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<br />00071 0 <br /> <br />The reclassification was recommended by Forest Supervisor G. D. pickford on May 25, <br />1949, and approved by Regional Forester John W. Spencer on June 9, 1949. pickford <br />predicted that, "Withdrawal of the available, operable timber, within this area, from logging <br />would not be felt for many years because of the extensive stands of accessible timber <br />elsewhere on the Forest." He also noted, ". . .the scenery. . .is superb. It is of the type that <br />draws exclamations from the seasonal traveller and first timer alike." <br /> <br />Early in 1964, prior to passage of the Wilderness Act, public interest in the Mt. Zirkel region <br />was high. This led to a boundary adjustment and subsequent addition of 18,780 acres by <br />Forest Service Chief Edward P. Cliff on July 24, 1964. The "Dome Peak" portion of the <br />name was dropped and the new Mt. Zirkel Wild Area totaled 72,180 acres of National <br />Forest land with no privately-owned tracts inside the boundary. Subsequent technical <br />mapping corrections have changed the reported size to 72,472 acres. <br /> <br />, <br />., <br /> <br />Passage of the Wilderness Act on September 3, 1964, resulted in the automatic <br />incorporation of the Wild Area into the National Wilderness Preservation System as the Mt. <br />Zirkel Wilderness. Over 40 years have passed since the first Forest Service action was taken <br />to provide wilderness-type management for this outstanding are.a which has remained, in the <br />words of Pickford's report, ". . .a matchless spot. . . ." <br /> <br />~ <br />;, <br />, <br />I <br />t <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />" <br />I; <br /> <br />I' <br /> <br />I' <br />i; <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />;1 <br />, <br />