National Wilderness Preservation Act: Hearings Before the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, United States Senate, Eighty-fifth Congress, Second Session, on S. 4028, a Bill to Establish a National Wilderness Preservation System for the Permanent Good of the Whole People, and for Other Purposes ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1958 - 1060 pages |
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... . Pursuant to this policy the Congress gives sanction to the continued preservation as wilderness of those areas federally owned or controlled that are within na- 1 tional parks , national forests , national wildlife refuges ,
... . Pursuant to this policy the Congress gives sanction to the continued preservation as wilderness of those areas federally owned or controlled that are within na- 1 tional parks , national forests , national wildlife refuges ,
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... Agriculture in his report has certain specific objec- tions to the bill to which we believe the committee will wish to give careful consideration . We would also point out that the report 8 NATIONAL WILDERNESS PRESERVATION ACT.
... Agriculture in his report has certain specific objec- tions to the bill to which we believe the committee will wish to give careful consideration . We would also point out that the report 8 NATIONAL WILDERNESS PRESERVATION ACT.
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... give us their reappraisal of the proposal in consider- ation of the revisions rather than repeat testimony taken a year ago . The proposal to establish a wilderness system was first made more than 10 years ago . It has been discussed ...
... give us their reappraisal of the proposal in consider- ation of the revisions rather than repeat testimony taken a year ago . The proposal to establish a wilderness system was first made more than 10 years ago . It has been discussed ...
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... give this and other proposals the deliberations they require . I would like to suggest , too , that , before Congress takes any action on any wilderness bill , I hope that hearings will be held in Utah and other Western States to afford ...
... give this and other proposals the deliberations they require . I would like to suggest , too , that , before Congress takes any action on any wilderness bill , I hope that hearings will be held in Utah and other Western States to afford ...
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... give them any more real protection by merely affirming that they are a part of a nebulous wilderness preserve ? It is urgently necessary that we explore such new legislative sources without adequately testing remedies in the framework ...
... give them any more real protection by merely affirming that they are a part of a nebulous wilderness preserve ? It is urgently necessary that we explore such new legislative sources without adequately testing remedies in the framework ...
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85th Congress ABBOTT administration amendments American Forestry Association Chairman citizens Committee on Interior Congress conservation County CRAFTS D. C. DEAR SENATOR DEAR SENATOR MURRAY Department designated enactment establish a national Federal lands Forest Service grazing hearings Howard Zahniser included Indian industry Insular Affairs interest Interior and Insular JAMES E July 18 July 23 legislation ment million acres multiple-use National Outdoor Recreation National Park Service national wilderness preservation national-forest natural resources ness objections Outdoor Recreation Resources percent present President primitive areas proposed protection public lands purposes recommendations record Recreation Resources Review resolution Resources Review Commission revised wilderness bill roadless areas Secretary of Agriculture Senate Office Building Senator BIBLE Senator JAMES Senator NEUBERGER statement STONG Superior National Forest timber tion United States Senate Washington West Western wild areas wilderness areas Wilderness Preservation Council wilderness preservation system wilderness system wilderness value wildlife refuges
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Page 5 - One of the original members shall be appointed for a term of one year, one for a term of two years, one for a term of three years, one for a term of...
Page 1 - ... wilderness areas", and these shall be administered for the use and enjoyment of the American people in such manner as will leave them unimpaired for future use and enjoyment as wilderness, and so as to provide for the protection of these areas, the preservation of their wilderness character, and for the gathering and dissemination of information regarding their use and enjoyment as wilderness ; and no Federal lands shall be designated as "wilderness areas" except as provided for in this Act or...
Page 91 - March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and which may be continued; and he may make such rules and regulations and establish such service as will insure the objects of such reservations, namely, to regulate their occupancy and use and to preserve the forests thereon from destruction...
Page 98 - A wilderness, in contrast with those areas where man and his own works dominate the landscape, is hereby recognized as an area where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man, where man himself is a visitor who does not remain.
Page 35 - In the administration of the forest reserves it must be clearly borne in mind that all land is to be devoted to its most productive use for the permanent good of the whole people, and not for the temporary benefit of individuals or companies.
Page 1 - Congress to secure for the American people of present and future generations the benefits of an enduring resource of wilderness.
Page 3 - An Act To establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes," approved August 25, 1916 (39 Stat.
Page 154 - AN ACT To establish a National Wilderness Preservation System for the permanent good of the whole people, and for other purposes.
Page 5 - ... works, power projects, transmission lines, and other facilities needed in the public interest, including the road construction and maintenance essential to development and use thereof, upon his determination that such use or uses in the specific area will better serve the interests of the United States and the people thereof than will its denial...