UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
FOREST SERVICE
Honorable Len B. Jordan
United States Senate
Washington 25, D. C.
Dear Len:
INTERMOUNTAIN REGION
FOREST SERVICIE BUILOING
OGDEN. UTAI"I IN REPLY Rli!FER TO
November 22,
My letter of November 6 informed you of the appointment of Mr.
P. Max Rees, formerly Supervisor of the Challis National Forest,
as Supervisor of the Sawtooth National Forest, effective December 1.
In that letter I promised to notify you when a replacement for Mr.
Rees had been selected. It is a pleasure for me to inform you at
this time - prior to public announcement on November 28 - of the
appointment of George W. (Wes) Carlson as Supervisor of the Challis
National Forest, effective January 1.
Mr. Carlson, a westerner and a graduate of Colorado State University,
comes to the Challis with a wealth of background in National Forest
administration. He is currently serving as head of the Multiple
Use Branch of the Division of Watershed and Multiple Use in the
Regional Office in Ogden. Prior to assuming that position in 1961,
he served on several National Forests in the Intermountain Region.
We are sure that under Mr. Carlson's direction the multiple resources
of the Challis National Forest will continue to be developed and
used to meet ever-growing public needs.
Sincerely yours,
FLOYD IVERSON
Regional Forester
Honorable Len B. Jordan
United States Senate
Washington 25, D.C.
November 6, 1963
Dear Len:
Knowing you interest in the Sawtook and Challis National Forests
and their management, I am writing to inform you personally - prior
to public announcement on November 12 - of the appointment of Mr.
P. Max Rees, presently Supervisor of teh Challis National Forest,
to Supervisor of the Sawtooth national Forest, Effective December 1.
Mr. Rees, a graduate of Utah State University and a World War II
Naval officer, brings to the Sawtooh a wealth of experience and
successful direction of multiple use land maagement. He served on
several National Forests in Idaho, Nevada, and Utah before becoming
Supervisor of the Challis National Forest in 1960.
We feel fortunate that a man of Mr. Rees' ability and experience is
acailable to assume this important post. Under his direction I am
sure the multiple resources on the Sawtooth National Forest will
contine to develope and used for the benefit of Idaho and the
Nation
We will notify you when a replacement for Mr. Rees on the Challis National Forest is selected
Sincerely yours,
Floyd Iverson
Regional Forester
xcc: Senator Jordan
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
FOREST SERVICE
WASHINGTON 25, D.C.
Honorable Len B. Jordan
United States Senate
Dear Senator Jordan:
On October 22, 1963, we sent you a record of the proceedings
of a public hearing held in Boise, Idaho, about the Forest
Service's proposal to reclassify the Sawtooth Primitive Area.
In reply to your inquiry of October 28, about the material
that was missing, we enclose the following items and suggest
that they be inserted in the record under Item D, "Statements
submitted at Public hearing but not read."
1. Statement of Dr. Edgar Wayburn dated August 30--submitted
by J.M. McCloskey.
2. Two undated letters, one signed by V. H. Patrick and the
other by L. L. Richardson--submitted by Mrs. V. M. Patrick.
3. Statement by the Idaho Alpine Club dated August 23--submitted
by J.M. McCloskey
4. Statement of Senator Len B. Jordan and transmittal letter
dated September 4, l963.
Sincerely yours,
Edward P. Cliff, Chief
Enclosures
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~National Park,
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\~ Study Re~ults
~Seen in 1964
WASHINGTON 1P- Senator
Frank Church, O.Idaho, said·
J Saturday that a feasibility study
of a proposed Sawtooth Wilder.
ness National Park can't be
completed until sometime next
year, giving Idahoans ample
time to Investigate 'and decide ,
their preference. t '
He said after the study Is
completed by the National Park
and Forest Services there will '
be .,thorough and Comprehen·
sive public hearings" in Idaho.
'Provide the Vehicle' •
Church said that identical bills
Introduced by himself In the
Senate and by Reps. Compton I.
White and Ralph Harding, both
Democrats, in the House, pr<r
vided "the vehicle by which the
park study can be made."
