Additions to the National Wilderness Preservation System: S. 816 ... S. 360 ... H.R. 3686, Volume 4, Part 5; Volume 5U.S. Government Printing Office, 1986 - Land titles |
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Page 165 - ... untrammeled by man, where man himself is a visitor who does not remain. 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...
Page 95 - ... 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 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 165 - 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 (I) generally appears to have been affected primarily by the forces of nature, with the imprint of man's work substantially unnoticeable...
Page 6 - Each such map and description shall have the same force and effect as if included in this Act, except that...
Page 165 - 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 55 - What is man without the beasts? If all the Beasts were gone, men would die from a great loneliness of spirit. For whatever happens to the beasts, soon happens to man. All things are connected.
Page 55 - So if we sell you our land, love it as we have loved it. Care for it as we have cared for it. Hold in your mind the memory of the land as it is when you take it. And with all your strength, with all your mind, with all your heart, preserve it for your children, and love it ... as God loves us all.
Page 81 - I have a number of questions that I would like to ask the Secretary but if the Secretary has not the time I will defer it.
Page 13 - To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey, without consideration, to the State of Nebraska certain land to be used for the purposes of expanding the Chadron State Park, Nebraska.