[Vision2020] Takeover of federal lands could cost Idaho millions

[Tom Hansen]

I exaggerated simply to stress my belief that these regions MUST NOT be transferred to state management.

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Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

"There's room at the top they are telling you still.
But first you must learn how to smile as you kill,
If you want to be like the folks on the hill."

- John Lennon
  

> On Dec 9, 2014, at 4:54 PM, lfalen <lfalen at turbonet.com> wrote:
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> Your statement is an over exaggeration however the article is fairly well on target. The Federal Forest Service is better able to handle fire control and the state now gets a credit for the federal lands inside he state. That does not mean that there aren't  some lands that could be sold to private parties.
> Roger
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> -----Original Message-----
> Subject: [Vision2020] Takeover of federal lands could cost Idaho millions
> From: "Moscow Cares" <moscowcares at moscow.com>
> To: "Moscow Vision 2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
> Date: 12/09/14 12:28:58
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> Twenty years from now . . . outside the newly built Walmart super-center . . . slave laborers will be lining the sidewalk for nickle-an-hour jobs . . . recalling how, back when they were infants, grandpa and grandma would take them trail-riding and camping . . . in the very spot they stand . . . back when it was . . . the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness Area.
> God bless America . . . please.
> Courtesy of today's (December 9, 2014) Lewiston Tribune.
> ---------------------------------------Takeover of federal lands could cost Idaho millionsPanel's recommendation on plan is expected todayBOISE - Taking control of federal public lands in Idaho could cost the state $111 million a year, a new report shows.The study by the University of Idaho's Policy Analysis Group found the state could lose millions of dollars in eight of nine different scenarios involving such a transfer.Researchers compared various financial benefits for the state's timber industry to increased costs connected with management of the land.The report was requested by a legislative committee tasked under a resolution known as HR22 with studying a state takeover of federal lands in Idaho. The panel will finalize its recommendation today.Supporters of a land transfer claim timber harvests would boom under state management. Meanwhile, opponents say the boost in revenue would
> do little to offset the millions of dollars needed for land management expenses.Researchers only saw a profit of $24 million a year in one scenario. In that case, Idaho would have to boost its harvest by 1 billion board-feet of timber a year and sell it at $250 per 1,000 board-feet.Under the worst-case scenario, Idaho would increase its harvest sales by half a billion board-
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