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Before I attempt to answer the objections, let it be understood that the Congress passed the Wilderness Act in 1964 to establish the National Wilderness Preservation System to be composed of those portions of federally owned lands in national parks, national forests and national wildlife refuges which qualify under the Wilderness Act. This law required the federal land managers to study their lands to determine which portions might qualify, to make those studies public and to hold public hearings on them. Would you believe that the first public hearings on Shenandoah Wilderness were held in Luray in June 1967? It is almost eight years later and Shenandoah wilderness is not a fact of law yet, and may never be if unwise objections continue to prevail. Wilderness designations cost the taxpayer nothing and yet they are a highly desirable form of environmental protection.
In addition to that, wilderness areas are available for all of the high quality outdoor recrea
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