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CK:SF: Th.CKLET'L WARD: LLVCongress could pass legislation this year..to create the long-sought Big Thicket National Preserve in Texas.That prediction today by Congressman Charles
Wilson of Lufkin.The Thicket..once covering more than 3-Million acres of Texas..would be cut to 85-thousand acres in a house bill.The Senate version would more acreage..but eliminate one provision supported by Texas Conservationists.That provision is something called..Leg transfer of land ownershi to the government..
putting a stop to further timber-cutting and real estate development in the area.