Gov. Robert E. Smylie had
criticized Introduction , of the
b!lls to create the parlt, saying
he felt there should be 'a study •
first. Other members of the 1~
State Land Board questioned
the wilderness designation_ for
the park. , 1 '·, ~
The bills propos& to create a
park that would make basically
!he present Sawtooth Prlmlt!Ye ~
Area a wilderness area, with the
Stanley Lake area In the Stan·
ley Basin also a part of the
park with normal park status. ·1 Prefers Park tor Area . · .
Church said he agreed that
the uplands of the Sawtoeths
qualify for a wilderness area
designation as proposed by the
U.S. Forest Service.
"But national park classiftcatlon
would equally preserve the
upland wilderness, while more
effectively developing the recreational
potential of the adjoin·
tng baselands," he said.
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WE OPPOSE PASTURING SOLID BANK LAND, CONSERVATION RESERVE,
CHANGING SAWTOOTH AREA INTO PARK, IMPORTING BEEF
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICUL. TURE
FOREST SERVICE
Honorable Len B. Jordan
United States Senate
Dear Senator Jordan:
WASHINGTON 25, D.C.
IN REPLY REFER TO
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In accordance witil Assistant Secretary John A. llaker' s letter
to you dated August 7, '.ve are enclosing a record of the [JrOceedings
o:f a ;mblic hearing held in Boise, Idaho on
Se:Jtembcr 4, relative: to the 1>roposal to reclassify the
Sawtooth rrimitive Area. !\ copy of this materi"l is beinr,
furnished each member of the Idai10 Con:;ressional delcgatio'1.
The record is complete except as to the statement of flr. Ed:;ar
\'layburn, a statement signed by V. II. Patrick and L. L. Richardson
in behalf of the pro;Josed Sm1tooth National Park Association, ancl
a letter submitted by J. i!. i•.icClos!cey in beitalf of the Idaho
Alpine Club. The Regional Forester is attemnting to obtain
copies of these documents and we will forward them to you when
they become avnilable.
Sincerely yours,
ED~~ID P. CLIFF, Chief
By
Enclosure
88TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION 5.2188
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
SEPTE><BER 30, 1963
Mr. CHURCH introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred
to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs
A BILL
To provide for the establishment of a Sawtooth Wilderness N a-tiona!
Park in the State of Idaho, and for other purposes.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
3 That an area in the State of Idaho possessing superlative
4 scenic, scientific, and geological features is hereby authorized
5 to be established as the Sawtooth Wilderness National Park
6 for the inspiration, benefit, and use of the public.
7 SEc. 2. For the purposes of this Act wilderness is de-
8 fined as an area where earth and its community of life are
9 untrammeled by man, where man himself is a visitor who
10 does not remain, where the land retains its primeval char-
11 acter and influence without permanent improvements or hu-
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1 man habitation, and is protected and managed so as to pre-
2 serve its condition of natural beauty and grandeur. That
3 portion of the Sawtooth Wilderness National Park identified
4 in accordance with subsection (a) of section 3 of this Act,
5 unless expressly provided otherwise by this Act, shall be
6 preserved and administered, in perpetuity, as wilderness.
