Number: 1975-21
WHEREAS, the Charles M. Russell National Game Range offers potentially excellent habitat for native mammals and birds, including many endangered and threatened species; and
WHEREAS, the 125-mile Fort Peck Reservoir with the Range has 1500 miles of shoreline; and WHEREAS, the Range offers outstanding opportunities for hunting, fishing, nature photography, and other outdoor recreational activities; and
WHEREAS, much of the Range is suitable for designation as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the National Wildlife Federation, in annual convention assembled March 14-16, 1975, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, hereby recommends that some 467,130 acres of suitable land consistent with wildlife management plans be designated for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the National Wildlife Federation approve the deletion of whatever wilderness land is essential for the Army Engineers to develop year-round access and docking facilities on the west side of the Timber Creek Unit. The units to be added to the Department of Interior original proposal are: Duval, Slippery Ann, Seven Mile, Nichols Coulee, CK Creek, Beauchamp, Carroll Coulee with additions on both the east and west boundary, 13 miles of shoreline starting on the east boundary of the Fort Musselshell Unit, shorelines, both south and north of Rock Creek Unit, land between the Mickey Buttes and Burnt Lodge Units, BLM lands on the northeast border of Burt Lodge Unit, land between Timber Creek Unit and Carpenter Creek, land between Duck Creek and Pine Road, northeast corner of Sage Creek Unit, land on southwest corner of the Sheep Creek Unit, East Hell Creek, land on south border of West Hell Creek, BLM land on the south boundary of the Seven Blackfoot Creek Unit.