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<br />Jun~3. 1974 JI ~~~'"cOrO, i'r'AjER
<br />Ow R."d." _..;J;NS,fR~ATlON BOARO
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<br />Fifty yean ago, on June 3, 1924, the Forest Service for::!I~:" :,
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<br />established the fint Wilderness then, called the Gila Primitive Area in 4
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<br />Since that time, the Se:cretary of Agriculture administratively refinedt'", '.....
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<br />t e concep 0 w.~- ern~~ management, e'lo:oO~ new regu ~~~~ 0 . l-
<br />provide fOf Wildemess and Wild Areas. and redassified over 9.000,000 - \
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<br />llCres of Prjmitiyt,.At~:i,U1der 'ff!~~re restrictive categories. In 1~.
<br />Congress confirmed the management~by'incorporaling the uisting
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<br />National Forest Wilderneu and Wild Areas in the statutory Wilder .
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<br />System. Almost..fjye million acres of remaint"9 Primitiv. Areas hay
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<br />be"n r.viewed by.....l~e Forest Service for consideration by CongreS1 as
<br />additions to the System under the provisions of the Wilderness Act.
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<br />Here in the'Rocky Mountain Region, the Forest Service helped"'in
<br />pOMering the wilderness concept as part of a balanced P<l1tern'of land .~
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<br />and resource use. Although the, first designated Primitive Area .w~~ ,..'
<br />New Meldco, evenU at Tr~pen lake on the White River NatKl
<br />Forest-in 1919-8r." considered .~D :"be the first on.the~oUnd
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<br />application of the concept. ... i~ \,"
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<br />The information in thrs ~..-I.-et ~ribe& ~ 6ilfly eHoru.and e-'lolutron.
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<br />of.Wilderness'as known today. Also, the history of each Wilderness and....
<br />Primitive Area i~l~e' ~o.ckv Mo~ntain Region is descri_bed~i.n~th_
<br />_wonh of \he~men l'1!5~ible for the fin:t steps in maintaining ~
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<br />..wilderness te!ourc4 for futuregeneratiom. . r......~...~
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<br />Now, with th~,..,~~~,.c.C?r:'peti"9. demands.~..land and na~ra
<br />resources, it ." more important than e~r that ,d,.- wilderness resour
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<br />be managed on the National FOfe!b in harmony wlth,society's-needs
<br />for other benefiU'l"of the fore:tl..~:'wa.el,$for!tge, wildlife~en #
<br />recreation. '_ . .... ~ ~:; .,..~~ : .
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