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<br />J.:1UO <br /> <br />due to the fact they had no access road to get <br />in and harvest the timber as it became suffi- <br />ciently adult to be harvested and then it goes <br />on and becomes wind twisted and becomes an ex- <br />treme fire hazard where they are not able to har- <br />vest it the way they should. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I would like to know - is there some provi- <br />sion made there,in the event this Wilderness Bill <br />passes, for timber to be harvested?" <br /> <br />MR. BARNARD, JR.: "No, rtt. McCandless. As a matter of fact this <br />is the whole purpose of the Wilderness Bill, to <br />prevent the cutting of timber and removing of it, <br />etc. I say the whole purpose - it is one of the <br />main purposes and none of the amendments would <br />change that. If one is opposed to the preserva- <br />tion of these areas as they are in the state of <br />nature, then one must be opposed to the Wilder- <br />ness Bill, because this is what it would do. If <br />you make an exception to permit timbering then <br />there is no Wilderness Bill; which, of course, as <br />far as I am concerned, would be fine. Presently <br />in the existing wild or wilderness and primitive <br />areas timbering is not permitted. viliat you say <br />is true about fire hazards in over-matured stands <br />of timber. That is very true and when one of the <br />Senators on the committee asked one of the pro- <br />ponents about the fire hazards and the fact you <br />can't have any fire breaks or fire roads, he said <br />that as far as the wilderness supporters are con- <br />cerned, it would be better to have the forest <br />burn in the state of nature than to be ruined by <br />the construction of roads." <br /> <br />~ffi. MOSES: "The same thing is true as far as the eradi- <br />cation of disease is concerned in timber too." <br /> <br />MR. BARNARD, JR.: "There is one exception in the bill that per- <br />mits the Secretary of Agriculture to take meas- <br />ures for the control of insects and diseases. <br />It's a very weak exception; it's not satisfactory, <br />but it is in the bill." <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />MR. McCANDLESS: "There is one other point I'm not clear on. <br />Have you ever considered the percentage of these <br />sites as to where they would be established in <br />regard to the western states and the eastern <br />states or the West Coast states or the Rocky <br />Mountain states?" <br />