1/29/05 fax letter x Lingo Kelly Bend 2/10/05 letter x Lingo P. Bend 2/10/05 letter x Lipscomb Christine Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Lipsitz Miriam Bend 1/22/05 fax letter x Littlefield Milton Redmond 1/22/05 fax letter x Liversidge Justin Bend 1/31/05 letter x Looney Pam Prineville 2/7/05 letter x Looney Wayne Prineville 2/7/05 letter x Lorenz Linda Bend 1/28/05 fax letter x Low Daniel Redmond 1/31/05 fax letter x Luba H. Sunriver 2/11/05 letter x Lukens Edith Bend 1/25/05 fax letter x Lund Cathy Powell Butte 2/7/05 letter x Lund KT Bend 2/10/05 e-mail x Lund Nate Bend 2/10/05 e-mail x Lunsford Nancy Bend 2/8/05 fax letter x Lyon Richard Bend 1/30/05 fax letter x Maasch Susan Bend 2/3/05 fax letter x MacArthur Laurie Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Macbeth Carol Bend 1/31/05 fax letter x 2/16/2005 Page 21 of 37 Badlands Wilderness Designation Proposal Documents Received 2/16/2005 Page 22 of 37 Date of Type of Stance on Wilderness Desi nation Last Name First Name From Contact Contact Pro Against Notes MacGregor Kory Sunriver 1/27/05 e-mail x MacGurn David Bend 1/29/05 fax letter x MacGurn Pamela Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x MacKay Ian Bend 1/26/05 fax letter x MacNaughton Amanda Bend 2/11/05 phone call x Madans Michael Eugene 1/31/05 fax letter x Main Liz Bend 1/30/05 fax letter x Malesza Ann Bend 1/25/05 e-mail x Malley Chuck Bend 1/31/05 fax letter x Marcullier Donna Bend 2/11/05 voicemail x Marcus Buzz Sisters 1/26/05 e-mail x Marcy Tim Bend 2/1/05 fax letter x Marlett Bill Bend 11/8/04 testimony x Martin Margaret Bend 2/5/05 fax letter x Martin Mary Ann Sunriver 2/10/05 fax letter x Martin Peter Bend 2/8/05 letter x Martin T.W Bend 1/27/05 fax letter x Martinson Rick Bend 2/8/05 e-mail x Marvos Robert Bend 2/4/05 e-mail x Mason Barbara Campbell, CA 1/26/05 fax letter x Massell Ben Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Massimilla Anthony Rhododendron 1/31/05 e-mail x Massingham Lindsey Redmond 1/26/05 e-mail x Mast Devin Ontario 2/10/05 fax letter x Mathus Roger Redmond 2/9/05 e-mail x Maudlin Ann Bend 1/29/05 fax letter x Maudlin Dick Bend 1/29/05 fax letter x McAusland Barbara Bend 2/10/05 letter x McCabe Duane Bend 1/31/05 e-mail x McCabe Lise Bend 1/31/05 e-mail x McCartney Don Bend 1/29/05 fax letter x McClaskey Erin Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x McCracken Erin Bend 2/8/05 e-mail x McDonald lKathleen Bend 2/5/05 fax letter x 2/16/2005 Page 22 of 37 Badlands Wilderness Designation Proposal Documents Received 2/16/2005 Page 23 of 37 Date of Type of Stance on Wilderness Desienation Last Name First Name From Contact Contact Pro Against Notes McDowell Ann Portland 2/9/05 fax letter x McGean Mike Bend 2/10/05 fax letter x McGuinness Pat Bend 1/31/05 e-mail x McKay Michele Bend 2/10/05 e-mail x McKeown Dick Bend 2/5/05 fax letter x McKeown Mary Bend 2/5/05 fax letter x McKinstry Lorie Bend 1/28/05 fax letter x McLatchie Carol Bend 2/5/05 fax letter x McLatchie James Bend 2/5/05 fax letter x McLaughlin Maggie Bend 1/31/05 fax letter x McMorris Sharon Bend 2/2/05 fax letter x McMullen Gene Bend 1/31/05 fax letter x McNeil Wesley Bend 1/31/05 fax letter x McRaven Chelsea Bend 2/8/05 fax letter x Medeiros Patty Bend 2/9/05 fax letter x Medill Del Sunriver 1/31/05 fax letter x Meisenheimer Kent La Pine 2/7/05 fax letter x Mendius Barbara Portland 1/25/05 fax letter x Menlow A. Bend 1/31/05 fax