San Rafael Wilderness: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Public Lands...90-1, on H.R. 5161, H.R. 5494, S. 889, to Designate the San Rafael Wilderness, Los Padres National Forest, in the State of California, June 19, 20, 21, 1967 |
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addition area F ASPINALL BAKER BARING bill boundary BRANDBORG brush CALIF California condor Chairman citizens Committee on Interior Congress Congressman controlled burning D.C. DEAR SIR displaced 250 feet distance of approximately easterly EASTON EISSLER fire protection GREELEY hearing record House Office Building included Insular Affairs Interior and Insular JOHNSON June June 19 legislation located Madre Ridge Road Manzana Creek McPherson Peak miles million acres mineral survey National Wilderness Preservation ness northerly Padres National Forest pictographs portions of area proposed San Rafael proposed wilderness area Rafael Primitive Area Rafael Wilderness Area recommended Representative WAYNE San Rafael area San Rafael Primitive San Rafael Wilderness Santa Barbara County SAYLOR Sierra Club Sierra Madre Ridge Sisquoc River southerly statement TEAGUE Thank thence meandering tion TUNNEY type conversion U.S. Forest Service U.S. Geological Survey values Washington watershed WAYNE ASPINALL Wilderness Act Wilderness Preservation System Wilderness System wildlife
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Page vi - 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; (2) has outstanding opportunities for solitude or a primitive and unconfined type of recreation; (3) has at least five thousand acres of land or is of sufficient size as...
Page vi - 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 vi - An 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 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; (2) has outstanding opportunities for solitude or a primitive and unconfined type of...
Page vi - A recommendation of the President for designation as wilderness shall become effective only if so provided by an Act of Congress.
Page vi - ... acres in any one compact unit the increase in size shall not become effective until acted upon by Congress. Nothing herein contained shall limit the President in proposing, as part of his recommendations to Congress, the alternation of existing boundaries of primitive areas or recommending the addition of any contiguous area of national forest lands predominantly of wilderness value.
Page 142 - ... Service boats in conjunction with their work in National Park Service areas in Alaskan waters. A step toward international adoption of national park ideals and policies so well recognized in the United States was made on October 12, 1940, when representatives of seven American Governments signed the Convention on Nature Protection and Wildlife Preservation in the Western Hemisphere.
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Page 1 - State in which a portion of the land lies; (C) at least thirty days before the date of a hearing advise the Governor of each State and the governing board of each county, or in Alaska the borough, in which the lands are located, and Federal departments and agencies concerned, and invite such officials and...
Page 35 - The gentleman from California, Mr. Johnson. Mr. JOHNSON. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Page 20 - In addition, such measures may be taken as may be necessary in the control of fire, insects, and diseases, subject to such conditions as the Secretary deems desirable.