Endangered American Wilderness Act of 1977: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Parks and Recreation of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, Ninety-fifth Congress, First Session, on S. 1180 ... September 19 and 20, 1977U.S. Government Printing Office, 1978 - 489 pages |
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... lease , exchange or gift ; and enter into agreements 20 21 22 23 with private landholders concerning the same at fair market value . C. The state park and recreation commission may accept and receive gifts and bequests of money or other ...
... lease , exchange or gift ; and enter into agreements 20 21 22 23 with private landholders concerning the same at fair market value . C. The state park and recreation commission may accept and receive gifts and bequests of money or other ...
Page 84
... leases can be issued for leasable minerals in the wilderness , wild , and primitivo areas either under the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 or the Mineral Lensing Act for acquired lands . It is the policy of this Department to recommend ...
... leases can be issued for leasable minerals in the wilderness , wild , and primitivo areas either under the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 or the Mineral Lensing Act for acquired lands . It is the policy of this Department to recommend ...
Page 176
... leasing , within wilderness study areas until after the preparation , of land management plans , the filing of environmental statements , and the making of final decisions . Furthermore , the inventoried roadless areas not selected for ...
... leasing , within wilderness study areas until after the preparation , of land management plans , the filing of environmental statements , and the making of final decisions . Furthermore , the inventoried roadless areas not selected for ...
Page 417
... leasing laws . The extent of the problem and a thought- ful response are contained in the 1976 annual report of the Secretary of the Interior under the Mining and Minerals Policy Act of 1970 . We are at a point in the history of this ...
... leasing laws . The extent of the problem and a thought- ful response are contained in the 1976 annual report of the Secretary of the Interior under the Mining and Minerals Policy Act of 1970 . We are at a point in the history of this ...
Page 421
... leasing laws . Significant additional acreage can be considered withdrawn due to the severe restraints upon exploration ; these are de facto withdrawals . Much of this withdrawn land is in regions where mineral deposits of economic ...
... leasing laws . Significant additional acreage can be considered withdrawn due to the severe restraints upon exploration ; these are de facto withdrawals . Much of this withdrawn land is in regions where mineral deposits of economic ...
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Page 379 - 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 379 - ... 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, scenic, or historical value.
Page 427 - Act (including measures required in emergencies involving the health and safety of persons within the area), there shall be no temporary road, no use of motor vehicles, motorized equipment or motorboats, no landing of aircraft, no other form of mechanical transport, and no structure or installation within any such area.
Page 32 - 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.
Page 287 - 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 32 - Act and, except as necessary to meet minimum requirements for the administration of the area for the purpose of this Act (including measures required in emergencies involving the health and safety of persons within the area...
Page 400 - That it is the policy of the Congress that the national forests are established and shall be administered for outdoor recreation, range, timber, watershed, and wildlife and fish purposes.
Page 201 - The Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (HR...
Page 427 - Subject to valid rights then existing, effective January 1, 1984, the minerals in lands designated by this Act as wilderness areas are withdrawn from all forms of appropriation under the mining laws and from disposition under all laws pertaining to mineral leasing and all amendments thereto.
Page 40 - Recreation is valuable in proportion to the intensity of its experiences, and to the degree to which it DIFFERS FROM and CONTRASTS WITH workaday life.