Nationwide Trails System: Hearings Before the Subcommitte on National Parks and Recreation...90-1, on H.R. 4865, and Related Bills, March 6, 7, 1967 |
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acquire acquisition administered advisory council Appalachian Mountain Club Appalachian Trail Club Appalachian Trail Conference appropriate Secretary ASPINALL authority BAKER bicycle bill BOARDMAN BRANDBORG BROMLEY Chairman Chisholm Trail CLIFF committee concerned Congress Continental Divide Trail D.C. DEAR easements establish a nationwide Federal agencies Forest Service gentleman going Green Mountain Club highways hiking Hiking Club historic HODGES Jefferson National Forest landowners lands or interests legislation logging McCLURE ment metropolitan areas miles motorized vehicles Mountain Club MURRAY national forests National Park national scenic trails nationwide system outdoor recreation Pacific Crest Trail Parks and Recreation Potomac Heritage Trail private lands private organizations problem proposed protection question recreation trails represent right-of-way roads scenic easements Secretary of Agriculture Secretary UDALL statement STEIGER system of trails TAYLOR Thank timber tion trail route trail system trails on lands urban users Washington Water Conservation Fund wilderness areas
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Page 15 - The values of the properties so exchanged either shall be approximately equal, or if they are not approximately equal the values shall be equalized by the payment of cash to the grantor or to the Secretary as the circumstances require.
Page 57 - I do not think there is any question about that, at least as far as the Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management and the National Park Service are concerned, but that is not why it was established — that is a collateral benefit.
Page 11 - Nothing in this section with respect to the making of a loan or grant shall apply to grants made under the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (78 Stat. 897 ; 16 USC 4601-5 et seq.) . SEC.
Page 13 - National Recreation Trails" by the appropriate Secretary and, when no Federal land acquisition is involved— (i) trails in or reasonably accessible to urban areas may be designated as "National Recreation Trails...
Page 4 - In exercising his authority to acquire property by exchange, the Secretary may accept title to any non-Federal property within the boundaries of the park and recreation areas and in exchange therefor he may convey to the grantor of such property...
Page 15 - State in which the component lies and which he classifies as suitable for exchange or other disposal. The values of the properties so exchanged either shall be approximately equal or, if they are not approximately equal, shall be equalized by the payment of cash to the grantor or to the Secretary as the circumstances require.
Page 11 - Commission has authority to extend an existing preliminary permit issued by the Secretary of the Interior, under the authority of. the act of February 15, 1901 (31 Stat., 790).
Page 6 - National Trails System Act." STATEMENT OF POLICY Sec. 2. (a) In order to provide for the ever-increasing outdoor recreation needs of an expanding population and in order to promote public access to, travel within, and enjoyment and appreciation of the open-air, outdoor areas of the Nation, trails should be established (i) primarily, near the urban areas of the Nation, and (ii) secondarily, within established scenic areas more remotely located.
Page 179 - a connected trail, running as far as practicable, over the summits of the mountains and through the wild lands of the Atlantic Seaboard...
Page 2 - The following routes shall be studied in accordance with the objectives outlined in subsection (b) of this section: (1) Continental Divide Trail, a three-thousand-one-hundredmile trail extending from near the Mexican border in southwestern New Mexico northward generally along the Continental Divide to the Canadian border in Glacier National Park. (2) Potomac Heritage Trail, an...