letter x Meredith Judy Bend 1/28/05 fax letter x Meredith Lisa Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Meredith Scott Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Merritt Maryanne Bend 2/9/05 fax letter x Merrow Janet Bend 2/1/05 fax letter x Merrow Tom Bend 2/1/05 fax letter x Messer Betsy Bend 1/30/05 fax letter x Meyer Peter Bend 1/29/05 fax letter x Meyerhoff Marlene Bend 2/7/05 e-mail x Meyers Joseph Bend 2/7/05 e-mail x Meyers Patty Bend 1/30/05 fax letter x Mickaelson Kara Sisters 1/31/05 fax letter x Miles Drew Bend 2/5/05 fax letter x Miller Bill Redmond 2/5/05 e-mail x Miller Carolene Bend 2/5/05 fax letter x 2/16/2005 Page 23 of 37 Badlands Wilderness Designation Prouosal Documents Received 2/16/2005 Page 24 of 37 Date of Type of Stance on Wilderness Desienation Last Name First Name From Contact Contact Pro Against Notes Miller Craig Bend 11/8/04 testimony x Miller Dan Bend 1/30/05 e-mail x Miller Dorothy Bend 2/8/05 fax letter x Miller Marilyn Bend 2/11/05 letter x Sierra Club --20,000 members Miller Randy Bend 2/10/05 e-mail x Miller Ron Bend 1/20/05 e-mail x Miller Sandra Bend 1/26/05 fax letter x Miller Steve Bend 1/26/05 fax letter x Miller Steve Prineville 2/2/05 e-mail x Mills Tom Cottage Grove 2/11/05 letter x Mischke Keith Sisters 1/29/05 fax letter x Moneypenny M. Ft. Myers, FL 1/25/05 fax letter x Moody Donald Bend 2/10/05 letter x Moon Jennifer Bend 2/11/05 e-mail x Moore Alan Portland 1/26/05 fax letter x Moore Darin Bend 2/10/05 e-mail x Moore Steve Bend 1/23/05 fax letter x More Bill Bend 1/31/05 fax letter x Morgan Charles La Pine 2/11/05 letter x Morgan Sharon Bend 2/10/05 fax letter x Morris Dan Bend 1/25/05 fax letter x Morrison Nettie Bend 2/7/05 fax letter x Mulcahy Nick Redmond 2/9/05 fax letter x Muller Patrick Portland 1/27/05 fax letter x Mullong Bob Bend 1/31/05 fax letter x Munday Bill Bend 2/10/05 e-mail x Munday Marilyn Bend 2/10/05 e-mail x Munks Lanette Bend 2/10/05 e-mail x Murphy Mary Bend 2/5/05 fax letter x Murray Cristy Oregon City 1/25/05 fax letter x Myers Sheila Bend 2/11/05 e-mail x Nace Douglas Bend 2/10/05 fax letter x Nace Melanie Bend 2/10/05 fax letter x Name not given unknown 2/11/05 voicemail x 2/16/2005 Page 24 of 37 Badlands Wilderness Designation Proposal Documents Received 2/16/2005 Page 25 of 37 Date of Type of Stance on Wilderness Designation Last Name First Name From Contact Contact Pro Against Notes Nangle John Bend 2/11/05 letter x Nash Janet Bend 1/26/05 e-mail x Nash Keith Bend 1/26/05 e-mail x Navish Dale Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Nazar -Stewart Valle Bend 2/11/05 e-mail x Neil Carol Camp Sherman 1/31/05 fax letter x Nelson Bob Bend 2/11/05 phone call x Nelson Lonay Redmond 1/25/05 fax letter x Nelson Peggy Bend 2/11/05 phone call x Nelson Stewart Bend 2/11/05 phone call x Neun Bev Bend 2/10/05 fax letter x Newbold David Bend 1/26/05 fax letter x Newton Fred Bend 2/11/05 phone call x Nicholson Walker Redmond 2/9/05 fax letter x Nilsen Carolyn Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Nisewanger Don Bend 2/5/05 fax letter x Nissen David Bend 1/31/05 testimony x No last name given Sandy Bend 1/31/05 e-mail x No last name given Steph Bend 2/11/05 e-mail x Northcote Philip Sunriver 2/10/05 fax letter x Nottingham Marty Redmond 2/11/05 phone call x Novotny Mona Powell Butte 1/31/05 fax letter x Nowak Linda Bend 2/11/05 e-mail x Nowak Ric Bend 2/11/05 e-mail x Nowicki Laura