Wilderness Benchmark 1988: Proceedings of the National Wilderness Colloquium, Tampa, Florida, January 13-14, 1988U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station, 1989 - 228 pages |
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Page 125 - ... All ethics so far evolved rest upon a single premise: that the individual is a member of a community of interdependent parts.
Page 67 - 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 58 - ... only to the white man was nature a "wilderness" and only to him was the land "infested" with "wild animals" and "savage" people. To us it was tame, earth was bountiful and we were surrounded with the blessings of the Great Mystery.
Page 93 - 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 134 - Agriculture is authorized and directed to develop and administer the renewable surface resources of the national forests for multiple use and sustained yield of the several products and services obtained therefrom. In the administration of the national forests due consideration shall be given to the relative values of the various resources in particular areas. The establishment and maintenance of areas of wilderness are consistent with the purposes and provisions of this Act.
Page 134 - Congress to secure for the American people of present and future generations the benefits of an enduring resource of wilderness.
Page 41 - April 1990. 74 percent of those polled agreed that "protecting the environment is so important that requirements and standards cannot be too high, and continuing environmental improvements must be made regardless of cost.
Page 195 - To the laborer in the sweat of his labor, the raw stuff on his anvil is an adversary to be conquered. So was wilderness an adversary to the pioneer. But to the laborer in repose, able for the moment to cast a philosophical eye on his world, that same raw stuff is something to be loved and cherished, because it gives definition and meaning to his life.
Page 100 - ... to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United States Senate and the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the United States House of Representatives.
Page 53 - Except as otherwise provided in this Act, each agency administering any area designated as wilderness shall be responsible for preserving the wilderness character of the area and shall so administer such area for such other purposes for which it may have been established as also to preserve its wilderness character. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, wilderness areas shall be devoted to the public purposes of recreational, scenic, scientific, educational, conservation, and historical use.