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The Flat Tops Wilderness Area is the third largest U.S. Wilderness Area in Colorado. It is , with in Routt National Forest and in White River National Forest. It was designated a wilderness area in 1975. Trappers Lake, located in the north of the area, was the lake that inspired Arthur Carhart, a U.S. Forest service official, to plead for wilderness preservation.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Wilderness.net )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Colorado Wilderness )〕 == History == The Chief of the U.S. Forest Service designated 118,230 acres of the Routt and White River National Forests as the Flat Tops Primitive Area on March 4, 1932, to be managed to protect the area’s wild values.〔U.S. Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Region. A proposal: Flat Tops Wilderness, White River & Routt National Forests, Colorado. 1967. Page 5. http://www.worldcat.org/title/proposal-flat-tops-wilderness-white-river-routt-national-forests-colorado/oclc/8454416〕 Congress passed the Wilderness Act in 1964, which, among other things, required the Secretary of Agriculture to review the suitability of all primitive areas for inclusion into the national wilderness system within ten years.〔Public Law 88-577 (Sept. 3, 1964), Sec. 3(b).〕 Following this mandate, the U.S. Forest Service evaluated the Flat Tops primitive area and surrounding forest and in 1967 recommended 142,230 acres for wilderness designation.〔U.S. Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Region. A proposal : Flat Tops Wilderness, White River & Routt National Forests, Colorado. 1967. Page iii.〕 Conflict arose over the inclusion in the wilderness proposal of lands adjacent to the South Fork of the White River, near the southwest boundary of the proposed wilderness. Several private and public entities proposed dams and water diversions on the South Fork to facilitate development of rich oil shale deposits to the west.〔U.S. Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Region. A proposal : Flat Tops Wilderness, White River & Routt National Forests, Colorado. 1967. Pages 34-35, 38-39.〕 Timber interests also initially opposed designating wilderness outside the primitive area’s boundary.〔U.S. Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Region. A proposal : Flat Tops Wilderness, White River & Routt National Forests, Colorado. 1967. Page 17.〕 Conservation groups, led by the Colorado Open Space Coordination Council and including Sierra Club, The Wilderness Society, Defenders of Wildlife, and the National Audubon Society, supported protecting a much larger, 230,000-acre area that included lower elevation forest and lakes outside the primitive area.〔U.S. Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Region. A proposal : Flat Tops Wilderness, White River & Routt National Forests, Colorado. 1967. Pages 15, 17.〕 On June 5, 1975, the Senate passed a bill sponsored by U.S. Senator Floyd Haskell (D-Colo.) to designate 235,230 acres as the Flat Tops Wilderness Area.〔Library of Congress. S. 267, Bill Summary & Status 94th Congress (1975 - 1976) http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d094:267:./list/bss/d094SN.lst:@@@L&summ2=m& Retrieved Nov. 18, 2013.〕 The bill passed the U.S. House of Representatives by a vote of 369-1 on December 1, 1975,〔Library of Congress. S. 267, Bill Summary & Status 94th Congress (1975 - 1976). http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d094:267:./list/bss/d094SN.lst:@@@L&summ2=m& Retrieved Nov. 18, 2013.〕 and was signed into law by President Gerald R. Ford on December 12, 1975.〔Public Law 94-146 (Dec. 12, 1975).〕 The lands protected as wilderness included the contested lands along the South Fork of the White River, effectively prohibiting the contested dam construction there.〔John Fielder and Mark Pearson. The Complete Guide to Colorado's Wilderness Areas. Westcliffe Publishers Inc. Engelwood, CO. 1994. ISBN 1-56579-052-9. Pages 130-31.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Flat Tops Wilderness Area」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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