San Gorgonio Wilderness Area: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Public Lands of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, House of Representatives, Eighty-ninth Congress, First Session, on H.R. 6891, and Related Bills to Provide for Family Winter Recreational Use of a Portion of the San Gorgonio Wilderness Area, San Bernardino National Forest, California, and for Other Purposes. Hearings Held in San Bernardino, California, November 16 and 17, 1965 |
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... snow and some of which supplement the natural snowfall with artificial or " custom " snow , the report then discusses potential sites for further development of win- ter sports in southern California . These are six in number , includ ...
... snow and some of which supplement the natural snowfall with artificial or " custom " snow , the report then discusses potential sites for further development of win- ter sports in southern California . These are six in number , includ ...
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... snow area . I would say from the records kept that this is one of the best snow fields we have in California , is that not correct ? Mr. DOLDER . I would say its continuous snow record is not among the best in the State . Mr. JOHNSON ...
... snow area . I would say from the records kept that this is one of the best snow fields we have in California , is that not correct ? Mr. DOLDER . I would say its continuous snow record is not among the best in the State . Mr. JOHNSON ...
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... snow- field here which is almost a guaranteed snowfield . If we have snow any place in California , you have it here . I believe there is snow here more than there is in mountains up in northern California right now , I would say , with ...
... snow- field here which is almost a guaranteed snowfield . If we have snow any place in California , you have it here . I believe there is snow here more than there is in mountains up in northern California right now , I would say , with ...
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... Snow Valley ( Running Spring ) and in the Big Bear Lake area . All of these lift areas are located in elevations ranging from 6,000 feet to 8,200 feet in altitude . As a consequence , snow conditions in these areas are extremely ...
... Snow Valley ( Running Spring ) and in the Big Bear Lake area . All of these lift areas are located in elevations ranging from 6,000 feet to 8,200 feet in altitude . As a consequence , snow conditions in these areas are extremely ...
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... snowfall for the seasons of 1962-63 and 1963-64 were not much better than those of 1964-65 . In short , the real " ski problem " is the absence of constant , reliable snow conditions during the winter period of approximately 4 to 412 ...
... snowfall for the seasons of 1962-63 and 1963-64 were not much better than those of 1964-65 . In short , the real " ski problem " is the absence of constant , reliable snow conditions during the winter period of approximately 4 to 412 ...
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Page 263 - 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 263 - ... 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 263 - 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 263 - 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 263 - 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...
Page 4 - Ao' 16S4' I, TH Ward, County Clerk, and ex officio clerk of the Superior Court, do hereby certify the foregoing to be a full, true, and correct copy of the original Articles of Incorporation ol " Sons of the Revolution," on file in my office, and that I have carefully compared the same with the original.
Page 263 - Act, and subject to existing private rights, there shall be no commercial enterprise and no permanent road within any wilderness area designated by this 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...
Page 236 - ... 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 394 - Thus it is our task in our time and in our generation to hand down undiminished to those who come after us what was handed down to us by those who went before, the natural wealth and beauty which is ours.
Page 412 - Now of the things which we have spoken, this is the sum ; We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens, a minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.