Places Like the Metolius Make Oregon Special - Sam Morley, Washington DC

[Sent to the members of the Senate Rules Committee:]

I am writing in support of Senate Bill 30, a bill that would prohibit destination resorts within 3 miles of the Metolius River Basin. I was raised in Oregon and even though I now live in the East, I have been returning to the Metolius each summer for the last 25 years at least.

For me the Metolius is a unique and precious area with unrivalled wildlife, fishing, hiking and camping. A fragile balance between environmental needs and human use has been maintained by the untiring efforts of generations of people who want to preserve this environment for the enjoyment of future generations. Places like the Metolius are what make Oregon a special place. Large destination resorts of the sort that are being proposed for the area will change the unique Metolius environment forever. They are irreversible. Please don’t let that happen.

Sincerely yours,

Samuel A. Morley
Washington DC