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<br />time there was a wild area which was a smaller wilderness area and then <br />a wilderness area which was a large wild area, if you follow me. <br /> <br />Mr. Stapleton: No, I don't think anybody did. <br /> <br />Mr. Hauk: But at the present time all of the primitive areas that were I <br />formerly designated in years gone by were to be studied under the pro- <br />cedures outlined in the Wilderness Act to be reclassified as wilderness. <br />There will be no more primitive or wild areas. <br /> <br />Mr. Moses: Same restrictions that apply to a primitive area as to a <br />wilderness? <br /> <br />Mr. Hauk: No roads, no development. In fact, we can't get approval <br />now to use a power saw in the Flat Tops area to cut down the dead timber, <br />the dead spruce, that is dropping across the trails. Some of those are <br />big ones. These are some of the restrictions. <br /> <br />Mr. Stapleton: As I understand that map, the green was the wilderness <br />area prior to this Senate Bill, is that correct? <br /> <br />Mr. Hauk: That is correct. <br /> <br />Mr. Stapleton: And that is approximately 140,000 acres, I understand. <br /> <br />Mr. Hauk: You will notice quite a few different figures because when <br />the original primitive area was set up, all we could do at that time <br />was outline the primitive boundaries. When this proposal went into <br />Congress through the Secretary of Agriculture and the President, the <br />area that we recommended be classified as a wilderness totaled around <br />142,000 acres and that pretty much shows on the green area. In other <br />words, that green area was taken from one of the maps that was in this <br />booklet. We gave the reasons why we didn't recommend certain areas <br />and$hy we wanted to include other areas. <br /> <br />Mr. Ford: <br />you either <br />areas? <br /> <br />You say they are to be reclassified as wilderness. Didn't <br />classify that a wilderness or ,declassify these primitive <br /> <br />Mr. Hauk: Excuse me, I should say. I guess it is because I have been I <br />through this quite a bit in my career and once it gets into a primitive <br />area. . . <br /> <br />Mr. Ford: I have been fighting through that for quite a while. <br /> <br />-28- <br />