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<br />oce801 . <br /> <br />t~ .,'~;/!///' <br />\ Iv.... / <br />/ <br />/ <br />I~,,'/ // <br />JPVYf /' <br />i)J / <br />v ../ <br /> <br />.w 88-577 <br />resl', S. 4 <br />r 3, 1964 <br /> <br />;let <br /> <br />nation 818tem for tb~ pennane-nt good <br />d tor other purposes. <br /> <br />Bou8e of Represenlative8 of the <br />eR8 ~s€~led, . Wl1d~rne88 Aot. <br /> <br />1'ITU: <br />oS tbe "\\Tjlderness Act)'. <br /> <br />HED BTATEMENT OF POI.ICY <br /> <br />an increasing po,rulation, 8ccom- <br />growin,8' mechnmzat ion, does not <br />. _~.. _.._ ..............J ...u CUOllo3 ....ILJIIII the Umted States and its p~se8' <br />sions, leaving no Innds desi,Wlated for preservation a.nd protection in <br />their n~tura] condition, it ]8 hereby declared to be the polic,y of the <br />Congress to '8OCure for the America.n people of present and future <br />generations the benefits of an enduring resource of wilderness. For <br />this pUT~e there is hereby established 8. National Wilderness Preser- <br />vA.tion Syst.em to be composed of federally owned areas desiWla.ted hy <br />Congress as "'wilderness areas'" and these shg.ll be administered for <br />the use and enjoyment. of the Amcriclln peoplo in sneh manner as will <br />leave them unimpaired for fut.ure use and enJoympnt [l..'J wilderness, and <br />so R.S to provide for the proh~ction of these areas, the J?reservation of <br />th~ir wilderness character, nnd for the go.t.hering arid dlssemination of <br />information regarding their usp, and pn~oyment 0.8 wilderness j and no <br />Federnllnnds shoji be desiJ!nnted as llwIlderness areas'. except 8.5 pro- <br />\"id{'d for in this Act or by a subsequent Act.. <br />(b) The indusion of an nT'l".a. in the National Wilderness Prf'..servatiull <br />System notwithstanding, the nrea RhaJ1 continue to be managed by the <br />Department nnd agency hllving jurisdiction thereaver immedintely <br />hefore it.s inclm.ion in thfl Nlltionfll \VildenH:>s.'3 PrP~ervat.i(}n Sy:=;tem <br />unless oth{,fwise provided. hy Act of Congress. No appropr-iat.ioll 'lhnH <br />be nvailnble for thr. payment of eXfK\nses or sl\)aries for tlle ndrninis- <br />trntion of the Nntionld Wildp.nles~ Preservation System a... a sepnrntc! <br />unit nor shall any Ilppropriations be available for additional personnel 70 STAT. B')C. <br />stated 88 being required Holely for the purpose of mana.ging or 78 S'TNI'. 891. <br />ndminimering areas solely OecllllAe they ure included wi'hin t.h~ <br />NRtional Wilderness Prt".servntion SY!:Item. <br /> <br />DEFINITION OF WIIJ>ERNKHR <br /> <br />(c) A wild9nlE"REl, in contrast with thOM nresu; wherr, mlln ami his <br />own works dom.inate the landscape, iH hereby rt'(",ogni7.{,cl us an !L~.n. <br />wlLcre the earth and it6 community of Ii rp- a.re unt.raJllwnh.j hy nm.ll. <br />where man himself i~ [\, visitor who d01'8 not n-mILin. An ILTf"1'l IJf <br />wilderneRe is further dcfiflp.(l to ml::".an in t.his Act nn ILr~ (It unfle- <br />vcloped Federal land retainin~ it.'! prilrlevlLI chamch'r and infiuen('Jo, <br />without. permanent improvem(~nt.s or hllrnlln htLhital,ioTl, whil:h in /,rh. <br />tected and managed so as to pr~serv~ itJi nJ\tuMLI C'''oncJil.jnnH fl.nd W lir;h <br />(1) genenLlly a.ppeaT8 1...-, haVf) r~n nffoct~) prirnaril:r by th'J fhTC'+:\ t,f <br />nature.. with the. imprint. of ma.JI'1:) wfJrk 8uWantiJ\lly UnJl(..tir:I~l.Lt)ll:; <br />(2) ha.s out6tanding opponunitiP.6 for solitude fir R. J/r1Iflit.iv.... "nd iHl- <br />confinf'Jd type of recreatIOn; (a) hns ft.t !efLBt. nvt' t h(llIHIUld [l.q"j~ (,f hU111 <br />or is of sufficient size as to make practicable it!i pn.~.nnl ihft IUI.l 1I~)l~ in <br />llll unimpaired condition; and (4) IDlty also cord_Ain w:IIII'g'II:ld, 1:""1- <br />