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Water Supply Protection
File Number
7630.385
Description
Wild and Scenic - Mesa Verde National Park
State
CO
Basin
Statewide
Date
9/1/1972
Author
National Park Servic
Title
Wilderness Recommendation - Mesa Verde National Park - Colorado
Water Supply Pro - Doc Type
Report/Study
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<br />aOJ113 <br /> <br />A NATIONAL <br />WILDERNESS PRESERVATION SYSTEM <br /> <br />Public Law 88-577. of September 3, 1964. establishing a National <br />Wilderness Preservation System, provides. in part. as follows: <br /> <br />POLICY <br /> <br />"It is. . ,the policy of the Congress to secure for the American <br />people of present and future generations the benefits of an <br />enduring resource of wilderness:' <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />AREAS FOR STUDY <br /> <br />"Within ten years after the effective date of this Act the Secretary <br />of the I nterior shall review every road less area of five thousand <br />contiguous acres or more in the national parks, monuments and <br />other units of the national park system, . . , under his jurisdiction <br />of the effective date of this Act and shall report to the President <br />his recommendation as to the suitability or nonsuitability of each <br />such area. . , for preservation as wilderness." <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />SYSTEM <br /> <br />" . . , there is hereby established a National Wilderness Preservation <br />System to be composed of federally owned areas designated by <br />Congress as 'wi Iderness areas' , . . ." <br /> <br />DEFINITION <br /> <br />"A wilderness,... is . . . an area where the earth and its <br />community of life are untrammeled by man, where man himself is <br />a visitor who does not remain. An area of wilderness is further <br />defined to mean. , . an area of undeveloped Federal land retaining <br /> <br />2 <br />
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