COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

WAYNE N. ASPINALL, Colorado, Chairman

LEE MCELVAIN, Consultant on National Parks and Recreation

The chairman, Hon. Wayne N. Aspinall, and the ranking minority member, Hon.

John P. Saylor, are ex-officio members of this subcommittee.

Bennett, Henry, president-elect, Texas Wood Preservers Advisory
Council.

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Bentsen, Hon. Lloyd Jr., a U.S. Senator from the State of Texas..
Bonney, Mrs. Lorraine G..

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Bonney, Orrin H

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Boyette, Richard C., vice president, Center Plywood Co., Inc.
Brady, Jim.

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Bremberg, Mrs. Virginia W., Environmental Quality Director,
League of Women Voters of Texas..

Brooks, Hon. Jack, a Representative in Congress from the State of
Texas

Brown. Herman, executive vice president, Angelina County Chamber
of Commerce, representing Ed Wilkins, chairman..
Butler, Gary Frank, Hardin County.

Crawford, Oliver R., chairman of the Texas Forestry Association.
Dexter, Mrs. Anella, Texas Conservation Council.

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Dorman, Mr. and Mrs. James M., Sour Lake, Tex.

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Eckhardt, Hon. Bob, a Representative in Congress from the State of Texas..

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Feeny, Dr. Paul, professor of biology, Cornell University.
Folweiler, Dr. A. D., director (retired), Texas Forest Service-
Fontenot, M. J., Houston Sportsmen's Club. --

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Fritz, Edward C., chairman, Texas Committee on Natural Resources -
Fullingim, Archie, editor, Kountze News-

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Geren, Preston M., Jr., president, Texas Society of Architects, as presented by Douglas E. Steinman, Jr...

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Griesenbeck, P. Burgess, executive secretary, Citizens Environmental
Coalition

Graber, Dr. William J., III, for the Golden Triangle Group of the
Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club_-_.

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Gunter, Dr. Pete, president, Big Thicket Association_
Hallmon, Billy W., Dallas, Tex.

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Harriman, Mayland E., the Star-Que Research Unit

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Henley, Dempsie, chairman, Texas Commission for Indian Affairs

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Higgins, Mrs. Wilfred, representing Mrs. Wesley Smith, president,
League of Women Voters of Denton, Tex..

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High, Hamilton M., Jr., on behalf of the National Audubon Society....
Hill, Mrs. Osborn.

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Hogue, Dr. Bradley B., Jr., Beaumont, Tex..

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Huston, James E., chairman of the Texas Chapter, Society of American Foresters _ _

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Statements-Continued

Jagoe, Mrs. Edna, the Texas Federation of Women's Clubs (plus Page material for the record).

Press release of the Texas Federation of Women's Clubs...
General Federation of Women's Clubs resolution _ _ _.

Texas Federation of Women's Clubs resolution dated May 6,
1971....

Memorandum by Hon. Preston Smith, Governor of Texas, des-
ignating the first week of March 1972 as Big Thicket Week
in Texas

Johnston, Mrs. Maxine, Big Thicket Association_

Kennedy, J. P., director, University of Texas System, Environmental
Science Park, Houston.

Kindschy, Emil O., chairman, Big Thicket Coordinating Committee__
Kramer, Paul R., director, Texas Forest Service___

Long, Dr. Russell, professor of biology, Lamar University.
Loughmiller, Campbell, Whitehouse, Tex.

Marrack, Dr. David, for the Houston Chapter of the National Audubon Society.

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May, Mrs. Harriet.

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McDavid, Mrs. Nance C., Houston Audubon Society.

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McDavid, Raymond H., conservation vice president, the Outdoor
Nature Club of Houston__

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Merrifield, Robert G., head of the Department of Forest Science,
Texas A. & M. University.

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Mewhinney, Hubert, San Jacinto County.

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Moore, Dave, president, East Texas Wildlife Conservation Associa

tion...

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Moore, Miss E. Colleen, Ph. D. (biochemistry) Houston, Tex
National Audubon Society, southwest regional office, Austin, Tex..
Nelson, Debbie, of Dallas, Tex--

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Overstreet, Dwayne V., county attorney, Hardin County, Tex-
Parker, Lois Williams, Hardin County, Tex.

Reeves, Mrs. Mart W., zone chairman, Garden Club of America_
Reid, Cecil, executive director, Sportmen's Clubs of Texas, Inc..
Rosenberg, Louis T., vice president, Citizens for a Better Environ-
ment, San Antonio, Tex-

Vanderwater, W. C., editor, Hardin County Herald__

Vines, Robert A., Spring Branch Independent School District__.
Wagoner, Dorothy, representing Mrs. Robert H. Dooley, president,
Texas Garden Clubs, Inc.--

Watkins, Dick A., chairman, Save Our Homes and Land Committee..
Watson, Geraldine, of Silsbee, Tex.

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Webster, J. B., manager, corporate relations, Kirby Lumber Corp---
Williams, Ross E., manager, Atlantic Richfield Co.'s East Texas
District, for Stuart C. Mut, vice president and manager, eastern
region..

Woodward, Sherlyn H., biology teacher, Hardin County.

Yarborough, Hon. Ralph W., former U.S. Senator from the State of
Texas---

Letters:

Adams, W. O., president, Deep East Texas Development Association,
San Augustine, Tex., to Hon. Roy A. Taylor, dated June 5, 1972
(plus resolution)_.

