PART II

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON PUBLIC LANDS

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON

INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NINETY-SECOND CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

H.R. 7295 and related bills

TO AUTHORIZE AND DIRECT THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE TO
CLASSIFY AS WILDERNESS THE NATIONAL FOREST LANDS KNOWN
AS THE LINCOLN BACK COUNTRY, AND PARTS OF THE LEWIS AND
CLARK AND LOLO NATIONAL FORESTS, IN MONTANA, AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES

H.R. 6446

TO PROVIDE FOR ADDITION OF THE MINAM RIVER CANYON AND
OTHER AREAS TO THE EAGLE CAP WILDERNESS, WALLOWA, AND
WHITMAN NATIONAL FORESTS, TO MODIFY THE BOUNDARIES OF
THE WALLOWA NATIONAL FOREST IN THE STATE OF OREGON, AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES

H.R. 5932 and related bills

TO AUTHORIZE THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE TO REVIEW AS
TO ITS SUITABILITY FOR PRESERVATION AS WILDERNESS THE
AREA COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE INDIAN PEAKS AREA IN THE
STATE OF COLORADO

H.R. 10752

TO DESIGNATE CERTAIN LANDS AS WILDERNESS (FLAT TOPS)

HEARINGS HELD IN WASHINGTON, D.C.

MARCH 9 AND 10, 1972
MAY 18 AND 19, 1972
JULY 27 AND 28, 1972

Serial No. 92-19

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

85-293

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1972

Ster COMMVEEDE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

WAYNE N. ASPINALL, Colorado, Chairman

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

Department of Agriculture, dated October 20, 1971..

Department of the Interior, dated February 16, 1972

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Department of Agriculture, dated November 12, 1971.

Department of Agriculture, dated March 9, 1972.

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Department of Agriculture, supplemental report on H.R. 6446, dated

May 24, 1972_

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Department of the Interior, dated November 29, 1971.

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Department of Agriculture, dated May 30, 1972-

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Department of Agriculture, dated July 26, 1972.

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Statements:

Alderson, George, legislative director, Friends of the Earth..

Aldrich, Don, executive secretary, Montana Wildlife Federation –

Anderson, Herbert H., Friends of Minam..

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155

Bailey, James F., legislative advocate, United Brotherhood of Carpen-
ters and Joiners...

169

Balcomb, Kenneth, counsel, the Colorado River Water Conservation

District_

279

Brotzman, Hon. Donald G., a Representative in Congress from the
State of Colorado _ _

227

Burk, Dale A., Stevensville, Mont.

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Conway, Grant, for the Maryland Wilderness Association....

Dare, Wilbur, mining engineer, Bureau of Mines.......

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Dickerman, Ernest M., eastern director of field services for the Wilder-
ness Society..

177

Edwards, Tom, of Ovando, Mont.

56

Ewart, Kirk, assistant to the vice president, Timber and Timberlands
Group, Boise Cascade Corp-

142

Fischer, Carl F., county coordinator, Grand County, Colo...

Fisk, Howard, president, Save the Minam, Inc. -

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160

Hondius, Pieter, chairman, Indian Peaks Committee, Colorado Open

Space Council..

Garland, Cecil, president, Montana Wilderness Association and Lin-
coln Back Country Protective Association -

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