DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS AREAS

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEES ON PUBLIC LANDS. AND
NATIONAL PARKS AND RECREATION

H.R. 12081, H.R. 12240, S. 126, H.R. 149, H.R. 585, H.R. 4275, H.R. 9545, and

S. 826
July 14, 1969

H.R. 4275, H.R. 149, H.R. 585, and H.R. 9545
July 15, 1969

H.R. 16258, H.R. 12732, H.R. 13153, H.R. 12444, and S. 3222
May 25 and 26, 1970

H.R. 16258, H.R. 18044, H.R. 16212, and S. 3014
June 22, 1970

H.R. 13103, H.R. 13232, H.R. 16821, H.R. 16822, and S. 1732
June 26, 1970

Serial No. 91-25

Printed for the use of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs

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U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1970

COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

WAYNE N. ASPINALL, Colorado, Chairman

JORGE L. CÓRDOVA,

Resident Commissioner, Puerto Rico

SIDNEY L. MCFARLAND, Staff Director and Chief Clerk
LEWIS A. SIGLER, Counsel

SUBCOMMITTEE ON PUBLIC LANDS

WALTER S. BARING, Nevada, Chairman

JOHN KYL, Iowa

SAM STEIGER, Arizona
HOWARD W. POLLOCK, Alaska
DON H. CLAUSEN, California
JOHN WOLD, Wyoming

JOHN N. HAPPY CAMP, Oklahoma
MANUEL LUJAN, JR., New Mexico

WILLIAM L. SHAFER, Consultant on Public Lands

Note: The chairman, Hon. Wayne N. Aspinall, and the ranking minority member, Hon. Joseph P. Saylor, are ex officio members of each subcommittee.

24 72 71.

Morning session (10 a.m.) (on H.R. 12081 and H.R. 12240).

137

Morning session (11:40 a.m.) (on H.R. 149, H.R. 585, H.R. 4275,
H.R. 9545, and S. 826..

205

July 15, 1969:

Morning session..........

217

May 25, 1970:

Morning session (9:55 a.m.) (on H.R. 16258 and S. 3222).......

Morning session (11 a.m.) (H.R. 12732)

301

325

Morning session (11:12 a.m.) (H.R. 13153)

333

Morning session (11:30 a.m.) (H.R. 12444)

341

May 26, 1970:

Morning session..........

June 22, 1970:

Morning session....

June 26, 1970:

Text of:

Morning session (10 a.m.) (H.R. 13103, H.R. 13232).

Morning session (11:25 a.m.) (H.R. 16821, H.R. 16822).

H.R. 486.

H.R. 987.

To designate certain lands in the Monomoy National Wildlife

Refuge, Barnstable County, Mass., as wilderness.

H.R. 850...

353

413

463

497

12

S. 713..

To designate the Desolation Wilderness, Eldorado National Forest,

in the State of California.

H.R. 3687..

S. 714...

69

69

69

To designate the Ventana Wilderness, Los Padres National Forest,

in the State of California.

To designate certain lands in the Pelican Island National Wildlife

Refuge, Indian River County, Fla., as wilderness.

H.R. 149

205

To designate the Gravel Island and Green Bay National Wildlife

Refuges in Wisconsin as wilderness.

H.R. 585.

206

To designate certain lands in the Seney, Huron Islands, and Mich-

igan Islands National Wildlife Refuges in Michigan as wilder-

ness.

H.R. 4275.

To designate certain lands in the Seney Huron Islands, and Mich-

igan Islands National Wildlife Refuges in Michigan, the Gravel

Island and Green Bay National Wildlife Refuges in Wisconsin,

and the Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge in Maine as

wilderness.

206

Text of-Continued

H.R.

9545

To designate certain lands in the Moosehorn National Wildlife
Refuge in Maine as wilderness.

S. 826...

To designate certain lands in the Seney, Huron Islands, and Mich-
igan Islands National Wildlife Refuges in Michigan, the Gravel
Island and Green Bay National Wildlife Refuges in Wisconsin,
and the Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge in Maine, as
wilderness.

H.R. 16258.

To designate certain lands as wilderness.

S. 3222__.

Page

206

207

301

303

An act to designate certain lands in he Wichita Mountains Na-
tional Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma as wilderness.

H.R. 12732__

325

To designate certain lands within the Passage Key National
Wildlife Refuge in Florida as wilderness.

H.R. 13153..

333

A bill to designate certain lands within the Island Bay Wildlife
Refuge in Florida as wilderness.

H.R. 12444_

341

A bill to designate the Mount Baldy Wilderness, the Pine Moun-
tain Wilderness, and the Sycamore Canyon Wilderness within
certain national forests in the State of Arizona.

H.R. 18044_.

To designate certain lands as wilderness.

H.R. 16212.

414

416

To designate certain lands in the Three Arch Rocks, Oregon Is-
lands, Copalis, Flattery Rocks, and Quillayute Needles Na-
tional Wildlife Refuge as wilderness.

