Canyonlands Boundary Revision: Hearing, Ninetieth Congress, Second Session on S. 26, a Bill to Revise the Boundaries of the Canyonlands National Park in the State of Utah. July 24, 1968, Volumes 8-13U.S. Government Printing Office, 1968 - 17 pages Considers S. 26, to expand the boundaries of Canyonlands National Park in southeastern Utah. |
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ALAN BIBLE approximately 11,952 acres Barrier Canyon Bates Wilson boundaries of Canyonlands BRARY Cany lands Canyonlands National Park Chairman Committee on Interior CONGRES LIBRARY CONGRESS LIBRARY CONGRESS TH CONGRESS THE LIBRARY corner of Canyonlands D.C. DEAR Dead Horse Point delete Department designated as wilderness Ernie's Country ESS LIBRARY foot trails G AES geologic Glen Canyon National grazing Green River GRESS HARRISON HATFIELD Horseshoe Canyon Insular Affairs Interior and Insular jeep trails Lavender Canyon legislation LIBRARY OF CONGRES LIBRARY OF CONGRESS LIBRARY RESS Long Canyon Maze National Park Service Park and contains park boundary PARKS AND RECREATION Point State Park prehistoric pictographs proposed additions protection QUENTIN N recommended road route scenic Secretary Senator HANSEN Senator Moss Shafer Canyon Sierra Club southeast corner Standing Rocks subcommittee Thank THEO tract contains tract of approximately U.S. Senate Utah Wasatch Mountain Club Washington White Rim Wilderness Act
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Page 2 - That in order to preserve an area in the State of Utah possessing superlative scenic, scientific, and archeologic features for the inspiration, benefit, and use of the public, there is hereby established the Canyonlands National Park...
Page 4 - States and administered by the Secretary of the Interior through the Bureau of Land Management...
Page 5 - Act in order to make clear that the provisions of the Act concerning land exchanges, the termination of Bureau of Reclamation and Federal Power Commission withdrawals, and the continuation of existing grazing privileges for a limited time will also apply to the four proposed additions to the park.
Page 4 - All of the above tracts are within the geologic basin defined by the inward facing Wingate sandstone cliffs which enclose Canyonlands National Park on the west, north, and east. As such, they and the existing park are part of a geologically significant physiographic entity which should be conserved and made available for public use and benefit. The addition of the above tracts to Canyonlands National Park was recommended by the Advisory Board on National Parks, Historic Sites, Buildings and Monuments...
Page 1 - June 12, 1970, to the Subcommittee on Parks and Recreation of the Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. In...
Page 3 - Boundary Map, Canyonlands National Park, Utah', numbered 164-91004 and dated June 1970, which shows the boundaries of the park having a total of approximately three hundred and thirty-seven thousand two houndred and fiftyeight acres. The map is on file and available for public inspection in the offices of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.