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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... reason of ( a ) our southerly latitude and consequent scarcity of rainfall , and ( b ) the low elevation of existing ski areas . The principal ski areas in the San Bernardino Mountains : The principal areas in the San Gabriel Mountains ...
... reason of ( a ) our southerly latitude and consequent scarcity of rainfall , and ( b ) the low elevation of existing ski areas . The principal ski areas in the San Bernardino Mountains : The principal areas in the San Gabriel Mountains ...
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... snow . " This argument is invalid for the same reasons as above stated . At best , artificial snow can provide just another ski area of limited size that elevations presently use by existing lifts . 16 SAN GORGONIO WILDERNESS AREA.
... snow . " This argument is invalid for the same reasons as above stated . At best , artificial snow can provide just another ski area of limited size that elevations presently use by existing lifts . 16 SAN GORGONIO WILDERNESS AREA.
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... reason that natural snow cannot be relied upon . The climatic conditions do not permit it . ( c ) It is sometimes argued that the San Gorgonio area is now available for skiing and that therefore lifts are unnecessary . This argument ...
... reason that natural snow cannot be relied upon . The climatic conditions do not permit it . ( c ) It is sometimes argued that the San Gorgonio area is now available for skiing and that therefore lifts are unnecessary . This argument ...
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... reasons . First , I feel the people of southern California need winter recreation and that San Gorgonio would be ideal for that purpose . Second , I feel that a major winter recreation area such as San Gorgonio would become a great ...
... reasons . First , I feel the people of southern California need winter recreation and that San Gorgonio would be ideal for that purpose . Second , I feel that a major winter recreation area such as San Gorgonio would become a great ...
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... reasons for this belief . 1. The most important one feature that San Gorgonio has that makes this legislation so important is that it is accessible to over 8 million people for " day use . " With homes within an hour or two drive from ...
... reasons for this belief . 1. The most important one feature that San Gorgonio has that makes this legislation so important is that it is accessible to over 8 million people for " day use . " With homes within an hour or two drive from ...
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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...