WILDERNESS AREAS

Affidavits

Designation in Nevada: Fred Dressler, 19074 [27JY]

———Julian Goicoechea, 19074 [27JY]

———Loyd Sorensen, 19074 [27JY]

———Vernon W. Agee, 19074 [27JY]

Amendments

Alabama: designate certain lands (S. 2838), 28379, 28471 [5OC]

Congaree Swamp National Monument Expansion and Wilderness Act: enact (S. 2018), 5851 [30MR], 29572 [7OC]

Oklahoma: designate certain lands (H.R. 4354), 27959 [3OC]

Washington: designate wilderness areas within Olympic National Park, Mount Rainier National Park, and North Cascades National Park Complex (S. 2165), 31340, 31555 [18OC]

Articles and editorials

Complacency Over Oil Could Prove Costly, 18273 [13JY]

Drilling in Alaska—U.S. Should Develop Other Energy Sources, 12752 [26MY]

Environmental Treasures, the Arctic, 11059 [13MY]

Hunters v. Wildlife Activists, 8503 [22AP]

Interfering With Nature Becomes Burning Issue—Should Firefighters Douse Natural Blazes?, 19074 [27JY]

Protect the Great Smokies, 15337 [21JN]

Road to Nowhere, 15337 [21JN]

Settlement Delay Unfair to Swain, 15338 [21JN]

Sipsey Wilderness, 29104 [6OC]

Smokies Road—Favor for a Few, 15168 [20JN]

Wilderness Compromise, 29104 [6OC]

Wilderness Philosophies, 1379 [16FE]

Wildlife or Oil?, 4357 [17MR]

Bills and resolutions

Alabama: additions to the Sipsey and Cheaha Wilderness areas (see H.R. 5395)

———designate certain lands (see S. 2838)

Arizona: designate certain lands (S. 2840), consideration (see H. Res. 592)

Congaree Swamp National Monument Expansion and Wilderness Act: enact (see S. 2018)

Conservation Reserve Program: improve (see H.R. 4137)

Endangered species: protection on certain public lands by increasing fines for speed limit violations on such lands (see H.R. 5278)

Federal Wilderness and National Park Firefighting Act: enact (see S. 2780)

Idaho: designate certain lands (see S. 2055)

———designate certain lands (S. 2840), consideration (see H. Res. 592)

John Muir Historic Site, CA: include certain lands (see S. 2233)

Los Padres National Forest: designate certain lands (see H.R. 4747)

Montana Natural Resources Protection and Utilization Act: enact (see S. 2751)

———enact (S. 2751), consideration (see H. Res. 591)

Nevada Federal Wilderness Act: enact (see S. 2659)

Oklahoma: designate certain lands (see H.R. 4354)

Prescribed Fire Relief Act: enact (see S. 2828)

Public lands: new components of the National Trails System, National Park System, and the National Wilderness Preservation System (see H.R. 5277)

State Sovereignty and Wilderness Evaluation Act: enact (see S. 2708)

Temporary Emergency Wildfire Suppression Act: extend authority permanently (see S. 2826)

Texas Wilderness Act: enact (see S. 2295)

Washington: designate wilderness within Olympic National Park, Mount Rainier National Park, and North Cascades National Park complex (see H.R. 4146)

Wildlife refuges: enhancement of U.S. fish and wildlife resources (see H.R. 3928)

Winding Stair Mountain National Recreation and Wilderness Area: establish (see S. 2571)

Cloture motions

Great Smoky Mountains Wilderness Act: enact (H.R. 1495), 15000 [16JN], 15113 [17JN], 15171 [20JN], 15342 [21JN]

Letters

Congaree Swamp: Alfred H. Vang, South Carolina Water Resources Commission, 528 [1FE]

———Fred T. Brinkman, 529 [1FE]

———James A. Timmerman, Jr., South Carolina Wildlife & Marine Resources Dept., 529 [1FE]

———Martha M. Griffin, 529 [1FE]

———Miles O. Hayes, 529 [1FE]

———National Parks and Conservation, 529 [1FE]

———Richard Watkins, 528 [1FE]

———Steven C. Whitney, 529 [1FE]

Designation: White Pine County, NV, 19073 [27JY]

Great Smoky Mountains Wilderness Act: James G. Martin, Governor of North Carolina, 15165 [20JN]

———M. Rupert Cutler, 15167 [20JN]

———Randall R. Pope, Dept. of the Interior, 15341 [21JN]

———Ronald H. Walker, Dept. of the Interior, 15342 [21JN]

———several wilderness and conservation organizations, 15166-15168 [20JN]

National Trails System Improvement Act: James L. Blum, 18232 [13JY]

Omnibus Oregon Wild and Scenic Rivers Act: Neil Goldschmidt, Governor of Oregon, 30126 [12OC]

———several Members of Congress, 29445 [7OC], 30126 [12OC]