Bend 1/24/05 fax letter x Obrien Steve Denver, CO 1/26/05 fax letter x O'Day Patricia Bend 2/11/05 phone call x O'Donnell Jody Bend 2/9/05 fax letter x Ohlde Marvin Culver 1/30/05 e-mail x Olivieri Irene Bend 1/31/05 e-mail x Olivieri Lance Bend 1/31/05 e-mail x Olson Carey Sunriver 2/9/05 e-mail x O'Reilly Jennifer Redmond 2/9/05 fax letter x Osborne Thomas Tumalo 1/22/05 letter x 2/16/2005 Page 25 of 37 Badlands Wilderness Designation Proposal Documents Received 2/16/2005 Page 26 of 37 Date of Type of Stance on Wilderness Desienation Last Name First Name From Contact Contact Pro Against Notes Owen Sylvia Bend 2/10/05 e-mail x Owen Willis Bend 2/11/05 voicemail x Ozment Jerry Bend 2/5/05 fax letter x Page Dianne Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Pandian Jill Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Park William Portland 2/11/05 fax letter x Parks Steve Bend 2/10/05 fax letter x Partain Wendy Bend 2/9/05 fax letter x Patterson Alan Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Patterson Francie Sunriver 2/7/05 fax letter x Patterson Mike Astoria 1/27/05 fax letter x Payne Richard Sunriver 1/22/05 fax letter x Pearce Russ Bend 1/30/05 e-mail x Pearce Russ Florissant, MO 1/31/05 fax letter x Peasley Jack CRR 1/31/05 fax letter x Peasley Vicki CRR 1/31/05 fax letter x Peberdy Eileen Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Pecenka Larry Bend 2/11/05 letter x Pederson Gretchen Bend 2/9/05 e-mail x Pederson Robert Bend 2/9/05 e-mail x Peeples Cornelius Bend 2/11/05 e-mail x Pence Claudine Bend 1/31/05 e-mail x Pence Robert Bend 1/31/05 e-mail x Pengra Bob Bend 2/10/05 e-mail x Penner Michele Bend 1/31/05 fax letter x Perelli-Wright Linda Bend 2/8/05 fax letter x Perle Liz Bend 2/5/05 e-mail x Perle Morton Bend 2/5/05 e-mail x Perry Don Bend 2/7/05 letter x Peters Lesley Bend 2/10/05 e-mail x Petersen Mark Bend 2/10/05 fax letter x Peterson James Bend 2/10/05 e-mail x Peterson Kitty Bend 1/26/05 fax letter x Peterson Matt Portland 1/27/05 1 fax letter x 2/16/2005 Page 26 of 37 Badlands Wilderness Designation Proposal Documents Received 2/16/2005 Page 27 of 37 Date of Type of Stance on Wilderness Desienation Last Name First Name From Contact Contact Pro Against Notes Petry Glenn Bend 1/23/05 fax letter x Petry Melodie Bend 1/23/05 fax letter x Petty Scott Bend 2/9/05 phone call x Phillips Scott Bend 2/5/05 fax letter x Pile Cathi Bend 2/1/05 e-mail x Pile John La Pine 1/29/05 fax letter x Pile Tim Bend 2/1/05 e-mail x Pintarich Phyllis Sisters 1/28/05 fax letter x Pintarich Stan Sisters 1/28/05 fax letter x Pittman Taylor Olympia 1/25/05 fax letter x Pobanz Nancy Eugene 2/7/05 fax letter x POnte Tom Bend 2/7/05 e-mail x Popham Hilary Bend 2/10/05 e-mail x Popham Wade Bend 2/10/05 e-mail x Popp Diana Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Porte Tom Bend 1/31/05 testimony x Porter Michael Bend 2/10/05 fax letter x Portlock Melinda Redmond 2/9/05 fax letter x Powell Jerry Bend 2/9/05 e-mail x Powers Angie Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Premselaar Joel Bend 2/10/05 e-mail x Price Pam Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Prinzing Steven Terrebonne 2/2/05 letter x Pyland Benjamin Bend 1/28/05 e-mail x Pyland Jon Bend 1/28/05 e-mail x Pyland Joshua Bend 1/28/08 e-mail x Pyland Patti Bend 1/28/05 e-mail x Pyott Marianne Bend 1/28/05 fax letter x Queirolo Patricia Bend 1/28/05 fax letter x Rabourn Betty Bend 1/30/05 fax