7 SEC. 3. The Sawtooth Wilderness National Park shall,
8 subject to valid existing rights, consist of an area in the State
9 of Idaho described as follows:
10 (a) Beginning at McGowan Peak, located approXI-
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thence in a southerly direction along the ridge
between Stanley Lake Creek and the head of Crooked
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17 thence in a westerly direction along the main divide
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19 thence southwesterly to Stanley Lake Creek; thence
20 southward up Stanley Lake Creek to a point on the main
21 divide between Stanley Lake Creek and Trail Creek ap-
22 proximately three-fourths mile east of Observation Peak;
23 thence southward approximately three-fourths mile
24 down Trail Creek to the mouth of the drainage from
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thence southeastward on the ridge south of Trail
Creek Lakes to the mrun divide between Trail Creek and
the North Fork of Baron Creek;
thence following the main divide westerly to a point
on the South Fork of the Payette River approximately
one-half mile downstream from the mouth of Baron
Creek;
thence southwesterly to the mam divide between
Wapiti Creek and the South Fork of the Payette River;
thence southerly along the main divide to Picket
Mountain, located approximately 1! miles easterly from
the northeast corner of section 25, township 9 north,
range 10 east;
thence in a westerly direction along the mam
divide between the headwaters of Wapiti Creek and the
North Fork of the Boise River to a point in the southeast
quarter of section 23, township 9 north, range 10
east;
thence southeasterly along the divide between Ten
Mile Creek and North Fork of the Boise River to a point
near the center of section :36, township 9 north, range
10 east;
thence southwesterly along the main divide to a
point at the head of Lightning Creek in the southeast
quarter of section 10, township 8 north, range 10 east;
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thence southeasterly along the ridge to a point on
the North Fork of the Boise River one-eighth mile
downstream from the mouth of Ballentyne Creek;
thence southeasterly along a ridge to Big Buck
Mountain;
thence southeasterly crossmg Johnson Creek
one-eighth mile upstream from the mouth of Cahhah
Creek;
thence southeasterly along a ridge to the north end
of Tackobe Mountain, which is approximately one-fourth
mile due west of Ali date Lake;
thence southerly along the main ridge between Black
Warrior Creek and Little Queens River to a point on
the Little Queens River, located 300 feet upstream from
the mouth of N einmeyer Creek and approximately onehalf
mile downstream from the mouth of Scenic Creek
and 100 feet north of the point where Forest Service
trail numbered 566 crosses Little Queens River;
thence eastward on the ridge to a point approximately
1 t miles north of the northeast corner, section 5,
township 6 north, range 11 east;
thence southeasterly along the ridge between Scenic
Creek and the Little Queens River to Nahneke Point
located approxima.tely one-fourth mile northeastward
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from northwest corner of section 3, township 6 north,
range 11 east;
'thence easterly approximately one-half mile;
thence southerly along the main ridge on the west
side of Queens River to the north quarter corner of
section 15, township 6 north, range 11 east;
thence southerly along a ridge one-half mile crossing
Queens River near the center of section 15, township 6
north, range 11 east;
thence southeasterly along a ridge approximately
three-fourths mile to a point on the main divide approximately
500 feet south of the northeast corner of section
22, township 6 north, range 11 east;
thence southeasterly along the main ridge approximately
1 t miles to a peak in the southwest quarter of
section 24, township 6 north, range 11 east;
thence northeasterly along the ridge to Greylock
Mountain;
thence southeasterly along the ridge to the Middle
Fork of the Boise River, crossing the river about onefourth
mile below the mouth of Leggit Creek;
thence easterly up the ridge about one-half mile
to a point on the ridge between Leggit Creek and the
Middle Fork of the Boise River;
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thence in a southerly direction along the ridge between
Leggit Creek and Grays Creek to Leggit Mountain,
located approximately 1 -i- miles easterly from the
southeast corner of section 12, township 5 north, range
11 east;
thence southeasterly along the divide between
Leggit Creek and Decker Creek to a peak on the
national forest boundary common to the Boise and Sawtooth
Forests located approximately three-eighths mile
southeasterly from Leggit Lake;
thence northeasterly along the divide between the
South Fork of Ross Creek and Leggit Creek to Rossview
Peak;
thence northeasterly along the divide being the
Camas-Elmore County line between the North Fork of
Ross Creek and Mattingly Creek to the point common
to Elmore, Camas, and Blaine Counties;
them~e northeasterly about. 2 miles following the
Elmore-Blaine County line to a point on the divide
between the heads of Mattingly, Alpine, and Alturas
Lake Creeks;
thence northeasterly along the divide between
Alpine and Alturas Lake Creeks crossing Alpine Creek
approximately three-fourths mile above its mouth;