Allen, H. D. and Ada, Austin, Tex., to Hon. Roy Taylor..
Anders, Fred, Kountze, Tex., to Hon. Dwayne V. Overstreet, county
attorney, Hardin County, dated May 26, 1972.

Beecher, W. J., Ph. D., director, the Chicago Academy of Science s,
Chicago, Ill., to Hon. Roy A. Taylor, dated June 1, 1972
Brashear, Everett, president, Clean Air & Water, Inc., Beaumont,
Tex., to National Parks and Recreation Committee, dated May 10,
1972__

Brown, Herman, executive vice president, Angelina County Chamber
of Commerce, Lufkin, Tex., to Hon. Roy A. Taylor, dated June 8,

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Letters-Continued

1972__.

Clark, J .W., and William Scott Clark, Silsbee, Tex., to Hon. Roy
Taylor, dated June 1, 1972.

Dooley, Mrs. Robert H., president, Texas Garden Clubs, Inc., Dallas,
Tex., to Hon. Wayne N. Aspinall, dated June 16, 1972.
Escoe, Lindsey, councilor, the Executive Board of Beaumont Council
of Garden Clubs, to Hon. Bob Eckhardt, dated June 14, 1972
(telegram)

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Farenthold, Frances Tarlton, Texas State Representative, to Congressman Taylor

Fritz, Edward C., Texas Committee on Natural Resources, Dallas, to Hon. Roy A. Taylor, dated June 17, 1972 (plus list of 12 advantages).

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Herring, Robert R., Houston Natural Gas Corp., to Hon. Roy A.
Taylor, dated June 12, 1972_

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Kincaid, Lloyd M., Warren Hunting Club, Houston, Tex., to Hon.
Roy Taylor, dated June 2, 1972

214

Lonsberry, Mike, League City, Tex., to Hon. Roy Taylor

217

Marrack, Dr. David, Houston, Tex., to Hon. Wayne N. Aspinall,
dated June 16, 1972.

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McPeek, Mr. and Mrs. Jim E., Gilmer, Tex., to Hon. Roy Taylor, dated June 9, 1972__

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216

Morgan, Ellen, Save the Thicket, Camp Waluta, Silsbee, Tex., to
Subcommittee on Parks and Recreation, dated June 10, 1972.
Petty, Olive Scott, Petty Geophysical Engineering Co., San Antonio,
Tex., to Hon. Roy Taylor, dated June 17, 1972-
Prendergast, F. H., Jr., president, Polk County Farm Bureau, Living-
ston, Tex., to Hon. Roy A. Taylor, dated June 19, 1972 (plus
resolution).

Reeves, Mrs. Mart W., The Garden Club of America, New York,
N. Y., to Hon. Roy A. Taylor, dated June 10, 1972.
Tarpley, Martha M., president, American Association of University
Women, San Antonio, Tex., to Hon. Roy A. Taylor, dated June 5,
1972

Tims, Richard W., president, Travis Audubon Society, Austin, Tex.,
to Hon. Roy A. Taylor, dated June 5, 1972_..

Udall, Hon. Stewart L., Secretary of the Interior, to Mr. O. R.
Crawford, Eastex, Inc., Jasper, Tex., dated September 27, 1967
Wagoner, E. R., Texas Forestry Association, Lufkin, Tex., to Hon.
Roy A. Taylor, dated June 19, 1972-

Walker, Mr. and Mrs. B. J., and others, Devers, Tex., to Hon. Roy
Taylor, dated June 12, 1972.

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Webster, J. B., Kirby Lumber Corp., Houston, Tex., to Hon. Wayne
N. Aspinall, dated June 27, 1972

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Willis, Mrs. Jack, to Congressman Wayne Aspinall, dated June 14,

1972

Additional information:

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Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas resolution dated June 8, 1972..
Big Thicket National Park, Tex., as proposed by Congressman Bob
Eckhardt (map) -

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Deep East Texas Development Association, resolution dated May 9, 1972_

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Hightower, Judge Thomas J., County of Liberty, Tex., resolution dated June 9, 1972.

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Liberty, Tex., Chamber of Commerce, resolution, dated June 2, 1972__
Liberty, Tex., Mayor, resolution dated June 9, 1972
Livingston, Tex., City Council, Resolution No. A-131, pertaining
to development of Big Thicket National Park_

Organizations supporting a Big Thicket National Monument (as of
June 1, 1972).

Polk County Farm Bureau resolution dated Feb. 12, 1969.
Polk County, Tex., commissioners court resolution, dated June
1972.

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Position paper prepared by Thomas Eisner and Paul Feeny, professors of biological sciences at Cornell University and representatives of the Ad Hoc Committee to Save the Big Thicket--

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Additional information-Continued

Society of American Foresters, Texas Chapter, resolution, dated
Feb. 14, 1969_.

Statistics on proposed national park for southeast Texas, submitted
to congressional committee, June 10, 1972-Vegetation areas of
Texas (table) .

Summary of 12 advantages of stream corridors, submitted by Edward
C. Fritz.

Texas Garden Clubs, Inc., resolution adopted May 28, 1969 (plus
policy statement).

Texas Indian Commission chairman, resolution dated June 9, 1972.
Texas Wood Preservers Advisory Council, Inc., resolution__

Warren Independent School District Board of Trustees, resolution dated June 20, 1972....

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