! March 28, 2104!

The Real Forest Management Travel Solution

Last week, The Baker City Herald editorial staff wrote, Rep. Greg Walden has gotten right to the heart of the debate over managing national forest and he only needed to write a four-page bill to do it.!

! Its time for a reality check.! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

It seems clear that Walden only threw this piece forward because I am on his heels, chasing his lackluster votes. I have heard for years from hunters, farmers, ranchers, loggers and outdoorsmen worried about their forest access and concerned with the deafness of Washington bureaucrats. They tell me of their frustration in writing endlessly to Waldens ofce, their local papers, and their vain attendance in public comment sessions. ! Do you really believe that Representative Walden was suddenly moved by his love for our freedoms as Oregonians, or does this seem politically-motivated to you? Why have our forests been padlocked for years and why has his ofce been bragging about his ineffectual votes, until now? ! The Travel Management Plan comes from an agenda started 10 years ago. Thats when Republicans owned the executive and legislative branches of the federal machine. Yet, this debacle has been growing like a boil beneath the surface and is now, ready to explode. Is this what it takes to get Washingtons attention?! This bill attempts to score political points without creating real change. It re-enforces the root problem a profound disconnect between the boots on the ground and the shiny shoes in Washington. His mistake is the assumption that keeping power in the federal bureaucracy while giving purely political head-patting bonuses to commissioners will x the problem.! As a county commissioner, I can tell you right now that we need much more than this weak attempt we need ownership, real-world budgets and the ability to open our forests to all kinds of uses without federal overreach. ! I believe that we should be transferring all federally managed lands into the various jurisdictions where those lands are contained. We should be giving the resources back to the people with real action, not symbolic four-page bills.Thoughtfully submitted,! Dennis Linthicum! Klamath County Commissioner! Candidate for US Representative OR #2!
DLinthicum@KlamathCounty.org! dennis@Dennis2014.com!

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The Real Forest Management Travel Solution

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