| California Commission of Immigration and Housing - 1919 - 578 pages
...>Sv7J /; vj ' ' Sierra Club /iJ.*i&P' \ \ DEFINITION OF WILDERNESS From the 2964 Wilderness Act (c) A wilderness, in contrast with those areas where man...area of wilderness is further defined to mean in this Act an area of undeveloped Federal land retaining its primeval character and influence, without permanent... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations - 1962 - 1362 pages
...they define, "in contrast with those areas where man and his own works dominate the landscape, * * * as an area where the earth and its community of life...where man himself is a visitor who does not remain * * *." I am by no means opposed to this philosophy or to the basic Impulse which leads to action necessary... | |
| United States - 1933 - 566 pages
...they are included within the National Wilderness Preservation System. DEFINITION OF WILDERNESS (c) A wilderness, in contrast with those areas where man...does not remain. An area of wilderness is further denned to mean in this Act an area of undeveloped Federal land retaining its primeval character and... | |
| 1978 - 870 pages
...addition to Teton Wilderness: Bridger-Teton National Forest, Wyoming: beyond civilization lies wilderness, where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled...where man himself is a visitor who does not remain. — (Washington) : Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, 11977?) 20250 (66) p. : ill., maps ; 27 cm.... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs - 1957 - 466 pages
...maintenance of wilderness areas, for the benefit of all the people of this and future generations. SEC. 4. A wilderness, in contrast with those areas where man...the landscape, is hereby recognized as an area where generally the earth and its community of life are not disturbed by man. For the purposes of this Act... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs - 1959 - 550 pages
...forests are established as set forth in the Act of June 4, 1897 (30 Stat. 34, 35 ; USC 475, 551) . (e) A wilderness, in contrast with those areas where man...where man himself is a visitor who does not remain. For the purposes of this Act the term "wilderness" shall include the areas provided for in section... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs - 1958 - 244 pages
..."* * * the preservation of wilderness shall be paramount." Page 3, line 25 to page 4, line 4: "(e) A wilderness, in contrast with those areas where man...where man himself is a visitor who does not remain." Page 11, lines 14-18 : "* * * any agency administering any area within the wilderness system shall... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs - 1959 - 880 pages
...been developed by the US Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture for the national forests. (e) A wilderness, in contrast with those areas where man...area where the earth and its community of life are untrauimeled by man, where man himself is a visitor who docs not remain. For the purposes of this Act,... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs - 1959 - 518 pages
...Subsection l(e) provides: (e) A wilderness, in contrast with those areas where man and his own workg dominate the landscape, is hereby recognized as an...where man himself is a visitor who does not remain. * * * The "wilderness" referred to includes all the land in the wilderness system. Section 3 (b) provides:... | |
| United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs - 1961 - 1320 pages
...classed as primitive; million of these acres are in Idaho. The bill defines wilderness as follows : "A wilderness, in contrast with those areas where...does not remain. An area of wilderness is further denned to mean in this Act an area of undeveloped Federal land retaining its primeval character and... | |
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