Mark Rey Quotations

The quickest way to provide permanent protection is through the development of state-specific rules, not by resuscitating the 2001 rule,

Some of the sites in question...do not any longer meet national forest system needs, but that's not the same as not meeting public needs generally.

Land sales are a sensitive issue, and the public will have an opportunity to comment on the proposal. Then, we will revise the list one more time before transmitting it to Congress.

The supporters have been far quieter than the people who have found problems with it.

We estimate it will take 150,000 to 200,000 acres to meet the offset.

They are isolated, expensive to manage, and no longer necessary to meet the needs of U.S. Forest Service goals.

We will probably drop some tracts from the candidate list.

The act provided guaranteed payments to rural counties for road maintenance and schools.

The Forest Service has had an active land acquisition program for the last 50 years at the end of the day, the size of Forest Service holdings will continue to grow.

There aren't $800 million worth of funding cuts that we could find, which is why we are looking at this as a revenue raiser.