Forest Service Wilderness Management: Oversight Hearing Before the Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, Second Session ... Hearing Held in Washington, DC, July 26, 1988, Volume 4 |
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Page 227 - 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 227 - 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 6 - Act, an area of undeveloped Federal land retaining its primeval character and influence, without permanent improvements or human habitation...
Page 115 - In order to assure that an increasing population, accompanied by expanding settlement and growing mechanization, does not occupy and modify all areas within the United States and its possessions, leaving no lands designated for preservation and protection in their natural condition, it is hereby declared to be the policy of the Congress to secure for the American people of present and future generations the benefits of an enduring resource of wilderness.
Page 98 - Act, wilderness areas shall be devoted to the public purposes of recreational, scenic, scientific, educational, conservation, and historical use.
Page 126 - Experience is not what happens to you? it is what you do with what happens to you.
Page 116 - ... original costs or other expense associated with the common use. (c) Special use authorizations are subject to all outstanding valid rights. (d) Each special use authorization will specify the lands to be used or occupied which shall be limited to that which the authorized officer determines: (1) Will be occupied by the facilities authorized; (2) to be necessary for the construction, operation, maintenance, and full utilization of the authorized facilities or the conduct of authorized activities;...
Page 7 - ... 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 50 - System to be administered for the use and enjoyment of the American people in such a manner as will leave the system unimpaired for future use and enjoyment as wilderness. Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 1968 (16 USC 1271-1287). Provides for designation as "Wild," "Scenic
Page 209 - Bureau of Land Management, Fish and Wildlife Service, and National Park Service.