these payments pay the salaries of more than half of skamania county's 65 employees. for our rural and timber communities, these are very serious issues. i noticed there was not a lot of detail in the administration's proposal to reauthorize the secure rural schools program. but nonetheless, i look forward to working with you, the chairman and other interested members of this committee, including senator wyden, over the coming months to extend this crucial program. i also want to thank you, chief tidwell, for last week's announcement, concerning recreation permits. i completely agree that we need to be finding ways to streamline the forest service's processes in order to make it easier for more young people to get outdoors. i know secretary jewell announced a similar proposal across all of interior's lands programs. and it was right here in this hearing room, at last year's budget hearing, when you and i talked about the problems that the ymca of greater seattle was having in getting a permit from the forest service. i am delighted to hear that you and secretary jewel

skamania county, securable spin that represent more than 15% of their budget.these payments in salaries of more than half of the county 65 employees. for our wall and timber communities, these are very serious issues. i notice there's not a lot of detail the proposal to reauthorize the program, but nonetheless i look forward to working with you in the chairwomen and members of this committee including senator wyden over the months to extend the crucial program. they also want to thank you chief tidwell for the announcement with the recreational permit. we need to find ways to streamline the process in order to make you more young people to get outdoors. secretary jewell announced a similar proposal across all interior programs and was right here in this room the past year's in this thread vegetarian menu and i talked about problems with the ymca of greater seattle and the forest service and i'm delighted to hear that you and secretary jewell are embarking on a very significant process to make it easier for young people like the ymca to move through the process