letter x Radtke Penny Bend 1/30/05 fax letter x Ramaker Julianne Bend 1/25/05 fax letter x Ramey Howard East Wenatchee, WA 2/1/05 fax letter x Rand Gary Sunriver 2/9/05 fax letter x 2/16/2005 Page 27 of 37 Badlands Wilderness DesiEnation Proposal Documents Received 2/16/2005 Page 28 of 37 Date of Type of Stance on Wilderness Desienation Last Name First Name From Contact Contact Pro Against Notes Randall Philip Bend 2/7/05 letter x Randle Bill Bend 2/7/05 fax letter x Ratcliffe Charles Bend 2/10/05 e-mail x Ratcliffe Mary Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Rau Wesley Bend 1/31/05 fax letter x Reavill Robb Bend 1/31/05 letter x Reckwerdt Joan Bend 2/10/05 fax letter x Reece Scott Bend 2/7/05 e-mail x Reedy Shirley Sunriver 1/28/05 fax letter x Reeves Stephen Boardman 1/29/05 e-mail x Reid Alta Bend 2/11/05 letter x Reid Ronald Bend 2/11/05 letter x Reimann Barbara Bend 2/10/05 letter x Reinhardt Justin Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Reinhart Adrienne Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Reinhart Troy Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Remington Jack Bend 2/10/05 fax letter x Reynolds Mark Bend 2/7/05 fax letter x Rhodes Garret Sisters 2/7/05 fax letter x Rice Jacqueline Bend 2/7/05 fax letter x Rich Michael Bend 1/31/05 fax letter x Richardson Kirk Bend 2/3/05 e-mail x Richardson Patricia Bend 1/28/05 fax letter x Richter Joanne Bend 1/28/05 fax letter x Ridden Michael Prineville 2/9/05 fax letter x Riley David Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Riley Mike Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Rinehart Cleme Bend 2/11/05 e-mail x Rinehart Kate Bend 2/11/05 e-mail x Rink Liz Bend 1/30/05 e-mail x Ritter Michelle La Pine 1/25/05 e-mail x Robinson David Bend 2/10/05 fax letter x Robinson Diane Bend 2/10/05 fax letter x Robson jDara lBend 2/11/05 fax letter x 2/16/2005 Page 28 of 37 Badlands Wilderness Desienation Proposal Documents Received 2/16/2005 Page 29 of 37 Date of Type of Stance on Wilderness Desienation Last Name First Name From Contact Contact Pro Against Notes Rocco Darlene Bend 2/10/05 e-mail x Rockwood Torrence Bend 2/11/05 voicemail x Rodenkirk Tim Coos Bay 1/28/05 fax letter x Rodgers Bill Bend 2/11/05 e-mail x Rogers H. Bend 1/31/05 fax letter x Rohr Hilloah Bend 2/7/05 fax letter x Rondema George Redmond 2/11/05 fax letter x Ronning Kathleen Bend 1/31/05 fax letter x Rookstool Jeanne Bend 1/25/05 e-mail x Root Joe Bend 2/5/05 fax letter x Rosen Ron Bend 2/8/05 e-mail x Rosenboom Mike Bend 2/11/05 phone call x Rosengarth Tony Bend 2/5/05 fax letter x Rosenthal Lynne Bend 2/5/05 fax letter x Roshak George Bend 2/11/05 e-mail x ROSS Kristen Bend 2/10/05 fax letter x Roth Georgia Bend 2/6/05 e-mail x Rowe David Bend 2/9/05 e-mail x Rowe Karen Bend 2/9/05 e-mail x Ruberti Tucker Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Rudolph Alicia Sunriver 2/7/05 fax letter x Rudolph Raymond Sunriver 2/7/05 fax letter x Rushton David Bend 2/9/05 fax letter x Rushton Richard Bend 2/11/05 e-mail x Russell Vic Bend 2/11/05 phone call x Ryan Michael Portland 1/26/05 fax letter x S. Denise Lake George, CO 1/31/05 fax letter x S. Dorothy Bend 2/1/05 letter x Sabo Chris Bend 2/1/05 fax letter x Sachs Shamus Bend 2/10/05 fax letter x Sampson Denise La Pine 1/31/05 fax letter x Sandberg Robert Bend 1/30/05 e-mail x Sandrock Pete Portland 1/24/05 fax letter x Santasiero Ellen Bend 2/8/05 e-mail x 