Designation of Wilderness Areas: Hearings, Ninety-third Congress, First [-second] Session, on H.R. 5422 and Related Bills, Part 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1973 |
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acres additional adjacent bighorn sheep bill boat BOHLEN boundary Bureau of Sport Burlington Northern Cape Romain Chairman Chassahowitzka committee comprise Congress dated DELLENBACK depicted designated as wilderness entitled Wilderness Plan Federal Fisheries and Wildlife Florida Keys Gallatin Game and Fish Glacier Primitive Area Glacier Wilderness habitat Harry Crandell hearing herd hundred included Jack Creek area Jack Creek drainage JOHN MELCHER Key Deer map entitled Wilderness Miss HICKS Mission Mountains Wilderness Montana motor motorboats National Forest National Park National Wildlife Refuge ness Okefenokee Okefenokee Swamp Peaks Primitive Area Primitive Area private land protection Public Lands question recommend record recreation road RUSSELL Secretary SHAFER Sierra Club Simpson Lake snowmobiling Spanish Peaks Primitive Spanish Peaks Wilderness Sport Fisheries statement STEIGER STUCKEY swamp testimony Thank thousand tion trails WHEELER Wilderness Act wilderness area wilderness classification wilderness designation Wilderness Preservation System wilderness proposal Wilderness Society wilderness system
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Page 169 - 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 102 - States and the people thereof than will its denial ; and (2) the grazing of livestock, where established prior to the effective date of this Act, shall be permitted to continue subject to such reasonable regulations as are deemed necessary by the Secretary of Agriculture.
Page 187 - 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), 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...
Page 144 - Act, wilderness areas shall be devoted to the public purposes of recreational, scenic, scientific, educational, conservation, and historical use.
Page 102 - Act, the grazing of livestock, where established prior to the enactment of this Act, shall be permitted to continue subject to such reasonable regulations, policies, and practices as the Secretary deems necessary, as 118 long as such regulations, policies, and practices fully conform with and implement the intent of.
Page 141 - 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...
Page 233 - ... covenants to be observed as herein set forth, does hereby grant and lease to the Lessee the exclusive right and privilege to drill for, mine, extract, remove and dispose of all oil and gas deposits...
Page 41 - Congress, the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to acquire privately owned land within the perimeter of any area designated by this Act as wilderness if (1) the owner concurs in such acquisition or (2) the acquisition is specifically authorized by Congress.
Page 280 - Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I have a statement that I would like to submit for the record in connection with HR 2402, the authorization for the cleanup in the Potomac River.
Page 301 - All of the refuge is recommended for wilderness. The refuge was established by Executive order in 1938 as a refuge and breeding grounds for migratory birds and other wildlife. Public access to the island is now controlled by permit, usually limited to scientific or nature study groups to provide necessary solitude for the nesting colonies of great blue herons, black-crowned night herons and egrets. Except for a gravelly beach on the mainland side, the island is bordered by rocky cliffs 15-20 feet...