San Gorgonio Wilderness Area: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Public Lands...89-1, on H.R. 6891 and Related Bills, Nov. 16, 17, 1965 |
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... beauty of the area . Even the parking lot facilities can utilize the natural open areas of Dry Lake without removing trees , and by strip parking even the natural appearance of this portion can be retained . As for the access road from ...
... beauty of the area . Even the parking lot facilities can utilize the natural open areas of Dry Lake without removing trees , and by strip parking even the natural appearance of this portion can be retained . As for the access road from ...
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... beauty of the area , I am sure that thousands of families like ours would be grateful . I have heard it said that the area is now available for those who wish to climb for its use . This is very true and I have enjoyed ski touring in ...
... beauty of the area , I am sure that thousands of families like ours would be grateful . I have heard it said that the area is now available for those who wish to climb for its use . This is very true and I have enjoyed ski touring in ...
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... beauty . Mr. JOHNSON . Seemingly , skiers do not mind walking a certain amount of distance . Mr. NASH . Well , within certain limits . If you are packing skis and you have families to contend with , I believe that a certain distance is ...
... beauty . Mr. JOHNSON . Seemingly , skiers do not mind walking a certain amount of distance . Mr. NASH . Well , within certain limits . If you are packing skis and you have families to contend with , I believe that a certain distance is ...
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... beauty and sport offered by the mountain . To develop a small part of the area doesn't mean to despoil it , but rather to allow more people to use it . There are many parents like my husband and myself who would like to be able to enjoy ...
... beauty and sport offered by the mountain . To develop a small part of the area doesn't mean to despoil it , but rather to allow more people to use it . There are many parents like my husband and myself who would like to be able to enjoy ...
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... beauty of the area . Because of this beauty , I feel that more people should be able to appreciate it . I would favor limited access into the area for winter recreation SAN GORGONIO WILDERNESS AREA 79 Bernardino - -
... beauty of the area . Because of this beauty , I feel that more people should be able to appreciate it . I would favor limited access into the area for winter recreation SAN GORGONIO WILDERNESS AREA 79 Bernardino - -
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access road acres Angeles area in southern BARING Barton Flats beauty Big Bear Boy Scouts Calif camps Chairman commercial development committee Congress downhill skiing Dry Lake enjoy existing family winter recreation feel feet fornia gentlemen going gonio Gorgonio Wilderness Area groups hearing hikers hiking HOSMER JOHNSON KRUEPER legislation Mammoth miles million MOMYER Mount Baldy Mount San Gorgonio mountain National Forest natural ness area Olympic organizations overnight parking lot Peak percent Poopout Hill population present primitive area proposed question reason Redlands San Bernardino County San Gor San Gorgonio area San Gorgonio Wilderness Sierra Club ski area Ski Association ski development ski facilities ski lift ski resort skiers slopes Slushy Meadows snow conditions southern Cali southern California STATEMENT subcommittee summer testimony Thank tion trail trip U.S. Forest Service Valley weekend wild area Wilderness Act winter sports YMCA youth Yucca Valley
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Page 226 - ... 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 253 - 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 253 - 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 237 - 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 253 - 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 (1) generally appears to have been affected primarily by the forces of nature, with the imprint of man's work substantially unnoticeable...
Page 253 - 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...
Page 226 - ... 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 217 - We must reaffirm our dedication to the sound practices of conservation which can be defined as the wise use of our natural environment; it is, in the final analysis, the highest form of national thrift — the prevention of waste and despoilment while preserving, improving and renewing the quality and usefulness of all our resources.
Page 378 - 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 158 - I hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of...