2/16/2005 Page 29 of 37 Badlands Wilderness Desianation Proposal Documents Received 2/16/2005 Page 30 of 37 Date of Type of Stance on Wilderness Desienation Last Name First Name From Contact Contact Pro Against Notes Santos Roiann Redmond 1/31/05 fax letter x Santos Walt Redmond 1/31/05 fax letter x Sargent James La Pine 2/7/05 fax letter x Sawyer Gerald Sunriver 2/11/05 fax letter x Sawyer Mary Sunriver 2/11/05 fax letter x Saxena Prashant Portland 1/27/05 fax letter x Scalise Carolyn Bend 2/5/05 fax letter x Scannell Audrey Bend 2/11/05 e-mail x Scdoris Rachael Bend 4/28/04 e-mail x Schadt Cheryl Bend 2/5/05 e-mail x Schaefer Mike Colorado 2/1/05 e-mail x Scharf Joene Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Scharf Mesa Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Schaum Julie Eugene 11/9/04 fax letter x Schiedler Julie Bend 2/8/05 fax letter x Schlerf Mark Bend 2/2/05 fax letter x Schmidt Kate Fairview 2/5/05 fax letter x Schob Andy Bend 1/31/05 fax letter x Schoelen Marcia Terrebonne 2/7/05 fax letter x Schroeder Jane Redmond 2/10/05 fax letter x Schroeter Judy Bend 2/7/05 fax letter x Schubert John Bend 2/8/05 letter x Schuller Reid Bend 1/31/05 testimony x Schwab Joseph Bend 2/11/05 phone call x Schwechten John Bend 2/10/05 e-mail x Schwenk Kathryn Bend 2/7/05 phone call x Scranton Chris Madras 2/10/05 fax letter x Scranton Pamela Madras 2/10/05 fax letter x Searcy Karla Bend 2/10/05 phone call x Sedgwick Tom Bend 2/5/05 fax letter x Seik R. Bend 1/31/05 testimony x Sequeira Mike Bend 2/1/05 e-mail x Seran Lia Bend 1/31/05 fax letter x Shamberg IJan Bend 1/31/05 fax letter x 2/16/2005 Page 30 of 37 Badlands Wilderness Desienation Proposal Documents Received 2/16/2005 Page 31 of 37 Date of Type of Stance on Wilderness Desimation Last Name First Name From Contact Contact Pro Tgainst Notes Shaw Joey Bend 2/11/05 e-mail x Shaw Sylvia Eugene 1/30/05 fax letter x Shepardson Sue Bend 1/31/05 testimony x Shields Gordon Bend 2/8/05 e-mail x Shooks Andrew Bend 2/7/05 fax letter x Shooks Michelle Bend 2/7/05 fax letter x Shoop Daniel Bend 1/28/05 fax letter x Shotwell Jim Bend 1/29/05 fax letter x Shrader Dennis Bend 2/10/05 fax letter x Shrader Marian Bend 2/10/05 letter x Shuller Danna Bend 1/31/05 fax letter x Siebert Diane Culver 2/10/05 letter x Siemens Sandra Bend 2/9/05 fax letter x Sienko Diane Bend 1/31/05 fax letter x Silver Katie Redmond 2/9/05 fax letter x Simning Patrick Bend 2/7/05 fax letter x Simonsen Dan Bend 1/31/05 fax letter x Simonsen Jean Bend 1/31/05 fax letter x Simpson Wendy Bend 2/9/05 fax letter x Sims Nadine Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Skarbek Sharon Bend 2/10/05 fax letter x Skeels Matt Bend 1/31/05 testimony x Skidmore G. W Bend 2/5/05 e-mail x Skinner Sharon Bend 1/31/05 fax letter x Small Brent Portland 11/8/04 fax letter x Smith Bryan Portland 1/25/05 fax letter x Smith Donna Bend 1/29/05 fax letter x Smith Doug Bend 2/5/05 e-mail x Smith Jamie Bend 1/31/05 fax letter x Smith Joseph Mosier 1/25/05 fax letter x Smith Kathleen Bend 1/22/05 fax letter x Smith Kelly Bend 2/9/05 e-mail x Smith Lisa Bend 2/5/05 e-mail x Smith IMary Bend 2/8/05 e-mail x 2/16/2005 Page 31 of 37 Badlands Wilderness Desip-nation Proposal Documents Received 2/16/2005 Page 32 of 37 Date of Type of Stance on Wilderness Designation Last Name First Name From Contact Contact Pro Against Notes Smith Richard Bend 1/22/05 fax letter x Smith Richard Eugene 1/24/05 