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<br />u[;;"201 <br /> <br />Classes and II identify the lands reserved far visitar <br />accammadatians (bath existing and proposed), far administrative <br />facilities. farmal campgrounds, twa.way roads, etc., of varying <br />intensities. Class I and II lands occupy relatively little space in any af <br />the national parks. <br /> <br />6 <br /> <br />Class III identifies the "natural enviro.nment areas." As the name af <br />the categary implies, these are "natural enviranment" lands. These <br />lands are impartant to the proper preservation. interpretatian, and <br />management of the irreplaceable resaurces af the Natianal Park <br />System. These irreplaceable resaurces are identified in Class IV, V, <br />and VI categaries .of lands. It is the existence af unique features <br />(Class lVI, or primitive lands, including wilderness (Class V), ar <br />histarical ar cultural lands (Class VI) in cambinatian with a suitable <br />environment (Class JII) and with sufficient lands "far the <br />accommadatian af visitars" (Classes I and II) that distinguish natural <br />and historical areas of the Natianal Park System from ather public <br />lands providing autdaor recreatian. <br /> <br />In the natural areas (natianal parks and natianal manuments of <br />scientific significance!. Class III lands aften provide the "transitian" <br />ar "setting" or "enviranment" ar "buffer" between intensively <br />develaped partians af the park ar manument (Classes I and II) AND <br />(a) the primitive or wilderness (Class V) areas; and (b) the unique <br />natural features (Class IV) ar areas of histaric ar cultural significance <br />(Class VI) when these two. categaries exist autside of the Class V <br />lands. <br /> <br />In the historical areas (the administrative palicies far which are <br />included in a separate boaklet), the "environmental" lands (Class <br />III) serve a similar rale in praviding the "setting" ar "atmasphere" <br />essential to. preserving and presenting the natianal significance of <br />histaric praperties included in the Natianal Park System. <br /> <br />Often, Classes III and V lands bath represent significant natural <br />values. Generally, these values are different in type, quality, or <br />degree. Accardingly, lands haVing natural values that do. nat meet <br />Service criteria for primitive ar wilderness designatian may be <br />classified as Class III even when they do. nat invalve the enviranment <br />of either Class IV, Class V. or Class VI lands. In natural areas. <br />"natural enviranment" lands are sametimes referred to additianally <br />as "wilderness threshald" when they abut ar surraund wilderness. <br /> <br />The "wilderness threshald" lands affard the newcomer an <br />appartunity to. explare the maod and the temper of the wild <br />