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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... operation be authorized in order to preserve maximum summer hiking and sum- mer camping values . Summer access should in our opinion , be by foot or horseback only . There is a newly discovered " lake " just below San Gorgonio Peak on ...
... operation be authorized in order to preserve maximum summer hiking and sum- mer camping values . Summer access should in our opinion , be by foot or horseback only . There is a newly discovered " lake " just below San Gorgonio Peak on ...
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... operation . I do believe that San Bernardino County can give considerable amount of money for a road . If you are going to open a recreation area that is going to be used by people , this consideration will start at the county level and ...
... operation . I do believe that San Bernardino County can give considerable amount of money for a road . If you are going to open a recreation area that is going to be used by people , this consideration will start at the county level and ...
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... operation for skiing during the 1963 season . San Gorgonio could have been used well into the month of June . That concludes my statement . Thank you . Mr. BARING . All right , are there any questions at this time ? We will just wait ...
... operation for skiing during the 1963 season . San Gorgonio could have been used well into the month of June . That concludes my statement . Thank you . Mr. BARING . All right , are there any questions at this time ? We will just wait ...
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... operation of the lift for sightseeing pur- poses , but I assume that it does - to the ski area itself , it would still be a considerable walk from the areas which are popularly used now . The only access would be into the Dry Lake Area ...
... operation of the lift for sightseeing pur- poses , but I assume that it does - to the ski area itself , it would still be a considerable walk from the areas which are popularly used now . The only access would be into the Dry Lake Area ...
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... operation is not to be left with loose ends . I know myself , I have had experience with this type of legislation where all assurances were made and then when the law was passed and the time came for them to carry it out , there was ...
... operation is not to be left with loose ends . I know myself , I have had experience with this type of legislation where all assurances were made and then when the law was passed and the time came for them to carry it out , there was ...
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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...