,,iii #aahth ,,congress #b;d ,session ,s4 ,,res4 #gjh ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states ,may #bc1 #bjbd,mr4 ,heinrich 7for himself and ,mr4 ,lujn7 submitted the following resolution2 which was considered and agreed to ,,resolution ,commemorating the #ajjth anniversary of the designation of the ,gila ,wilderness4 ,whereas on ,june #c1 #aibd1 the ,forest ,service set aside #gee1jjj acres as the ,gila ,wilderness2 ,whereas this was the first designated wilderness in the ,united ,states and the world2 ,whereas this designation marked the beginning of a national system of wilderness areas and helped inspire the ,wilderness ,act of #aifd 7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #aaca et seq472 ,whereas ,aldo ,leopold1 a ,forest ,service employee in ,new ,mexico1 worked to initiate a ,federal wilderness concept in the backcountry of what is now the ,gila ,national ,forest2 ,whereas ,arthur ,carhart1 a ,forest ,service employee1 argued that wilderness recreation would help to develop individual and national character2 ,whereas the ,apache and ,mimbres people have been stewards of this land from time immemorial2 and ,whereas1 #ajj years later1 the character of the ,gila ,wilderness remains without permanent human-built structures1 protected and managed to preserve this condition1 and the wilderness remains a place unrestrained by human development3 ,now1 therefore1 be it ,that ,congress commemorates the #ajjth anniversary of the designation of the ,gila ,wilderness4