George Davis, executive director, the Wilderness Society. Pamela Rich, Friends of the Earth___ Steven Young, National Audubon Society. Panel on behalf of Southern Oregon Resource Alliance, consisting of: 278 John McComb, Grand Canyon Chapter, Sierra Club.. Alexis Kelner, Lone Peak Wilderness Committee____ Randle, David, environmental coordinator, Pitkin County, Colo---- Baucus, Hon. Max, a U.S. Representative from the State of Montana Connolly, Tom, corporate planning manager, Homestake Mining Co. Gheen, Virginia "Ginger," Colorado Open Space Council Hagenstein, W. D., Industrial Forestry Association... 304 258 451 587 635 459 Statements-Continued Johnstone, Charles, Sitka Conservation Society. Kittrick, James, professor of soil science, Washington State University- Page 661 650 602 Panel consisting of: Martin Devere, executive assistant, North West Timber Asso- 350 Arnie Ewing, executive vice president, North West Timber As- 345 John W. Davis, Willamette Industries, Inc- 350 Jim O'Donnell, executive vice president, Northwest Pine As- 354 Panel consisting of: Larry Blasing, resource forester, Inland Forest Resource Council, 467 Don Nettleton, director of land management for Rocky Moun- 472 474 Richard Shimer, Evans Products Co., Missoula, Mont.. 476 477 George Rostrun, Kalispell Weekly News.___ 479 Panel consisting of: William Cunningham, the Wilderness Society. 533 Douglas Chadwick, Montana Wilderness Association, Montana_ 542 539 Panel consisting of: John Hall, National Forest Products Association, Washington, 551 Erwin Kulosa, Federal Timber Purchasers Association, Al- 552 Gus Kuehne, American Plywood Association, Takoma, Wash 555 Scott, Doug, Federation of Western Outdoor Clubs.. 409 640 ENDANGERED AMERICAN WILDERNESS ACT MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1977 U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SUBCOMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS AND PUBLIC LANDS, COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS, Washington, D.C. The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 9:49 a.m., in room 1324, Longworth House Office Building, Hon. Teno Roncalio (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. Mr. RONCALIO. These hearings of the Interior Committee's Subcommittee on Indian Affairs and Public Lands will come to order. We meet this morning to begin hearings on the Endangered American Wilderness Act of 1977. We believe that wilderness is a just form of land dedication. We think it will preserve significant portions of public lands in the natural condition and still provide many human values and uses including commercial uses. Further generations will benefit from wilderness designations in ways we cannot perceive today. One thing we think is clear: future generations have a right to be permitted an opportunity to making land-use decisions relative to areas in which they will live by themselves and for themselves unencumbered by our mistakes. Today's system-the National Wilderness Preservation Systemenjoys broad public support. The 1964 act is recognized as a landmark of environmental policy and we hope our work can make a meaningful contribution to fulfilling the purposes of that act. We know that there is public controversy over our decisions regarding congressional actions now. Congress has to be the final arbiter in these decisions of whether these areas are to be preserved as wilderness. We will begin these hearings knowing that we may very well have occasion to hear from those who will think otherwise of our actions. I assured the industry that we would have a hearing or listen to citizens in the Saratoga area of Wyoming. I intended to do that this last weekend but I got caught in a literal landslide of opposition to the President's actions last week in deferring irrigation reclamation projects out West, three of which hit Colorado and one of which has a direct effect upon central Wyoming. In Saratoga this week, Savage Run was not the dominant issue; the preservation of a water program is. Nevertheless, we will move ahead as best we can with some hearing or meeting in Saratoga regarding its effect on Wyoming. I know of no one who would insist that all of our orders ought to be sacrifices. This Nation is rich enough and its potential great. We can continue to have more wilderness and a sound forest economy at the same time. 95TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 3454 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FEBRUARY 9, 1977 Mr. UDALL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs A BILL To designate certain endangered public lands for preservation as wilderness, to provide for the study of additional endangered public lands for such designation, to further the purposes of the Wilderness Act of 1964, and for other purposes. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 That this Act may be cited as the "Endangered Amer 4 ican Wilderness Act of 1977". |