fax letter x Smith Robert Bend 2/8/05 letter x Smith William Bend 2/10/05 fax letter x Snow Patricia Bend 2/2/05 fax letter x Sobrio Tara Bend 2/11/05 e-mail x Solman John Bend 2/10/05 fax letter x Souhrada Jack Bend 1/29/05 letter x Spears Nancy Bossier City, LA 1/24/05 fax letter x Speik Robert Bend 2/1/05 e-mail x Spencer Paul Bend 1/31/05 fax letter x Spiecker Katya Bend 1/28/05 fax letter x Spieder Frank Bend 1/28/05 fax letter x Spieger Peggy La Pine 2/11/05 phone call & fax letter x Oregon State Snowmobile Assn, - 6,000 members Spitz Jan Bend 2/8/05 e-mail x Spray Bette Bend 1/30/05 fax letter x Spray Richard Bend 1/28/05 fax letter x Stahl Charlotte Gresham 1/24/05 fax letter x Staley Ted Keizer 1/31/05 e-mail x Stanis Raymond Bend 1/30/05 e-mail x Staples Suzanne Ocean Park, WA 1/27/05 fax letter x Stassen Thomas Bend 2/5/05 fax letter x Stearns Elizabeth Bend 2/11/05 e-mail x Steele Harty Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Steele Janice Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Stenkamp Paul Bend 2/9/05 phone call x Stenkamp Peg Bend 2/9/05 phone call x Stephenson Becky Bend 2/7/05 letter x Sterling Heather Bend 1/21/05 e-mail x Sterling John Bend 2/10/05 letter x The Conservation Alliance - 80 company members Stevenson Lee Sunriver 1/31/05 fax letter x Stevenson IMarcia I Sunriver 1/22/05 fax letter x 2/16/2005 Page 32 of 37 Badlands Wilderness Designation Proposal Documents Received 2/16/2005 Page 33 of 37 Date of Type of Stance on Wilderness Desienation Last Name First Name From Contact Contact Pro Against Notes Stewart Brian Bend 2/10/05 fax letter x Stone Helen Bend 1/31/05 fax letter x Storch Frank Bend 1/31/05 fax letter x Stout James Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Straub Milanie Bend 2/11/05 phone call x Strauss Susan Bend 2/11/05 e-mail x Strebe Fred La Pine 2/7/05 letter x Street Tom Bend 2/10/05 e-mail x Strome Dana Bend 2/11/05 e-mail x Styskel Ed Bend 2/5/05 e-mail x Styskel Elly Bend 2/5/05 e-mail x Sullivan Pam Bend 2/9/05 fax letter x Summers Stan Bend 1/31/05 testimony x Suran Allison Bend 1/30/05 fax letter x Surdyk Ed Bend 2/11/05 e-mail x Surmon Angelita Portland 11/9/04 fax letter x Sutherland Jani Bend 2/8/05 e-mail x Svendesen Kristi Bend 2/8/05 e-mail x Szabo Rebekah Bend 2/9/05 fax letter x Taboa Caroline Bend 1/31/05 testimony x Tanguay Kelly Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Tasoff Jack San Pedro, CA 1/24/05 fax letter x Tattersall Ann Eugene 1/25/05 fax letter x Taylor Kyle Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Temple Steve Bend 2/9/05 fax letter x Terry Melvin Klamath Falls 1/31/05 e-mail x Tetz Richard Bend 2/8/05 e-mail x Thomas Jasmine Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Thomas Lynelle Bend 1/31/05 fax letter x Thomas Mike Bend 2/2/05 fax letter x Thomason David Bend 1/31/05 fax letter x Thompson William Bend 2/1/05 fax letter x Thornton Elizabeth Bend 2/8/05 e-mail x Thurston ISusan Bend 1/31/05 fax letter x 2/16/2005 Page 33 of 37 Badlands Wilderness Designation Proposal Documents Received 2/16/2005 Page 34 of 37 Date of Type of Stance on Wilderness Desimation Last Name First Name From Contact Contact Pro Against Notes Tillman June Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x real Broa s tor Wilderness Timmerman Donna Sisters 1/28/05 fax letter x Timony Amy Bend 2/5/05 fax letter x Timony Sheila Bend 1/30/05 fax letter x Tipton Richard Sisters 