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,\ ,- OC~776 leadership in environmental protection and resource manage- ment affairs. Let me cite some of his accomplishments in these fields. Lc Ri - th He was floor manager of the controversial wilderness bill that passed the Senate in 1961 and 1963 and was signed into law in 1964, after 8 years of conflict and com- promise. He also floor managed legislation establishing the Land and Water Conservation Act of 1968. He authored the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 1968. These are impres- sive environmental protection achievements, but they don't overshadow his efforts on behalf of balanced resource man- agement and use. As chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Public Lands, he led the development of c1earcutting guidelines to control abuses and successfully postponed a threatened clearcutting ban that would have had severe impact on industries and economies dependent on working forests. In the last Congress, these same "Church c1earcutting guidelines" were incorporated into the new National Forest Management Act of 1976, along with a Church-sponsored amendment to provide annual funding for reforestation and timber stand improvement to reduce the sizeable backlog of poorly stocked forestlands. Less publicized but also impor- . tant are the Senator's continuing efforts to provide justified funding for Federal management programs to insure full multiple use benefits from public lands. an fo W, - th - an Pr gr, In hi controver: sparks COI Wildernes, efforts aU of a balan a number appr7:~~ Here in Idaho we are particularly blessed as the benefi- ciaries of Senator Church's efforts for environmental protec- tion. To balance our working natural resources and support an important and growing outdoor recreation and tourist industry, we have - the Sawtooth and Hells Canyon National Recreation Areas; - the Middle Fork of the Salmon River and the Middle Fork of the Clearwater River, with its Selway and Dr Wildlife ~ Research Ii