FLAT TOPS WILDERNESS, COLORADO

HEARING

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON PUBLIC LANDS

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON

INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NINETY-FOURTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

H.R. 3507 AND H.R. 3864

TO DESIGNATE CERTAIN LANDS AS WILDERNESS

HEARING HELD IN WASHINGTON, D.C.

APRIL 17, 1975

Serial No. 94-17

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FLAT TOPS WILDERNESS, ROUTT AND WHITE RIVER

NATIONAL FORESTS, COLO.

THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1975

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS,

SUBCOMMITTEE ON PUBLIC LANDS,

Washington, D.C.

The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 10:05 a.m., in room

2322, Rayburn House Office Building, the Honorable John Melcher

(chairman) presiding.

Mr. MELCHER. The Subcommittee on Public Lands will come to

order.

This morning we are meeting to consider H.R. 3507 and H.R. 3864,

to designate Flat Tops Wilderness in Routt and White River Na-
tional Forests in the State of Colorado.

Our first witness this morning is Senator Floyd K. Haskell, from

Colorado.

Senator, we are delighted to have you here this morning.

Senator HASKELL. Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.

Mr. MELCHER. I am very much indebted to you for conducting the
hearings a couple of weeks ago in Colorado on this and the Eagles
Nest proposals. We hope that we can look on your public hearing held
there for guidance for this particular subcommittee.

Senator HASKELL. I appreciate the opportunity, Mr. Chairman, to
be here and I appreciate your carrying out what we discussed last
fall, that this bill would have priority in your subcommittee.
[The bills H.R. 3507 and H.R. 3864 follow:]