1/30/05 fax letter x Tobiason Dick Bend 1/27/05 fax letter x Tonseth Doris Prineville 1/24/05 fax letter x Tonseth Norm Prineville 1/24/05 fax letter x Tripiano Marcia Sisters 2/10/05 e-mail x Triplett Tia Los Angeles, CA 2/3/05 fax letter x Turner Karen Bend 2/1/05 fax letter x Turner Steve Bend 2/5/05 e-mail x Tuttle Mark Bend 2/5/05 fax letter x Ugstad Marcy Redmond 1/27/05 e-mail x Ulrich Joanne Bend 1/30/05 e-mail x Ulrich Larry Bend 1/28/05 e-mail x Uusitalo Paul Brooklyn, NY 2/9/05 fax letter x Valdes Janice Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Valentine Jennifer Bend 2/11/05 e-mail x Valentine William Redmond 11/1/04 fax letter x Valido Gretchen Bend 11/8/04 fax letter x Van Buskirk William Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Van Cise Glenn Bend 1/31/05 testimony x Van Zandt Pieter Bend 2/7/05 fax letter x Vandehey Mandy Bend 2/11/05 e-mail x Vandehey Mike Bend 2/11/05 e-mail x Vandehey Teresa Bend 2/11/05 e-mail x Vaughan Cort Bend 1/28/05 fax letter x Vaughan Tonya Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Veenker Jeff Portland 2/11/05 e-mail x Verheyden Jean Bend 2/5/05 fax letter x Vertner Zach Bend 1/11/05 fax letter x Verzwvelt Karyn Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Vick IDavid Terrebonne 2/10/05 fax letter x 2/16/2005 Page 34 of 37 Badlands Wilderness Designation Proposal Documents Received 2/16/2005 Page 35 of 37 Date of Type of Stance on Wilderness Designation Last Name First Name From Contact Contact Pro Against Notes Vick Rebecca Bend 2/10/05 e-mail x Virden Cory Bend 2/10/05 fax letter x Volk Mike Terrebonne 2/7/05 fax letter x Vora Robina Bend 1/31/05 letter x Wada Linda Bend 1/31/05 fax letter x Wada Wes Bend 1/31/05 fax letter x Wadden Theresa Bend 2/7/05 fax letter x Wadosky Dan Bend 2/10/05 e-mail x Wagner Barbara Bend 2/5/05 e-mail x Wagner Dave Bend 2/5/05 e-mail x Wagner Jennifer Portland 1/24/05 fax letter x Wagner Pam Bend 1/30/05 voicemail x Walker Lori Bend 2/10/05 e-mail x Wallace Amanda Bend 1/5/00 e-mail x Waller Michael Bend 1/26/05 e-mail x Wallwork Nancy Oregon City 1/28/05 fax letter x Walters Patty Jo Alfalfa 2/10/05 letter x Waner Wilda Terrebonne 2/11/05 letter x Ward Steven Bend 1/23/05 fax letter x Wardman Ron 1/27/05 e-mail x Warner Thomas Terrebonne 2/11/05 letter x Warren Mr. Bend 2/11/05 e-mail x Warren Mrs. Bend 2/11/05 e-mail x Waters Patty Jo Bend 1/31/05 testimony x Waters Scott Bend 2/10/05 e-mail x Watson Loris Sisters 2/11/05 fax letter x Watt Gloria Sunriver 2/2/05 fax letter x Waugh Arthur 1/31/05 e-mail x Pacific Northwest 4 - Wheel Drive Assn represents 3,500 families Weaver Nancy Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Weaver Treva Bend 2/8/05 e-mail x Weaver William Bend 2/8/05 fax letter x Webb I Allyn lBend 2/11/05 e-mail x 2/16/2005 Page 35 of 37 Badlands Wilderness Designation Proposal Documents Received 2/16/2005 Page 36 of 37 Date of Type of Stance on Wilderness Desienation Last Name First Name From Contact Contact Pro Against Notes Webb Carol Bend 2/11/05 e-mail x Webster Mary Bend 1/31/05 fax letter x Webster Peter Bend 1/29/05 fax letter x Webster Randy Prineville 1/31/05 fax letter x Welcker Ellen Bend 1/31/05 fax letter x Wells Todd Bend 2/10/05 fax letter x Welsh Linda Bend 2/9/05 fax letter x Welty Vonda Eugene 1/25/05 fax letter x Werner Peter Redmond 2/7/05 fax letter x Wesner Neil Bend 2/10/05 e-mail x West Jayne Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Westcott