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<br />'.' <br />,~... . 4 ~. . <br /> <br />.': <br /> <br />i <br />..1 <br /> <br /> <br />, <br />.f <br />J <br /> <br />;. <br /> <br />'il <br />, <br />, <br /> <br />.: <br />'1. <br /> <br />,. <br /> <br />...:... <br /> <br />, <br />.. <br /> <br />.:.'.,.. <br /> <br />'..-,,,"-- <br /> <br />-.".. ., . <br /> <br />GC':793 <br /> <br />Notes <br /> <br />I Two studies of the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness, by <br />the Forest Service in 1971 and by the University of Idaho's <br />Wilderness Research Center last summer, show that it's not <br />only wealthy people who use the wilderness, nor is it people <br />from far away. It is people representing all incomes, ages <br />and educations, and the vast majority of them live near <br />the area. Perhaps most important is the fact that so many of <br />them are students: nearly one-fourth in the 1971 study and <br />more than one-third last year in this Idaho-Montana wilder- <br />ness. <br /> <br />2 The exact acreage of BLM road less lands potentially <br />suitable for wilderness is uncertain until an inventory is <br />carried out. This estimate is documented in House of Repre- <br />sentatives Report94-1163, May 15,1976, pages 18 and 50. <br /> <br />J See Table 1. <br /> <br />4 The Endangered American Wilderness Bill was intro- <br />duced in the Senate by Senator Church March 30, 1977. <br />See Congressional Record 55127-55133, March 30, 1977. <br /> <br />5 On this point, see my "Introductory Statement for <br />the Endangered American Wilderness Act," Congressional <br />Record 122 (1031. June 29,1976. <br /> <br />6 Recent laws and current proposals in Congress often <br />reflect that, after taking such a look, Congress has disagreed <br /> <br />15 <br /> <br />--...- _. ,,,-- ....--....-.-... <br />