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<br />[H!" --Iud," i~ ..-itllnll'd in 1}1(' :-'{HJlh\\'f'~tPnll)orlioll f)f I Ill' :--:t;II:' l;r Wis~
<br />{'on:-:ill. lIP~'illllill!:;lI I'nl;ril' dll :-';w awl I owill!! \\"1'.-:1 10 it~ ,'oldhwlIl'P.
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<br />'. I . I ,"'~J:--"lJlJ" .In'!" lit !'lInc' I U 11('11. I ~,. IT,I''' ('01'1'1-10\' -',Il'
<br />~,"l:l~ ~O.I,Il'~ :l~.:-lno j:\l:n''', ~)f ~\"lti,.J1 all~'~lt Ili,POO own's :J1~1' I'llhlj,. l:ll:d;,;.
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<br />Ol,l'I'l"l,xittlait'ly :.l1.'l1111 :llTt'S aJ"l' "f1~'t'I'(.d I." wall')". }:! 1111' lH':\l'ill:! nfl
<br />:"'; 1:::" I,pfon' dIP ;--;lIhnlilllllilll'!' on I'llldic' L,Jllds. ~('rl:llllr (i:\\"iord
<br />.:\,.J~';'I. :~1I1hlll" 01 ...:. J:\!J1. dp....'.riht.d rill' 1"'01'11,";1'" :-'tlld\' I'i\'l"l". ;\.'"
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<br />TIlP. lower \YiSt'lHlSin i~ Ollf' of tllf' most IW:llltiful :lWllln-
<br />spoil('cl I'iyf'l's in the oat inn, It. WllS fi~t disl'on'rt'd in t(i.:l
<br />durin!! tilt' tr:l\'f'ls of two Fl'ench f'xplorf'l's, The tr:l\'C'ls or
<br />f'allli'1' .Jal'CJuC'~ .\lan]1lf'ttf' :lHd Louis ,folic,t from nl'C'I'1l llav
<br />to till' mouth of th(> )lissi~sippi Hi\'cr led tlH'1JI to tran~1 dow;l
<br />thp length of the "~is{'onsill nin'l'. and to note the vast and
<br />\';1I"1pll n'soUI'(,f'~ whidl grape the sllOrf'linc,
<br />TIH' discover.\" oC the ~lississippi Hi\"1'I" 11\' )f:lI'l}uf'ttl' and
<br />.Tol,ic>t f'f1h:lIu'('d t,he lIS(' of that rin',' as a Tll;.ltns of trall:-;por-
<br />tatlOn fol' IImt('nal fnnll the lll'al'tland of tllc Bation 10 tilt'
<br />port at :\ew Orlf'ans, But the ""iseonsin Hi\'C"I", :lltllol!"}1 :l
<br />trihutary of till' .\fississippi. did not fit into t.llt' r:ltt{"~l of
<br />transport :It ion, hl'('anse of its wpst to southwest dir'I'I,tinll, ' , ,
<br />;30 while dlf' )Iississippi nin'r, OV('f' the past :toO yt'ars. has
<br />11('('11 slIh:.;fantially deyelopl'd as a major transportatioll re-
<br />~Ollrt'e, the "~isconsin niH'l' has 1't'lllaiIH'll ill its natural !'tall-,
<br />presl'nting to the people a unique rl'cl'l'atiunul :lnd \'I1\"iI'OIl-
<br />Ilwntal I't'source,
<br />The value of the lower \Yis('onsin as an as:set to till;' na-
<br />tion has been 1'('('ognizNI by both governTlH'nt. :1I111 the Jlllblil'.
<br />Those who own prn'ate property along the rin',. han' workpd
<br />hal'll to pren~nt the kind of llen'lopm('nt which leads t.o the
<br />lilt illlate Il('st I"tldion of a shoreline. and the State of \nseonsin
<br />owns ~Olllt~ ll~,()()O aC'rt'S of land along the river~ Iltili7.ing' tllt'
<br />an';) ill font' ~t:lte parks amI a Illunbt'r of smaller ~t;)h'-O\\"n('d
<br />J'l'('reutional and hunt iug an'as.
<br />]tj ('omIlluniti('s dot the s1l0l,(, lim' of the rin'l" althougll
<br />onl", four actuallv toudl till' rive!". TIH're arc no illlpOllWl-
<br />Jlll'i1ts at prp~'llt 'on till' ri\'pt', and denloplIll'llt l!y pri\"att'
<br />\'iti7.c'lls has not gOIlt' beYOIHI tilt' eOIl!'itrudlOll of slIlIpll' ('ot-
<br />t:lU(':::. of which tlH'l'(, are. Cew.
<br />';"'rhns ' . ' the :llhlition of the 10\\"('" \Yiseonsin Hin'r to the
<br />"'ild :lud Sl't'nic l:in'r stllJV list. wOlll(1 all'onl all ('xI,(,II\'1l1 op.
<br />portH,nil)" for a fnll.scule s~udy of the rinr. and of the lllo~t
<br />1'lfpdIH' "wans to prot('('t lt~ yalunblc- resources for the en-
<br />joyment and benefit of future generations.
<br />\\'illll':-:~':-; n'll1'(>~('ntin~ tlw Allllli,lli:4r:lt.ion :Ind :1 nUIllI~r of l'll\.i-
<br />rOllllwlHal orl!:lnizations CllltClllTf>d 111 tlw Juclglll<'nt tllat tht:-; !-'t'gIlWILl
<br />oC thl' lower '\'i~('on~in nin>r i::; dpsC'nilll! oC study for }l(h<:ibh' ilwlu-
<br />sinn in tIll' WIld tin.! st'f'nic rin'J'S system, Xu opposition to the' propo:,al
<br />W:l:, l..'Ollllllllllicat('d to tlw COllllllittee.
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