Pontano Lake primitive road: Dept. of the Interior, 15341 [21JN]

Lists

Cosponsors: H.R. 4375, Michigan Public Lands Improvement Act, 6805 [13AP]

Memorials of legislature

Montana, 30186 [13OC]

Nevada, 19072 [27JY]

Idaho, 6822 [14AP], 14018 [9JN]

Motions

Montana Natural Resources Protection and Utilization Act: enact (S. 2751), 31249 [18OC]

Remarks in House

Alabama: additions to the Sipsey and Cheaha Wilderness areas (H.R. 5395), 29102-29105 [6OC], 30606 [13OC]

Alaska: designate certain lands (H.R. 39), 12752 [26MY], 22352 [11AU]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, AK: development, 4357 [17MR]

———future of coastal plain, 1679 [17FE]

Arizona: designate certain lands (S. 2840), consideration (H. Res. 592), 32184-32187 [20OC]

Colorado: Wilderness on Wheels Foundation, 33498 [21OC]

Congaree Swamp National Monument Expansion and Wilderness Act: enact (S. 2018), 25397-25400 [26SE]

Conservation Reserve Program: improve (H.R. 4137), 3639 [10MR]

Endangered species: protection on certain public lands by increasing fines for speed limit violations on such lands (H.R. 5278), 23689 [13SE]

Idaho: designate certain (S. 2840), consideration (H. Res. 592), 32184-32187 [20OC]

Laona, WI: tribute to Camp Five Museum, 18548 [14JY]

Montana Natural Resources Protection and Utilization Act: enact (S. 2751), 32233-32248 [20OC]

———enact (S. 2751), consideration (H. Res. 591), 32215-32218 [20OC]

———enact (H.R. 2090), 32240 [20OC]

National Trails System Improvement Act: amend (S. 1544), 19830-19832 [2AU]

Oklahoma: designate certain lands (H.R. 4354), 6268 [31MR], 20957-20963 [8AU], 27959-27964 [3OC]

Omnibus Oregon Wild and Scenic Rivers Act: enact (S. 2148), 30119-30128 [12OC], 31989 [19OC], 33445 [21OC]

———enact (H.R. 4164), 4155 [16MR], 30128 [14OC]

Wasatch National Recreation Area, UT: establish (H.R. 4706), 12772 [26MY]

Washington: designate wilderness areas within Olympic National Park, Mount Rainier National Park, and North Cascades National Park Complex (S. 2165), 31905-31908 [19OC]

———designate wilderness within Olympic National Park, Mount Rainier National Park, and North Cascades National Park complex (H.R. 4146), 25386, 25389-25391 [26SE]

Remarks in Senate

Alabama: additions to the Sipsey and Cheaha Wilderness areas (H.R. 5395), 29844 [11OC]

———designate wild and scenic rivers and wilderness areas (S. 2838), 25695 [27SE], 28471-28473 [5OC]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: environmental impacts of oil development, 11058 [13MY]

Congaree Swamp National Monument Expansion and Wilderness Act: enact (S. 2018), 527 [1FE], 5851 [30MR], 21207 [9AU]

———enact (S. 2018), House amendments, 29572 [7OC]

Federal Wilderness and National Park Firefighting Act: enact (S. 2780), 23532 [13SE]

Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge: establish (S. 1979), 17273-17275 [7JY]

Great Smoky Mountains Wilderness Act: enact (H.R. 1495), 15000 [16JN], 15113 [17JN], 15161-15172 [20JN], 15334 [21JN]

Idaho: designate certain lands (S. 2055), 1378 [16FE]

John Muir Historic Site, CA: inclusion of certain lands (S. 2233), 5842 [30MR]

Montana Natural Resources Protection and Utilization Act: enact (S. 2751), 21938 [11AU], 31186-31188 [17OC], 31249-31267, 31314-31338 [18OC], 32142 [20OC]

National Trails System Improvement Act: amend (S. 1544), 24441 [19SE]

———enact (S. 1544), 16737 [6JY], 18232 [13JY]

Nevada Federal Wilderness Act: enact (S. 2659), 19064-19068 [27JY]

Omnibus Oregon Wild and Scenic Rivers Act: enact (S. 2148), 29437 [7OC]

State Sovereignty and Wilderness Evaluation Act: enact (S. 2708), 21591 [10AU]

Tahoe Rim Trail, NV: construction, 14480 [14JN]

Temporary Emergency Wildfire Suppression Act: extend authority permanently (S. 2826), 25236 [23SE]

Texas Wilderness Act: enact (S. 2295), 7159 [18AP]

Virginia: designate certain land (H.R. 2878), 11679 [19MY]

Washington: designate wilderness areas within Olympic National Park, Mount Rainier National Park, and North Cascades National Park Complex (S. 2165), 31338-31343 [18OC]

———designate wilderness areas within Olympic National Park, Mount Rainier National Park, and North Cascades National Park Complex (S. 2165), 3929, 3933 [15MR]