thence northerly along the divide between Pettit
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Creek on the west and the headwaters of Cabin and
Vat Creeks on the east to a point one-fourth mile south
of the westernmost end of Pettit Lake;
thence following an are to the northwest, north, and
northeast having a one-fourth mile radius with the
point on high waterline at the, westernmost end of Pettit
Lake as the center to a point one-fourth mile north of
the westernmost end of Pettit Lake;
thence due north to a point west of the north end
of McDonald Lake;
,thence northwestward following the ridge around
the head of Mays Creek to a point on the ridge between
Mays Creek and Hell Roaring Creek drainages approximately
1 mile southeast of Hell Roaring Lake;
thence north approximately It miles to a point 100
feet south of the junction of Forest Service trails numbered
6091 and 6097;
thence northward parallel to and 100 feet west of
Forest Service trail numbered 6091 crossing Decker
Creek and to a point at the top of the ridge between the
Decker Creek drainage and the next unnamed drainage
north;
thence southwestward along this ridge approximately
1 mile;
thence northward along the ridge around the head
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of the first drainage north of Decker Creek and the ridge
between this drainage and the drainage into Redfish
Lake keeping 100 feet west of Forest Service trail numbered
6091 where it follows this ridge to a point approximately
three-fourths mile southeast of the southwest end
of Redfish Lake;
thence due west approximately three-fourths mile
to a point on an imaginary north-south line passing oneeighth
mile west of the southwest end of Redfish Lake;
thence due north approximately 1 i miles to a point
on the ridge between the Redfish Lake and Bench Lake
drainages;
thence northeastwardaJong this ridge to a point oneeighth
mile southeast of the lower Bench Lake;
thence due north to the top of the first ridge north of
this lake;
thence following this ridge northwestward approximately
one-half mile to a point one-fourth mile north of
the second highest of the Bench Lakes ;
thence due north approximately 1! miles to a point
100 feet south of Forest Service trail numbered 2528
where it crosses the section line common to sections 32
and 33, township 10 north, range 13 east;
thence northwesterly parallel to and 100 feet south
of Forest Service trail numbered 2528 approximately 8
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1 miles to a point thre,e-fourths mile northeast of McGowan
2 Peak;
3 thenoe southwesterly along the ridge approximately
4 three-fourths mile to McGowan Peak, the point of be-
5 ginning.
6 (b) Not more than 34,000 acres lying adjaoent to the
7 area described in subsection (a) of this section, to be reS
served for administrative uses and for such recreational fa-
9 cilities, campsites, picnic grounds, and other accommodations
10 as are required to provide for the needs of visitors to the
11 park .
12 (c) Within one year from the date of approval of this
13 Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall publish in the
14 Federal Register a detailed description of the component
15 parts of the park identified in the foregoing subsections, and
16 he shall thereupon give notice of the establishment of the
17 park.
18 SEC. 4. Within the area designated for the park, the
19 Secretary may acquire lands and interests in lands by
20 donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds,
21 exchange, or otherwise. Any la,nds or interest therein
22 owned by the State of Idaho, or by any political subdivision
23 thereof, may be acquired only with the concurrence of the
24 owner. The Secretary may accept title to any non-Federal
25 property within the park and, in exchange therefor, he
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1 may convey to the grantor of such property any federally
2 owned property under his jurisdiction, notwithstanding any
3 other provision of law. !Property so exchanged shall be
4 approximately equal in value : Provided, That the Secretary
5 may accept cash from, or pay cash to, the grantor in
6 such exchange in order to equalize the values of the prop-
7 erties exchanged. Federally owned lands and interests in
8 lands within the area designated for the park, or selected
9 in: accordance with section 7 of this Act, shall be administered
10 as a part of the park upon its establishment as provided in
11 section 3.
12 SEC. 5. (a) The grazing of livestock on any Federal
13 lands included within the Sawtooth Wilderness National
14 Park, where established prior to the effective date of this
15 Act pursuant to a lease, permit, or license issued or author-
16 ized by any agency, department, or establishment of the
17 United States, shall be permitted to continue subject to such
18 regulations as are deemed necessary by the Secretary to
19 protect this area from undue harm or destruction. Nothing
20 contained in this Act shall be construed as creating any
21 vested right, title, interest, or estate in or to any of the
22 Federal lands.
23 (b) The Secretary may, m cooperation with the
24 appropriate Secretary having jurisdiction over these lands,
25 recommend the use of areas within adjacent or nearby Fed-
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1 eral lands for grazing purposes, in place of existing grazing
2 lands included within the boundaries of the park.
