Wild Areas in the National Forests: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Environment, Soil Conservation, and Forestry of ..., 92-2 on S. 3224, S. 3225, and S. 3699 ..., July 20 and 21, 1972 |
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100th meridian 1964 Wilderness Act acreage Agriculture Alabama Conservancy ALLEN Bankhead National Forest Bee Branch believe canyons Carolina Chairman classification commercial concept Congress Creek criteria definition of wilderness DICKERMAN East eastern national forests eastern wild areas EASTLAND established Federal feel Forestry gorges hardwood hearings Izaak Walton League legislation logging MCGUIRE ment Monongahela National Forest Mountain National Forest national forest lands National Forest System National Park national recreation area National Wilderness Preservation natural areas opportunity outdoor recreation potential President primitive recreation public lands qualify as wilderness restoration roads Senator AIKEN Senator BELLMON Sierra Club Sipsey area Sipsey River Sipsey Wilderness specific statement system of wild Thank timber harvesting tion trails U.S. Forest Service U.S. Senate watershed West Virginia White Mountain National wild areas system wild lands Wilderness Act wilderness areas wilderness character Wilderness Preservation System wilderness proposals wilderness system wildlife
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Page 190 - Act, an area of undeveloped Federal land retaining its primeval character and influence, without permanent improvements or human habitation, which is protected and managed so as to preserve its natural conditions and which ( 1 ) generally appears to have been affected primarily by the forces of nature, with the imprint of man's work substantially unnoticeable...
Page 142 - Congress to secure for the American people of present and future generations the benefits of an enduring resource of wilderness.
Page 204 - 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 109 - ... which ( 1 ) generally appears to have been affected primarily by the forces of nature, with the imprint of man's work substantially unnoticeable; (2) has outstanding opportunities for solitude or a primitive and unconfined type of recreation; (3) has at least five thousand acres of land or is of sufficient size to make practicable its preservation and use in an unimpaired condition; and (4) may also contain ecological, geological or other features of scientific, educational, scenic, or historic...
Page 8 - Secretary after public notice of such proposal and public hearing or hearings as provided in subsection (d) of this section. The proposed modification or adjustment shall then be recommended with map and description thereof to the President. The President shall advise the United States Senate and the House of Representatives of his recommendations with respect to such modification or adjustment and such recommendations shall become effective only in the same manner as provided for in subsections...
Page 7 - Secretary may designate zones where, and establish periods when, no hunting, fishing, or trapping shall be permitted for reasons of public safety, administration, or public use and enjoyment.
Page 9 - ... hold a public hearing or hearings at a location or locations convenient to the area affected.
Page 6 - Act (including measures required in emergencies involving the health and safety of persons within the area), there shall be no temporary road, no use of motor vehicles, motorized equipment or motorboats, no landing of aircraft, no other form of mechanical transport, and no structure or installation within any such area.
Page 6 - In addition, such measures may be taken as may be necessary in the control of fire, insects, and diseases, subject to such conditions as the Secretary deems desirable.
Page 4 - 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...