Wilderness Act
Wilderness Act - American Whitewater
The Act specifically cites “outstanding opportunities for solitude or a primitive and unconfined type of [non-motorized] recreation” as a primary function of ...
The Weakness of Administrative Protection. Before there was a Wilderness Act, wilderness was, at best, an afterthought. Only the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) ...
36 CFR Part 293 -- Wilderness—Primitive Areas - eCFR
National Forest Wilderness shall consist of those units of the National Wilderness Preservation System which at least 30 days before the Wilderness Act of ...
The National Wilderness Preservation System
Since 1964 and passage of the Wilderness Act, wilderness advocates have been successful in expanding the size of the National Wilderness Preservation System ...
The Wilderness Act and the Courts - Digital Commons @ DU
Anthony Ruckel, The Wilderness Act and the Courts, 76 Denv. U. L. Rev. 611 (1998). This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Denver Law ...
September 3: The Wilderness Act | Prairie Public
The Wilderness Act legally protected designated wilderness areas, it ignored the history of Native Americans who had occupied the land for centuries.
The Wilderness Act: The Minimum Requirement Exception
Congress passed the Wilderness Act on September 3, 1964.1 Forty-six years later, the federal courts continue to play the indispensable role of interpreting the ...
16 USC - Chapter 23: National Wilderness Preservation System
The National Wilderness Preservation System is to be composed of federally owned areas designated by the Congress as "wilderness areas". The ...
Wilderness Act - Content Details - - GovInfo
Title. To establish a National Wilderness Preservation System for the permanent good of the whole people, and for other purposes.
The Wilderness Act is still protecting nature, if we allow it
The authors of the Wilderness Act sought to secure for the American people “an enduring resource of wilderness” to protect these wilderness ...
Top Photo: On September 3, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law the Wilderness Act, giving immediate protection to 54 areas across the nation, ...
What Is Wilderness | Wilderness Act of 1964
WILDERNESS ACT · To establish a National Wilderness Preservation System for the permanent good of the whole people, and for other purposes. · Short Title · Sec 1.
What is Wilderness - sierrawild.gov
In 1964, in an almost unanimous vote, the United States Congress passed the Wilderness Act. This short piece of legislation, originally written by Howard ...
The Wilderness Act | Mystic Stamp Discovery Center
On September 3, 1964, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Wilderness Act. The act protected 9 million acres from development and created the National ...
The Wilderness Act of 1964 established the National Wilderness Preservation System (NWPS) to designate and preserve pristine undeveloped lands. In passing the ...
The 1964 Wilderness Act: Transforming U.S. and Global Conservation
Discover how the 1964 Wilderness Act, championed by The Wilderness Society and advocates like Howard Zahniser and Wallace Stegner, ...
The Story of America's Red Rock Wilderness Act
The results of their exhaustive fieldwork were published in Wilderness at the Edge, a 400-page proposal calling for federal protection of 5.7 million acres of ...
Eastern Wilderness Areas Act - Wikipedia
Eastern Wilderness Areas Act ... The Eastern Wilderness Areas Act ( Pub. L. 93–622, 88 Stat. 2096) was signed into law by President Gerald Ford on January 3, 1975 ...
Is the Wilderness Act outdated? A 60-year-old law sparks new fights.
The 1964 law still has plenty of supporters, but it's also under growing attack from opponents who say it's been used to block plans that ...
The Wilderness Act and Climate Change - Wild Montana
The Wilderness Act has empowered us to confront climate change. The Wilderness Act has given us vital tools to confront climate change.