Wilderness Preservation System: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Public Lands of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, House of Representatives, Eighty-seventh Congress, First[-second] Session, on S. 174 [and Other] Bills to Establish a National Wilderness Preservation System for the Permanent Good of the Whole People, and for Other Purposes ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1962 - 1762 pages |
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... PrOST . You are aware that at the present time you are restricted on your wild , wilderness , and primitive areas as well as national park areas , are you not ? Mr. MERELMAN . Yes . Mrs. PrOST . The gentleman from Alaska , Mr. Rivers ...
... PrOST . You are aware that at the present time you are restricted on your wild , wilderness , and primitive areas as well as national park areas , are you not ? Mr. MERELMAN . Yes . Mrs. PrOST . The gentleman from Alaska , Mr. Rivers ...
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... PrOST . Thank you . Are there further questions of Mr. Fay ? Mr. RIVERS . Madam Chairman . Mrs. ProST . The gentleman from Alaska . Mr. RIVERS . There is language in here which says that after these areas are established , the President ...
... PrOST . Thank you . Are there further questions of Mr. Fay ? Mr. RIVERS . Madam Chairman . Mrs. ProST . The gentleman from Alaska . Mr. RIVERS . There is language in here which says that after these areas are established , the President ...
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... PrOST . Mr. Larson , as you probably know , the bill provides for a study of the areas over a 10 - year period . For ... Prost . They are in single - use status in Idaho today . Mr. LARSON . That is right . Mrs. Prost . And I am sure ...
... PrOST . Mr. Larson , as you probably know , the bill provides for a study of the areas over a 10 - year period . For ... Prost . They are in single - use status in Idaho today . Mr. LARSON . That is right . Mrs. Prost . And I am sure ...
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... Prost . Mr. Dressler , you do know that the bill provides for grazing to continue where it has already been established ? Are you familiar with that ? Mr. DRESSLER . We are . We think that is very important and that is one of the ...
... Prost . Mr. Dressler , you do know that the bill provides for grazing to continue where it has already been established ? Are you familiar with that ? Mr. DRESSLER . We are . We think that is very important and that is one of the ...
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... PrOST . Off the record . ( Discussion off the record . ) Mrs. PrOST . Is Mr. Cecil Phipps here ? Mr. DIFANI . Madam Chairman , I am George Difani . I am on the agenda just a little later on . I would like to submit Mr. Phipps ...
... PrOST . Off the record . ( Discussion off the record . ) Mrs. PrOST . Is Mr. Cecil Phipps here ? Mr. DIFANI . Madam Chairman , I am George Difani . I am on the agenda just a little later on . I would like to submit Mr. Phipps ...
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Page 1051 - ... to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wild life therein and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in such manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations.
Page 846 - ... 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 ; (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 as to make practicable its preservation and use in an unimpaired condition; and (4) may also contain ecological, geological, or other features of scientific, educational,...
Page 902 - 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 1033 - 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 846 - 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 838 - 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 by...
Page 1050 - That licenses shall be issued within any reservation only after a finding by the commission that the license will not interfere or be inconsistent with the purpose for which such reservation was created or acquired...
Page 952 - They who know of no purer sources of truth, who have traced up its stream no higher, stand, and wisely stand, by the Bible and the Constitution, and drink at it there with reverence and humility; but they who behold where it comes trickling into this lake or that pool, gird up their loins once more, and continue their pilgrimage toward its fountain-head.
Page 1312 - The Congress shall have the power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the Territory or other property belonging to the United States...
Page 855 - Resolved', That certified copies of this resolution be forwarded...