Wilderness Preservation System: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Public Lands of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, House of Representatives, Eighty-eighth Congress, Second Session, on Bills to Establish a National Wilderness Preservation System for the Permanent Good of the Whole People, and for Other Purposes .... |
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Page 1054
... wilderness . For this purpose there is hereby established a National Wilderness Preservation System to be composed of federally owned areas designated by Congress as " wilderness areas " , and these shall be administered for the use and ...
... wilderness . For this purpose there is hereby established a National Wilderness Preservation System to be composed of federally owned areas designated by Congress as " wilderness areas " , and these shall be administered for the use and ...
Page 1056
... 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 char- acter . Except as otherwise provided in this Act , wilderness areas ...
... 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 char- acter . Except as otherwise provided in this Act , wilderness areas ...
Page 1057
... 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 , authorize prospecting for water resources , the ...
... 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 , authorize prospecting for water resources , the ...
Page 1059
... wilderness areas . The Secretary of Agriculture shall— ( 1 ) within one year after the effective date of this Act , file a map and legal description of each wilderness area with the Interior and Insular Affairs Committees of the United ...
... wilderness areas . The Secretary of Agriculture shall— ( 1 ) within one year after the effective date of this Act , file a map and legal description of each wilderness area with the Interior and Insular Affairs Committees of the United ...
Page 1060
... Wilderness Preservation System for the Permanent Good of th United States ... wilderness area shall be recommended by the appropriate Secretary after public ... AREAS SEC . 4. ( a ) The purposes of this Act are hereby declared to be ...
... Wilderness Preservation System for the Permanent Good of th United States ... wilderness area shall be recommended by the appropriate Secretary after public ... AREAS SEC . 4. ( a ) The purposes of this Act are hereby declared to be ...
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87th Congress acreage acres act of Congress administrative amendments Area National Forest areas of wilderness ASPINALL BARING beryllium Bureau California canoe areas Chairman classification Congressman conservation Dingell enactment established Federal Power Act Forest Service game ranges gentleman Gorgonio Wild Area GREELEY gress House of Representatives Idaho included Insular Affairs interest Interior and Insular ment mineral leasing Mount San Gorgonio Mountain national forest wilderness National Monument national park system National Wilderness Preservation National Wildlife Refuge percent present President Primitive Area National primitive areas proposed protection public lands purposes question recommendations regulations roadless roads San Bernardino San Bernardino County San Gorgonio Wild SAYLOR Secretary of Agriculture Secretary UDALL Senate Sierra skiing specific statement subcommittee Superior National Forest Thank tion Total U.S. Forest Service United Washington WHITE Wilderness Act wilderness areas wilderness bill wilderness legislation Wilderness Preservation System wilderness system
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Page 1063 - 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 1187 - ... to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wild life therein and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in such manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations.
Page 1177 - Commission will be best adapted to a comprehensive plan for improving or developing a waterway or waterways for the use or benefit of interstate commerce, for the improvement and utilization of water-power development, and for other beneficial public uses...
Page 1054 - ... 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 1054 - 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 1064 - An Act To establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes," approved August 25, 1916 (39 Stat.
Page 1058 - Congress to secure for the American people of present and future generations the benefits of an enduring resource of wilderness.
Page 1364 - McGee, for example, who defined the new policy as the use of the natural resources for the greatest good of the greatest number for the longest time.
Page 1054 - 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...
Page 1054 - EMPLOYMENT ACT OF 1946, AS AMENDED, WITH RELATED LAWS (60 Stat. 23) [PUBLIC LAW 304— 79TH CONGRESS] AN ACT To declare a national policy on employment, production, and purchasing power, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SHORT TITLE SECTION 1 . This Act may be cited as the "Employment Act of 1946".