15 Quotes by Mark Rey

We want everyone to be comfortable with every half-acre that stays on the list.

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.

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.

Our objective will be to give everyone involved the ability to look at each and every tract (of land proposed for sale), to satisfy themselves if they want to, that these tracts are worthy of what we are proposing.

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.

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

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

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

We will probably drop some tracts from the candidate list.