Wilderness Preservation System: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Public Lands of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, House of Representatives, Eighty-seventh Congress, First[-second] Session, on S. 174 [and Other] Bills to Establish a National Wilderness Preservation System for the Permanent Good of the Whole People, and for Other PurposesU.S. Government Printing Office, 1962 - 1762 pages |
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... operation generally of a commercial enterprise , use of motor vehicles and the construction of roads . It is submitted ... operations , at least , are assured . Alaska also is treated differently , since it is the only State in the Union ...
... operation generally of a commercial enterprise , use of motor vehicles and the construction of roads . It is submitted ... operations , at least , are assured . Alaska also is treated differently , since it is the only State in the Union ...
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... operations and would become almost worthless . This , in addition to the fact that I and a lot of other cattlemen would lose their entire livelihood . It is true the present bill states that grazing , mining , and other commercial ...
... operations and would become almost worthless . This , in addition to the fact that I and a lot of other cattlemen would lose their entire livelihood . It is true the present bill states that grazing , mining , and other commercial ...
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... operations , which I clearly understand will be safeguarded under the terms of the bill . Mrs. Prost . Mr. Cook , you mentioned that you would recommend a survey , would your recommendation be for a geological survey ? And if so , by ...
... operations , which I clearly understand will be safeguarded under the terms of the bill . Mrs. Prost . Mr. Cook , you mentioned that you would recommend a survey , would your recommendation be for a geological survey ? And if so , by ...
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... operation of the Nation's land resources is in the national interest in most instances . The Government should dispose of ... operations . The above recommendations and policies of Farm Bureau are ex- amples of the policies as adopted by ...
... operation of the Nation's land resources is in the national interest in most instances . The Government should dispose of ... operations . The above recommendations and policies of Farm Bureau are ex- amples of the policies as adopted by ...
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... operations , tourists , and multiple use of natural resources ; and Whereas such " Wilderness Area , " if created , would in our opinion , interfere with the multiple - use concept of our natural resources ; and 3 2 M Whereas Idaho ...
... operations , tourists , and multiple use of natural resources ; and Whereas such " Wilderness Area , " if created , would in our opinion , interfere with the multiple - use concept of our natural resources ; and 3 2 M Whereas Idaho ...
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Page 252 - 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 92 - I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. A tree whose hungry mouth is prest Against the earth's sweet flowing breast; A tree that looks at God all day, And lifts her leafy arms to pray; A tree that may in summer wear A nest of robins in her hair; Upon whose bosom snow has lain; Who intimately lives with rain. Poems are made by fools like me, But only God can make a tree.
Page 342 - That from the inmost darkness of the place Comes, scarcely felt ; the barky trunks, the ground, The fresh moist ground, are all instinct with thee.
Page 259 - In the administration of the national forests due consideration shall be given to the relative values of the various resources in particular areas. The establishment and maintenance of areas of wilderness are consistent with the purposes and provisions of this Act.
Page 211 - ... 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 39 - wilderness areas", and these shall be administered for the use and enjoyment of the American people in such manner as will leave them unimpaired for future use and enjoyment as wilderness, and so as to provide for the protection of these areas, the preservation of their wilderness character, and for the gathering and dissemination of information regarding their use and enjoyment as wilderness ; and no Federal lands shall be designated as "wilderness areas" except as provided for in this Act or by...
Page 146 - ... works, power projects, transmission lines, and other facilities needed in the public interest, including the road construction and maintenance essential to development and use thereof, upon his determination that such use or uses in the specific area will better serve the interests of the United States and the people thereof than will its denial...
Page 753 - Within wilderness areas in the national forests designated 'by this Act, (1) the President may, within a specific area and in accordance with such regulations as he may deem desirable...
Page 74 - ... generally appears to have been affected primarily by the forces of nature, with the imprint of man's work substantially unnoticeable; (2) has outstanding opportunities for solitude or a primitive and unconfined type of recreation...
Page 342 - God ! when thou Dost scare the world with tempests, set on fire The heavens with falling thunderbolts, or fill, With all the waters of the firmament, The swift dark whirlwind that uproots the woods And drowns the villages ; when, at thy call, Uprises the great deep and throws himself Upon the continent, and overwhelms Its cities — who forgets not, at the sight Of these tremendous tokens of thy power, His pride, and lays his strifes and follies by...