S. 3014...

H.R. 13103_

416

To designate certain lands as wilderness.

463

To designate certain lands in the Petrified Forest National Park
in Arizona as wilderness.

H.R. 13232_.

464

To designate certain lands in the Craters of the Moon National
Monument in Idaho as wilderness.

H.R. 16821.

497

H.R. 16822_
S. 1732_

498

498

To designate certain lands in the Craters of the Moon National
Monument in Idaho as wilderness.

Reports:

Department of the Interior, dated May 26, 1969 (on H.R. 486).
Department of Agriculture, dated June 6, 1969 (on H.R. 850) –
Department of the Interior, dated June 6, 1969 (on H.R. 850)
Department of Agriculture, dated June 6, 1969 (on H.R. 3687)
Department of the Interior, dated June 6, 1969 (on H.R. 3687)
Department of the Interior, dated July 14, 1969 (on H.R. 12240).
Department of the Interior, dated July 14, 1969 (on H.R. 4275)_
Department of the Interior, dated May 19, 1970 (on S. 3222).
Department of the Interior, dated May 22, 1970 (on H.R. 16258).
Department of the Interior, dated April 14, 1970 (on H.R. 12732).
Department of the Interior, dated May 25, 1970 (on H.R. 13153).
Department of the Interior, dated April 14, 1970 (on H.R. 12444).
Department of Agriculture, dated March 31, 1970 (on H.R. 12444)_
Department of the Interior, dated May 22, 1970 (on H.R. 16258).
Department of Agriculture, dated May 25, 1970 (on H.R. 16258).
Department of the Interior, dated April 14, 1970 (on S. 3014).
Department of the Interior, dated January 23, 1970 (on H.R. 13232)
Department of the Interior, dated June 25, 1970 (on H.R. 16821 and
H.R. 16822)_

Statements of Members of Congress:

Byrnes, Hon. John W., a Representative in Congress from the State of Wisconsin..

Frey, Hon. Louis, Jr., a Representative in Congress from the State of Florida___

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297

145

326, 334

503

Haley, Hon. James A., a Representative in Congress from the State
of Florida..

Hansen, Hon. Orval, a Representative in Congress from the State of
Idaho...

Hart, Hon. Philip A., a U.S. Senator from the State of Michigan..
Hathaway, Hon. William D., a Representative in Congress from the
State of Maine..

Johnson, Hon. Harold T., a Representative in Congress from the State
of California_.

Kastenmeier, Hon. Robert W., a Representative in Congress from the State of Wisconsin__.

298

296

71

229

Keith, Hon. Hastings, a Representative in Congress from the State of Massachusetts.

3

Kennedy, Hon. Edward M., a U.S. Senator from the State of Massachusetts...

54

Kyros, Hon. Peter N., a Representative in Congress from the State of Maine...

Nelson, Hon. Gaylord, a U.S. Senator from the State of Wisconsin.. Rhodes, Hon. John J., a Representative in Congress from the State of Arizona..

Rogers, Hon. Paul G., a Representative in Congress from the State of Florida..

217

228

468

140

Ruppe, Hon. Philip E., a Representative in Congress from the State of Michigan.

221

Saylor, Hon. John P., a Representative in Congress from the State of Pennsylvania_

461, 499

Steed, Hon. Tom, a Representative in Congress from the State of
Oklahoma -

315

Steiger, Hon. Sam, a Representative in Congress from the State of
Arizona:

May 26, 1970 (H.R. 12444).

356

June 26, 1970 (H.R. 13103 and H.R. 13232).

466

Talcott, Hon. Burt L., a Representative in Congress from the State of
California.

73

Udall, Hon. Morris K., a Representative in Congress from the State of Arizona:

May 26, 1970 (H.R. 12444).

353

June 22, 1970 (H.R. 16258).
June 26, 1970 (H.R. 13232)_.

460

467

Vander Jagt, Hon. Guy, a Representative in Congress from the State of Michigan..

296

Statements of other witnesses:

Alderson, George, Washington representative, Friends of the Earth. 491, 530
Avery, Mrs. Abigail, Appalachian Mountain Club, Boston, Mass.
Brandborg, Stewart M., executive director, the Wilderness Society.
Branson, Willard T., chairman, Monterey County Board of Super-
visors..

42

171

75

Bristow, Bud, Arizona Wildlife Federation, Phoenix, Ariz..
Clapper, Louis S., on behalf of the National Wildlife Federation..
Cliff, Hon. Edward P., Chief, Forest Service, U.S. Department of
Agriculture_

391

213

79

Cutler, M. Rupert, assistant executive director, the Wilderness Society:
May 27, 1969 (H.R. 486).

44

June 10, 1969 (H.R. 850 and H.R. 3687).

111

Dickerman, Ernest, eastern regional director of field services for the Wilderness Society: