U.S. Senator Ken Salazar Member of the Agriculture, Energy and Veterans Affairs Committees 2300 15^th Street, Suite 450 Denver, CO 80202 | 702 Hart Senate Building, Washington, D.C. 20510
For Immediate Release February 28, 2006		CONTACT: Cody Wertz – Comm. Director 303-455-7600 Andrew Nannis – Press Secretary 202-224-5852
Sen. Salazar’s Statement on Administration’s Proposal to Sell USFS Lands to Generate Revenue Washington, D.C. – Senator Salazar released the following statement on the Administration’s legislative proposal to sell 300,000 acres (21,572 in Colorado) of USFS lands. “I oppose the President’s proposal to sell off 300,000 acres of forest lands to address budget needs. I have made it clear to Forest Service officials today that I will fight the proposed sell-off of Forest Service land as part of a budget gambit,” said Senator Salazar. “On principle, I am not opposed to selling United States Forest Service parcels that have been identified through a public process that is transparent, but I am troubled by the idea of doing it to fill a ‘budgetary need.’” “In addition, Colorado currently is slated to have a sale of 21,572 acres, or nearly 7.2%, of the 300,000 acres on the block, yet Colorado would only receive 1.67% of the funding each year. That’s inequitable and I will fight this allotment if it moves forward.” ###