West Virginia: designate certain land as wilderness (H.R. 2878), 11679 [19MY]

Wild and Scenic Rivers Act: amend (S. 2148), 3442-3446 [4MR]

Winding Stair Mountain National Recreation and Wilderness Area: establish (S. 2571), 16050, 16051 [27JN], 26939-26943 [30SE]

Reports

Congaree Swamp National Monument Expansion and Wilderness Act (S. 2018): Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, 20866 [8AU]

Reports filed

Alabama Sipsey and Cheaha Wilderness Area Expansion: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 5395) (H. Rept. 100-1057), 28655 [5OC]

Alabama Wilderness Areas: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (S. 2838) (S. Rept. 100-578), 27033 [30SE]

Arizona Wilderness Areas (S. 2840), Consideration: Committee on Rules (H. Res. 592) (H. Rept. 100-1096), 31902, 31974 [19OC]

Congaree Swamp National Monument Expansion and Wilderness Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (S. 2018) (S. Rept. 100-449), 20708 [5AU]

———Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (S. 2018) (H. Rept. 100-977), 25169 [23SE]

Idaho Wilderness Areas (S. 2840), Consideration: Committee on Rules (H. Res. 592) (H. Rept. 100-1096), 31902, 31974 [19OC]

Montana Natural Resources Protection and Utilization Act (S. 2751), Consideration: Committee on Rules (H. Res. 591) (H. Rept. 100-1095), 31902, 31974 [19OC]

National Trails System Improvement Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (S. 1544) (S. Rept. 100-408), 16359 [29JN]

Oklahoma Wilderness Areas: Committee on Agriculture (H.R. 4354) (H. Rept. 100-792), 21028 [8AU]

———Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 4354) (H. Rept. 100-792), 18924 [26JY]

Washington Wilderness Areas: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (S. 2165) (S. Rept. 100-512), 23951 [15SE]

———Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 4146) (H. Rept. 100-961), 25168 [23SE]

Wild and Scenic Rivers Act Amendment: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 4164) (H. Rept. 100-1053), 28242 [4OC]

Winding Stair Mountain National Recreation and Wilderness Area: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (S. 2571) (S. Rept. 100-576), 27033 [30SE]

Resolutions by organizations

Designation: Humboldt County, NV, Board of Commissioners, 19072 [27JY]

———National Rifle Association, 19074 [27JY]

———Nevada Association of Conservation Districts, 19074 [27JY]

———Nevada Association of Counties, 19073 [27JY]

———Nye County, NV, 19073 [27JY]

———Reno, NV, City Council, 19073 [27JY]

———several Elko County, NV, municipalities, 19073 [27JY]

———White Pine County, NV, 19073 [27JY]

Great Smoky Mountains Wilderness Act: Swain County, NC, Board of Commissioners, 15336 [21JN]

Statements

Great Smoky Mountains Wilderness Act: Howard H. Baker, Jr., 15336 [21JN]

———Will Curtis, 15340 [21JN]

Wilderness as National Heritage: John Muir, 15340 [21JN]

Summaries

Washington Park Wilderness Legislation (S. 2165), 3932 [15MR]

Texts of

H. Res. 592, consideration of S. 2840, conservation and designation of certain lands in Arizona and Idaho, 32184 [20OC]

H.R. 4146, designate wilderness areas within Olympic National Park, Mount Rainier National Park, and North Cascades National Park complex, 25386-25389 [26SE]

H.R. 4354, Oklahoma wilderness areas, 6269-6271 [31MR], 20957-20959 [8AU]

H.R. 4375, Michigan Public Lands Improvement Act, 6805 [13AP]

H.R. 5395, additions to the Sipsey and Cheaha Wilderness areas, AL, 29102 [6OC]

S. 1544, National Trails System Improvement Act, 19831 [2AU]

S. 2018, Congaree Swamp National Monument Expansion and Wilderness Act, 528 [1FE], 21207 [9AU], 25397 [26SE]

S. 2055, Idaho Forest Management Act, 1379-1383 [16FE]

S. 2148, Omnibus Oregon Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, 30119-30123 [12OC]

S. 2165, wilderness areas within Olympic National Park, Mount Rainier National Park, and North Cascades National Park Complex, WA, 3930-3931 [15MR], 31338-31340 [18OC], 31906 [19OC]

S. 2233, inclusion of certain lands in John Muir Historic Site, CA, 5842 [30MR]

S. 2571, establish Winding Stair Mountain National Recreation and Wilderness Area, 16050-16051 [27JN], 26939-26942 [30SE]

S. 2659, Nevada Federal Wilderness Act, 19069-19072 [27JY]

S. 2751, Montana Natural Resources Protection and Utilization Act, 21939-21943 [11AU], 31249-31254, 31332-31338 [18OC], 32233-32239 [20OC]

S. 2828, Prescribed Fire Relief Act, 25238 [23SE]