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Total Pages : 114 pages
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Download or read book Public Values of the Mount Hood Area written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Public Values of the Mount Hood Area: Report of a Special Committee Appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture to Make a Study of the Features or Qualities of Major Public Importance of the Mount Hood Area in the Mount Hood National Forest and the Principles Which Should Govern Its Management My Dear Senator: The administration of the national forests is one of the important functions of the Department of Agriculture. Timber production and stream-flow protection were and still are the primary objectives of national forest management, but the rapidly changing order of our national life has emphasized other social and economic needs which can, in large measure, be met by the national forests without undue impairment or diminution of their major services. One of these needs is that of continued and adequate opportunity to study and enjoy the relatively unmodified manifestations of natural phenomena; to indulge in a wide variety of outdoor activities of an educational, inspirational, and recreational character. Within the boundaries of the national forests there are, inevitably, many areas rich in scenic, geological, biological, and recreational interest. These, as a rule, are integrally related to the national forests of which they are parts, to a degree which renders their segregation and separate administration of doubtful practicability and economy. Maximum effectiveness of management and economy of public funds will, in the majority of such cases, be secured by continuing such areas as parts of the national forests, applying to them the special principles of management and development under which their unique qualities and values will be conserved and made publicly available in proper coordination with the use and management of the contiguous areas. One of the outstanding areas of such character is that comprising and surrounding Mount Hood, in the State of Oregon. Its great potentialities for human service have long been recognized by this department, and it was given a special status by Secretary Jardine who, under date of April 28, 1926, formerly classified the area as one within which all national forest lands would be held for the use and enjoyment of the general public for recreational purposes, coordinately with the purposes for which the Mount Hood National Forest had been established. Less than a year after the issuance of that order receipt of an application to construct a cableway to the summit of Mount Hood sharply raised a question as to the principles which should govern the future use and development of the area. The problem received extended consideration by the department; later a committee of representatives of local interest was appointed by Secretary Jardine to advise him as to the proper course for the department to pursue. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.