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21 <br />1 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY FOR THE GREENHORN <br />2 WILDERNESS AREA <br />3 The town of Rye lies very near the proposed Green - <br />4 horn Wilderness Area and its residents are concerned that <br />5 a forest fire within the wilderness area could threaten <br />6 their lives and their homes unless the Forest Service took <br />7 adequate presuppression and suppression measures to <br />8 control such a fire. The committee understands that con- <br />9 cern and directs that the regional forester of the Forest <br />10 Service develop a fire management plan for the Greenhorn <br />11 Wilderness Area that ensures the continued health and <br />12 safety of those who live near the Greenhorn Wilderness <br />13 Area. The committee also reiterates that all necessary fire <br />14 presuppression and suppression measures are clearly per - <br />15 missible in wilderness areas under sections 4 (a), (b), (c), <br />16 and (d) of the Wilderness Act. The activities authorized <br />17 in the Greenhorn Wilderness Area fire plan should not be <br />18 construed as being precluded in other wilderness areas, <br />19 but should be considered as a direction and reaffirmation <br />20 of congressional policy. <br />21 BOWEN GULCH LEGISLATIVE HISTORY <br />22 Bowen Gulch, which lies south of the existing Never <br />23 Summer Wilderness Area, was considered for designation <br />24 as wilderness during the RARE II process, but was not <br />25 so designated and was therefore released for multiple use. <br />26 After the Forest Service executed a contract in 1988 to <br />S 10291S <br />