COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

EIGHTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

H.R. 3052 and S. 302

LANDS ACQUISITION AND FUNDS, SUPERIOR NATIONAL FOREST

H.R. 6289

TO ESTABLISH THE OZARK SCENIC RIVERWAYS, CLARK
NATIONAL FOREST, STATE OF MISSOURI

H.R. 4934

AUTHORITY TO THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE TO MODIFY
CERTAIN LEASES IN RE: RECREATIONAL FACILITIES IN

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CONTENTS

H.R. 3052, a bill to amend the act of June 22, 1948, as amended, relating to

certain areas within the Superior National Forest, in the State of Min-

nesota, and for other purposes

H.R. 4934, a bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to modify certain

leases entered into for the provision of recreation facilities in reservoir

areas

H.R. 6289, a bill to establish the Ozark Scenic Riverways in the Clark

National Forest in the State of Missouri, and for other purposes. -

S. 302, an act to amend the act of June 22, 1948, as amended, relating to

certain areas within the Superior National Forest, in the State of Min-

nesota, and for other purposes.

Senate Report 359 on S. 302.

Statement of-

Biggs, Davis, president, Ozark Rivers Association_

Blatnik, Hon. John A., a Representative in Congress from the State

of Minnesota__

Butcher, Devereux, editor, National Wildlands News.

Clement, Paul, Minneapolis, Minn.

Crafts, Edward C., Assistant Chief, Forest Service; accompanied by

George A. Selke, assistant to the Secretary of Agriculture, U.S.

Department of Agriculture.

Curtis, Hon. Thomas B., a Representative in Congress from the State
of Missouri

Drey, Leo, St. Louis, Mo..

Erskine, Alden J., president, Izaak Walton League of America, Inc.,

Sioux City, Iowa

Florance, Reynolds, G., Director, Division of Legislative Reporting

and Liaison, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture__.

Helmuth, George, St. Louis, Mo.---

Ichord, Hon. Richard H., a Representative in Congress from the State
of Missouri_

Long, Hon. Edward V., a U.S. Senator from the State of Missouri-
Penfold, J. W., conservation director, Izaak Walton League of Amer-
ica___.

Pomeroy, Kenneth B., chief forester, American Forestry Association_

Selke, George A., assistant to the Secretary of Agriculture

Shaw, R. D., representing Current and Eleven Point Rivers Associa-

tion

Siler, Hon. Eugene, a Representative in Congress from the State of

Kentucky

Smith, Dr. Spencer M., Jr., secretary, Citizens Committee on Natural

Resources

Symington, Hon. Stuart, a U.S. Senator from the State of Missouri..
Whyte, William H., National Conservation Association..
Wirth, Conrad L., Director, National Park Service; accompanied by
Ben H. Thompson, Chief, Division of Recreation Resource Planning;
T. R. Swem, Chief, Proposed Park Studies Section; and Frank
Harrison, special assistant to the Director, National Park Service,
Department of the Interior___

Communications submitted to the subcommittee:

Andersen, Adolph T., chairman, wilderness committee, Minnesota Divi-
sion, Izaak Walton League of America, Inc., letter of March 3, 1961
Anderson, Leo O., Van Buren, Mo., letter of August 4, 1961_.
Biggs, Davis, president, Ozark Rivers Association, letter of August 7,

Blatnik, Hon. John A., a Representative in Congress from the State of

Minnesota, letter of August 10, 1961..

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