Jeff;
The whole document is a "Wise Use" manifesto, which focuses on protecting mining, grazing, timber and other extractive industries at the expense of any environmental concerns. This is more a power grab by extractive industries in the Northern end of Siskiyou County than it is a money grab, and it grows out of the Klamath fight and the fight over water and habitat along the Scott and Shasta rivers.
Other passages include:
...Siskiyou County opposes any additional designations of Wild and Scenic Rivers in the
County;
...Siskiyou County concurs with studies that the impact of suction dredge mining on fisheries and aquatic life is temporary, localized and di minimis;
...Current grazing allotments shall be continued and principally managed to produce forage to support maximum carrying capacity by domestic livestock;
...Traditional use of grazing allotments for livestock grazing will take precedence over other competing uses;
What's most irritating about this is the timing; significant progress is being made in partnerships between enviro groups and ranchers/ag/timber, and to throw this "wise use" idiocy into the mix is irresponsible.
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