3 SEC. 6. (a) In order to provide RUitable access to the
4 Sawtooth Wilderness National Park and facilities and. scrv-
5 ices required in the operation and administration of the
6 park, the Secretary may seleet the location or locations of
7 an entrance road or roads to such park and to points of
8 interest therein, including neccsRary entrance and related
9 administrative and headquarters sites upon lands located ont-
10 side the park, and he may select 11 suitable location or loca-
11 tions outside the park for connections between entrance roads
12 and between roads lying within the Sa.wtooth Wilderness
13 National Park, except that no access or connecting roads pro-
14 vided under this section shall he located within that portion
15 of the park identified pursuant to subsection (a) of section
16 3. When such roads traverse lands within a national forest,
17 the routes or sites selected pursuant to this authority shall be
18 subject to approval by the Secreta.ry of Agriculture. Lands
19 selected pursuant to this section and acquired or transferred
20 in accordance with section 4 hereof as rights-of-way for said
21 entrance roads and connections shall not exceed an average
22 of one hundred and twenty-five acres per mile. Rights-of-
23 way for entrance roads and administrative sites acquired
24 pursuant to this authority shall be administered as a part
25 of the park pursuant to such special regulations as the Secre-
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2 safety of persons within such portion.
3 SEC. 8. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated
4 such sums as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this
5 Act.
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
FOREST SERVICE
Honorable Len 1. Jordan
United Statea Senate
Dear senator Jordant
WASHINGTON 25, D .C .
IN REPLY REFER TO
5500
tbia b in re.,onae to your Sept•ber 30 letter with which you tranelllltted
a letter from Mr. Hugo I. Mayer, Chatman of the C8119 Perkina Management
C~ttee of Xetchwa, Idaho. Hr. Meyer'• letter; which ia returned hare•
with, requests information about the proposed Wildernesa Area and the
proposed Rational Park involving lands in tba Sawtooth National roreat.
The proposal of tbe forest Service to reclaaaify the present Sawtooth
Primitive Area to the more restrictive wilderneaa area category haa been
diecuaeed locally, particularly at recent bearings at loiae. ln accord•
ance with Mr. Mlyer' • l'equeat, we have ehowD the location of the pl'opoaed
Wilderneaa Area boundaries by a areen line on the enclosed ~· Aa
Mr. Meyer will aote, thia area doea not include t erkina Lake and the
proposed raclaseifieation would have no effect upon present uaea at or
near this lake. The roreet Supervlaor of the s.wtooth •att.onel roreat •
whose office ia at 600 .Acldbon Avenue waat, Twin lalla • Idaho, will be
glad to provicle more detailed infol'llation on the Wilderness Area proposal
if Hr. Meyer eo desires.
The proposals for a Sawtooth Wilclerneaa Metional Park are contained in
Senate lill 2188 introducecl by Senator Church and Bouse of lapreaentatives
billa 8659 and 8660, introduced. by lapreaentetivea U.rding a~d White,
respectively. These billa provide for a National f ark to be ca.poeed of
(1) a speciflcelly described area to be preserved and adm1n1aterad in
perpetuity as wilderneaa and (2) an additional area of not mora than
34.000 acres lying adjacent to the wilderness portion, to be selected by
the Secretary of the Interior and to be reserved •• part of the Rational
Park for adminietrative usee and recreational facilitiea. This 34,000
acres ta not described in the billa an4 we therefore cannot show it with
certainty on a map. We presume that it will be selected largely from the
lands which lie between the described wilderness section of the proposed
park aDd the Salmon liver to the aaat, since these lends include auch
scenic featurea •• Re4f1ah Lake. Pettit Lake and Alturaa Lake, suitable
c.mpground areas, end several of the tralla which stve accaaa to the
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we have abown on the encloaed .ap by a red line the apecifically described
Wildemeaa •action of the propoaecl par"k aa set out in the above aaentlonecl
billa. lbla area la for all practical purposes ldentlcal v1th the Wtl4er••••
Area propo1ed by the roreat Service. we have ahown by a 4aahe4 r.a
line the seneral area within vblcb lt ..... 1'. loatcal that tba ad41tloul
34,000 acres would be aelacte4 abou14 tbe pal'k be utabllahM. !hla ..Wtttoul
area ld&ht or ala,bt 110t lnclu4a hl'kiu Lake, dape1Wl113 ~on tba
detar.lnatloaa of the lacretary of tha Interior.
We trust that the foraaolaa infonat10D a1W tba ancloaa4 up will be u.aful
to Mr. llayer eacl lf we caa be of further eervice or provide further tnfoma•
tion pl .. •• let ua kaow.
