Idaho Primitive Area

Number: 1975-27

WHEREAS, the Chamberlain Basin in the Idaho Primitive Area contains the State’s outstanding elk range; and

WHEREAS, it also is inhabited by more than 190 species of wildlife; and

WHEREAS, the Basin contributes vitally to the water quality of the Middle Fork of the Salmon and the Salmon River and greatly affects anadromous and resident fisheries; and

WHEREAS, this area was omitted from the President’s proposal; and

WHEREAS, it was recommended by the Regional Forester’s proposal for wilderness classification;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the National Wildlife Federation, in annual convention assembled March 14-16, 1975, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, hereby urges the inclusion of the Chamberlain Basin and the contiguous study areas adjacent to the Idaho Primitive Area in the area to be classified as wilderness.