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<br />I1w('hnnizf'd equipment find woulrt, in:-;telld, continue to mainttlin the
<br />Ditch by primitive nH"llllS, dHuging tlH' c:o:-;ts to the water USf'rs.
<br />The Committee agreed thnt no f'xception to gencrnl wildpmess
<br />policy ('oucerning mcchnnizerl C(luipmcnt should be made in the C:lse
<br />of the 'Vrrninuche Ditch.
<br />(See "B. .Acreage and Inholding:;" in Sf>ction II for n disclIsf'ion of
<br />the Dumngo "?nter Hf'~('rvoir grunt.)
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<br />4. Fora!Je
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<br />PortioIls of tlip prOf)():-'NI wiluprnt\ss hHV(' beell ~rllzrd continlloll:-;Iy
<br />:-:illl'(' 1878. St'\'prul CutlIp, IIor:,!', Hnd ~11('('p l{lln~e Allottn(.uts lie
<br />wholly or partially within the aren. In addition, fOfllge is ul'ied by Ill('
<br />pack and suddlp. sto<:k of individuul n.creationi:-:.!.s and commercial
<br />pllckl.'fS unci outfitl.f'r:-;, Of eOUl'til', the <I.'pr, elk, awl bighorn :,ht.('p
<br />pOp\lllllion~ of the nr('111111'\o grUZt' tlwrl'.
<br />..As cOlllinm>d g-nlzing is allo\\'('(1 by the \\'ildl'f1H~;-; Ad of 1964, the
<br />lIse ol lontge will be largely unlljfected by onuct.IHPllt of S. 1Stia.
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<br />III. ADMINISTRATIVE Al\D LEGISLATIVE IIISTORY
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<br />The Upper Rio Gnmde Plimitive Area. WM established on :!\lareh
<br />5, 1932. fLll<l contaiuC'd 56,600 tu:res, all l\lltiollul Forest luuds. The
<br />Snon .JUllU Primitivp Arcn WllS eSlllulishNl Octolwr I, 19;~2, and con-
<br />tninccl 2;~S,080 llCI'(~~ of X atiolla} Forest land llnd 1,920 acrcs of
<br />pnvntely-owll('d lands for II total of 240,000 ~ross acres. Both arcns
<br />\\"['re pst ahlishf'd undpr the authority of Secrctnry of ..Agriculture_ U<,gu-
<br />btioll L-20 ami tog-pOWI' totlll('1I 29G,(iOO gross ucrps. A(}vfl.IH'ed
<br />mappin~ techniques llnd pllmimetel' methods, plus (:hllUg('S ill the
<br />private land SI:ltuEo by IIl,lHIllCqui~itiolls. hnv(' ft.'vised the gross ncrcu!!:e
<br />to 2S;i,41~ acres, contll,ining 284,685 ueTt'S .:\atiollal Forest land und
<br />788 llnes priyut-t'lr-ownf'tllnnd.
<br />SubsectlOll 3(h) or the Wild,'nwss Act or 1964 (7S Stilt. 890)
<br />dire('t('d the Sp(',ref,llry of Agrjc:ult.ure to st.udy nil primitive areas t.o
<br />det('rminp whether they should be included in t.he ~ ationllI 'Vildcnlcss
<br />Pres(>I'vation Systf'm cstnhlishetl uy that .Act. Tlw study oC the Upper
<br />Hio Gr:mde and San ~Ttlfm Primitive Aretis was eompleted in 1971
<br />llnd the report supporting tht' designation of a :HG,833-11cre \\ilderness
<br />area WtlS lIpproyed by the Sc'ert~tur'y of Agrif'uIlure and lnlllsmiUpd to
<br />th.~ Prcsidpnt on Angust, 12, 1971. C?n Feurunry 8, 1~72, the \Venilnuche
<br />,"'llderness propositI, togethpf \nth 18 oth<.'r WIlderness measures,
<br />was submitted to the Congress by tJlt' Pr{'sidcnt.7
<br />The Aclmini:-:;tn\tion-proposetl 'Y(~minlldl(' 'YiltlprnC'So'i was in cor-
<br />pornteo ill S. 601, introdu('('d oy Senators .J:ll'k~on 11lHJ :F'IUlnin (by
<br />fPquPSt) on t.fanunry 29, 1973.
<br />On .\fny 22. 1973, Spnutor JI:.l-:"-kpll introducpd, for him...:.;pl( nnd
<br />Spn:ltor Dominick, S. 1863,11 bill to d(':,ignntf' a 'YeminudlC 'rild('rne~s
<br />('on"il!prllhly I:lI'ger than that propo<:.eo by tII(' AdministI'lltion. A
<br />fipld Iwuriug on S. lSG3 W:t~ hPld in Deliver on (Tune 11, 1973 by the
<br />5uhtommiUep on Public L:mds.
<br />T1H' Subcommittee on Public Lnncb, in OpPll m~lrk-l1Jl on July 30,
<br />1973, by unanimous voi('t~ \-ot(-\ ortl('retl report('l! to the full Committee
<br />S. 1-"ti3, l\menopd to ndd the 6G7-1H'ft.' :lrea () to the propo~l'd wilderne:,s.
<br />The COlllmittee on Interior llnd lnsulnr ..:\fIllirs, oy voice vote in
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<br />I Th~ N'll'l"allt do...uml'nts /U't' printed in H. Doc. No. 92-248. Pt. 16 oontaill! the documeotsrelat!nt to tht
<br />prop06t'(1 Wemiouchl' Wllderne6S.
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