Hells Canyon: Snake National River: Hearings Before Th Subcommittee on Parks and Recreation ... 92-1, on S. 717 and S. 448, September 16, 17, and 30, 19711971 - 490 pages |
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Common terms and phrases
ALAN BIBLE anadromous boat Bonneville Power Administration Canyon-Snake National River Chairman CLIFF Columbia River Congress construction D.C. DEAR SENATOR downstream economic environmental Federal Power Commission fish fishery flows Forest Service FRANK CHURCH free-flowing future hearing Hells Canyon Dam Hells Canyon-Snake National HENAULT High Mountain Sheep hydroelectric Idaho Water Imnaha Imnaha River included irrigation legislation license Middle Snake River miles million acres moratorium bill national forest National River Bill national wild nitrogen nitrogen supersaturation Oregon Pacific Northwest potential present preserve problem proposed Public Lands question reclamation record recreational reservoir roads Salmon River scenic rivers system Secretary of Agriculture Senate Bill 717 Senate Office Building Senator BIBLE Senator HATFIELD Senator JORDAN Senator PACKWOOD statement steelhead storage stretch Subcommittee supersaturation Thank timber tion tributaries University of Idaho values Wallowa County Washington water resources wild and scenic wild river wildlife
Popular passages
Page 74 - Nation which, with their immediate environments, possess outstandingly remarkable scenic, recreational, geologic, fish and wildlife, historic, cultural, or other similar values, shall be preserved in free-flowing condition, and that they and their immediate environments shall be protected for the benefit and enjoyment of present and future generations.
Page 83 - Any component of the national wild and scenic rivers system that is administered by the Secretary of the Interior through the National Park Service shall become a part of the national park system...
Page 526 - The grandeur and originality of the views presented on every side," says Captain Bonneville, "beggar both the pencil and the pen. Nothing we had ever gazed upon in any other region could for a moment compare in wild majesty and impressive sternness with the series of scenes which here at every turn astonished our senses and filled us with awe and delight.
Page 79 - Nothing contained in this section, however, shall preclude the use of condemnation when necessary to clear title or to acquire scenic easements or such other easements as are reasonably necessary to give the public access to tiie river and to permit its members to traverse the length of the area or of selected segments thereof.
Page 54 - The test is whether the project will be in the public interest. And that determination can be made only after an exploration of all issues relevant to the public interest, including future power demand and supply, alternate sources of power, the public interest in preserving reaches of wild rivers and wilderness areas, the preservation of anadromous fish for commercial and recreational purposes, and the protection of wildlife.
Page 84 - Nothing in this Act shall constitute an express or implied claim or denial on the part of the Federal Government as to exemption from State water laws.
Page 187 - The purposes of this compact are and shall be to promote the better utilization of fisheries, marine, shell and anadromous, which are of mutual concern, and to develop a joint program of protection and prevention of physical waste of such fisheries...
Page 74 - ... that are found by the Secretary of the Interior, upon application of the Governor of the State or the Governors of the States concerned, or a person or persons thereunto duly appointed by him or them, to meet the criteria established in this Act and such criteria supplementary thereto as he may prescribe, and that are approved by him for inclusion in the system...
Page 83 - Interior through the National Park Service shall become a part of the national park system, and any such component that is administered by the Secretary through the Fish and Wildlife Service...
Page 79 - Federal department or agency having administrative jurisdiction over any lands or interests in land within the authorized boundaries of any federally administered component of the national wild and scenic rivers system designated in section 3 of this Act or hereafter designated for inclusion in the system by Act of Congress...