Richard Salem 1/25/05 fax letter x Westerholm Erik Springfield 12/8/04 fax letter x Whatley El Duane Bend 1/30/05 e-mail x White Jeffrey Bend 2/10/05 fax letter x White Roger Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Whitelaw Ed Bend 2/11/05 e-mail x Whitelaw Eloise Bend 2/8/05 e-mail x Whitney Vernon Houston, TX 1/24/05 fax letter x Wilcox Alan Bend 1/27/05 fax letter x Wiley Gene Bend 1/30/05 e-mail x Willey Janene Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Williams Creagh La Pine 1/31/05 letter x Williams Gardner Bend 2/10/05 e-mail x Williams Glenn Bend 1/22/05 fax letter x Williams Jim La Pine 1/31/05 letter x Williams John Tumalo 1/31/05 voicemail x Williams Marsha Bend 1/31/05 fax letter x Williams Pam Bend 2/10/05 e-mail x Willson M.A. Bend 1/25/04 fax letter x Wilson Bob Redmond 1/31/05 fax letter x Wilson Garnet Redmond 1/31/05 fax letter x Wilson Marty Terrebonne 1/31/05 Testimony x Wilson ISteve Sisters 2/11/05 1 fax letter x 2/16/2005 Page 36 of 37 Badlands Wilderness Designation Proposal Documents Received 2/16/2005 Page 37 of 37 Date of Type of Stance on Wilderness Deshmation Last Name First Name From Contact Contact Pro Against Notes Winch Carolyn Bend 2/8/05 letter x Winters Barbara Bend 1/28/05 fax letter x Wojdak Jessica Bend 2/9/05 fax letter x Wolcott Kathy Bend 2/8/05 e-mail x Wolcott Roger Bend 2/8/05 e-mail x Wolfe Christopher Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Wolfe Walt Madras 1/28/05 fax letter x Wood Denise Bend 2/11/05 letter x Wood Dennis Sunriver 2/7/05 letter x Wood Doug Sisters 2/5/05 e-mail x Woodward Melferd Bend 2/11/05 letter x Woolland Chrissy Bend 1/31/05 fax letter x Wright Christopher Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Wuerthner George Eugene 2/3/05 fax letter x Wursta Steve Bend 2/9/05 fax letter x Wyberg Bryan Coon Rapids, MN 1/25/05 fax letter x Wymetalek Barbara Sunriver 1/31/05 fax letter x Wymetalek Larry Sunriver 1/31/05 fax letter x Wynn Mike La Pine 2/5/05 fax letter x Yates Margaret Puyallup, WA 1/30/05 fax letter x Yerman Bryce Bend 1/31/05 fax letter x Yocom Sue Sisters 1/28/05 fax letter x Zancanella Carol Bend 2/11/05 fax letter x Zerkel Janet Bend 2/10/05 fax letter x Zivney Linda Bend 2/5/05 fax letter x Zowney Susan Redmond 1/31/05 fax letter x Zowney ITom Redmond 1/31/05 fax letter x 2/16/2005 Page 37 of 37 Badlands Input Received after Deadline of February 11 Date of Type of Stance on Wilderness Desienation Last Name First Name From Contact Contact Pro Against Notes AmBauen Brynn Bend 2/13/05 fax letter x Barnum Ed Bend 2/13/05 e-mail x Bishko Grace Bend 2/12/05 fax letter x Brogley Mark Bend 2/12/05 fax letter x Burns Joy Bend 2/12/05 fax letter x Cowie Allison Bend 2/12/05 fax letter x Davidson Bryn Seattle, WA 2/15/05 fax letter x Gilchrist Kim Bend 2/15/05 fax letter x Gutman David Bend 2/13/05 fax letter x Heidtmann Evan Bend 2/15/05 e-mail x Hudson Jennifer Bend 2/12/05 e-mail x Jacquet Carol Terrebonne 2/12/05 fax letter x Kutchan Michael Bend 2/12/05 fax letter x Landson Barry Bend 2/14/05 e-mail x Landson Polly Bend 2/14/05 e-mail x MacLean Andrew Vancouver, WA 2/15/05 fax letter x Mogstad Joni 2/14/05 e-mail x Oregon Recreation Coalition Peoples John Bend 2/13/05 e-mail x Powers Mike Bend 2/13/05 fax letter x Serkownek Ken Bend 2/12/05 e-mail x Strobel Eric Bend 2/12/05 fax letter x Sugnet W. Bend 2/12/05 e-mail x Young jKim Bend 2/12/05 1 fax letter x