A wilderness in contrast with those areas where man and his own works dominate the landscape, is hereby recognized as an area where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man, where man himself is a visitor who does not remain. United States Code - Page 215by United States - 1995Full view - About this book
| California Commission of Immigration and Housing - Land tenure - 1919 - 578 pages
...>Sv7J /; vj ' ' Sierra Club /iJ.*i&P' \ \ DEFINITION OF WILDERNESS From the 2964 Wilderness Act (c) A wilderness, in contrast with those areas where man...area of wilderness is further defined to mean in this Act an area of undeveloped Federal land retaining its primeval character and influence, without permanent... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations - 1962 - 1362 pages
...they define, "in contrast with those areas where man and his own works dominate the landscape, * * * as an area where the earth and its community of life...where man himself is a visitor who does not remain * * *." I am by no means opposed to this philosophy or to the basic Impulse which leads to action necessary... | |
| United States - Historic sites - 1933 - 566 pages
...they are included within the National Wilderness Preservation System. DEFINITION OF WILDERNESS (c) A wilderness, in contrast with those areas where man...does not remain. An area of wilderness is further denned to mean in this Act an area of undeveloped Federal land retaining its primeval character and... | |
| Government publications - 1978 - 870 pages
...addition to Teton Wilderness: Bridger-Teton National Forest, Wyoming: beyond civilization lies wilderness, where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled...where man himself is a visitor who does not remain. — (Washington) : Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, 11977?) 20250 (66) p. : ill., maps ; 27 cm.... | |
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