8inceraly youra,
IDWAID I. GI.Uf, Chief
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M. M. NELSON
Camp CoMi tt"
Paator1al A4•1••r
Rev, H, H. Spaude
133 12th Ave. Weat
Good1n.-:., Idaho
Clla1rman
Hugo Mt1yer
Rt. ;a: Filer, Idaho
Secr<,·tary
John Lutz
Rt, 2 , F1ler,Ida.
Pro1Uot1on
R1~hurn Ladendorf
235 Carney, Twin Fall•
Tw1n F'alls, Idaho
Committee MawberB
Waldo Martene
Rt, l Ouhl, ld&ho
Trea11urar
Verne1l Beebe
'lfendell, Idaho
CAMP PERKINS
Senator Len B. Jordan
4203 New Senate Office Buildinr;
Hashin[;ton 2), D. C,
Dear Senator Jordan,
Ketchum. Ida.
Sept. 23, 1963
UNITED STATES SENA~"
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LEN B. JORDAN
I have a concern of whi.ch you are :Ln a good position to help. This mattnr
has to do with r.oakinr, the Sawtooth National Forest into somethine; other than
what i.t presently is,
About ten years a<;o we, the Lutheran Layman I.eaetw, started plans to build
a crunp for trainine; o1ryouth. While looking for a sir;ht upon which to build,
we were encoPraged by the Forest Service to consider the Sifcht at Lake Perkins,
nem" Alturas Lake. They were very ear;er to have us develop this area, Now
it is our knowledge of r:overnment agencies to be poor respecters of the r:Lr,hts
granted to us. It is at this point the District Board of the llutheran Laymen 1 s
League and nwself, want some understandinr: and information, First of all,
would you please send me a t"ap of the proposed boundaries of the H·i.lderness
Area, and alao of the National Park.
Let me explain what is behind this, He still remember a few years back where
a camp in California was forced to re-locate for rectsons much the same as the
proposals bein[( sought in our area. This sort of thing will find all three of
the present Church camps in a very ~~stile way.
Our Camp Perkins is the best constructed and staffed Church camp in Idahp,
valued at ~~150,000, built entirely with volunteer labor, From this trainin~e
camp come some of the better citzens of tOJnorrow, Would you stop at this
site the next ti.me yon survey this area?
At present we are sternly opposed to the Nationl Park proposal since it will
elllentually force us to re-locate 01T camp. The Wilderness area seems to be·
conservinr more of our rir;hts but at present we can't accept it without
clarification and a few chane;es.
Your help in respect to the maps and #Uther information will be helpful and
greatly appreciated.
Sin~ere,
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Hnc:o . YJeyer 7
Chr., Camp Perkins ~lanagell!e:bt Committee
STATEMENT ON THE PROPOSED SAWTOOTH WILDERNESS AREA
September 13, 1963
WHEREAS the Sawtooth Mountain area of Southern Idaho includes some of the
most rugged and picturesque scenery in the world; and
WHEREAS it would be to Idaho's economic advantage if this fact were made
known to tourists, thereby increasing the number of tourists visiting the Gem State;
and
WHEREAS the great proportion of such tourists desire to stay in comfortable
overnight lodgings, rather than camp out; and
WHEREAS the providing of such facilities is normal in a National Park; and
WHEREAS there is little mining, lumbering or grazing activity in the Saw-tooth
Mountain area, and thus few persons who would be affected adversely by the
establishment of a National Park; and
WHEREAS Idaho is one of only two States in the West which now lack a
National Park; and
WHEREAS establishment of such a park would not interfere with the maintenance
of a portion of the designated area in a primitive or wilderness status, now, there-fore;
BE IT RESOLVED that the Idaho State Land Board go on record as favoring the
creation of a Sawtooth National Park in the Sawtooth Mountain area of Southern Idaho
at the earliest possible date;
BE IT ALSO RESOLVED that the Idaho State Land Board is opposed to any change
in the status of the existing primitive area in the Sawtooth Mountain area which would
interfere in the future creation of such a park; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this Resolution be transmitted to the
United States Forest Service for inclusion in the records of the public hearing con-ducted
in Boise, Idaho on September 4, 1963, and also that copies be sent to the Presi-dent
of the United States, the Secretary of the Interior, and to Members of the Idaho
Delegation in Congress.
JOE R. WILLIAMS
State Auditor
Member of the State Land Board
