Show banuett lauds wilderness bill ill jt seems very likely tha that the acre cro high uinta primitive area would be designated signa ted 4 as an a wilderness area under the substitute bill procedure this was waa the he statement monday in washington by sen wallace V F dennett bennett 11 II utah who pledged support for a new wilderness bill IN A SENATE speech the utahn described the proposed substitute offered by sens joseph C D wyo and gordon allott R colo as ai the first genuinely forward step taken in congress to present a viable wil berness bill 1 I sincerely hope said sen ben bennett that the conservation groups will in the interest of 0 wilderness pre preserve serva tion lion actively support the reasoned sensible and cons titu substitute bill HE SAID THE substitute bill for the first time would give constitutional approval and support to the wilderness concept it would immediately give wilderness designation to 5 acres of national for est lands in addition the secretary of would be di reeled to review the 8 acre national forest primitive areas to determine their suitability for wilderness arga area designation SIMILARLY THE secretary of the interior would review the suitability for wilderness designation to units of the national park system wild life refuges and ranges 1 I know of no state which is more conservation minded than is utah said sen ben ben nett we utahna love our vast areas even though they dont enjoy statu tory designations god created them and most of them will always be wilderness |