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" 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. "
Compilation of Selected Laws Concerning National Parks and Related Matters ... - Page 2-4
by United States - 1997
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The Great American Forest

Rutherford Hayes Platt - 1965 - 296 pages
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Hearings

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs - 1966 - 1134 pages
...wilderness preservation. — According to the definition approved by the Congress last year, a wilderness is "an area where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man, and where man is a visitor who does not remain." It is further defined as an area "without permanent...
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San Gorgonio Wilderness Area: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Public ...

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs - 1966 - 568 pages
...wilderness preservation. — According to the definition approved by the Congress last year, a wilderness is "an area where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man, and where man is a visitor who does not remain." It is further defined as an area "without permanent...
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San Gorgonio Wilderness Area: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Public ...

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Public Lands - 1966 - 554 pages
...wilderness preservation.—According to the definition approved by the Congress last year, a wilderness is "an area where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man, and where man is a visitor who does not remain." It is further denned as an area "without permanent...
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The North Cascades: Hearings, Ninetieth Congress, First Session

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Parks and Recreation - 1967 - 1144 pages
...I wish to quote the first sen ten oe : "A wilderness, in contrast to those areas where man and his works dominate the landscape, is hereby recognized...area where the earth and its community of life are untranxpled by man, where man himself is a visitor and does not remain." Mining is not compatible ttnth...
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San Gorgonio Wilderness Area: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Public ...

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Public Lands - 1966 - 562 pages
...wilderness preservation. — According to the definition approved by the Congress last year, a wilderness is "an area where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man, and where man is a visitor who does not remain." It is further defined as an area "without permanent...
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San Rafael Wilderness: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Public Lands of ...

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Public Lands - 1967 - 146 pages
...generations the benefit of an enduring resource of wilderness." The law describes wilderness, in part, as ". . . an area where the earth and its community of life are untraveled by man . . ." which is ". . . managed so as to preserve its natural conditions and which...
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Pamphlets on National Forests, Volume 11

1968 - 708 pages
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Politics and Policy: The Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson Years

James Sundquist - 2010 - 582 pages
...of wilderness. In the language of one of the early wilderness preservation bills, a wilderness was "an area where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man, where man himself is a member of the natural community, a wanderer who visits but does not remain and whose travels leave...
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Great Swamp, Pelican Island, Monomoy, Seney, Huron, Michigan Islands, Gravel ...

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Public Lands - 1968 - 132 pages
...nature." The act requires that the "imprint of man's work be substantially unnoticeable," preserving "an area where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man." Wilderness designation will specify that the Bureau is also responsible for maintaining the wilderness...
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