The Wilderness Act and the Courts
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THE WILDERNESS ACT AND THE COURTS. H. ANTHONY RUCKEL". [Wilderness areas] are delicate, sensitive places where the often mysterious and unpredictable process ...
"Wilderness and the Courts" by Peter A. Appel
This Article examines how the decisions of four land management agencies governing wilderness areas under the Wilderness Act fare in the federal courts.
Cases involving the interpretation of environmental law have been of par- ticular interest as a subset of this research because political ideology is also ...
Background. Plaintiff Wilderness Watch brought suit against the Forest Service, alleging violations of THE WILDERNESS ACT in its management of the Frank Church ...
Except as otherwise provided in this Act, wilderness areas shall be devoted to the public purposes of recreational, scenic, scientific, educational, ...
The Wilderness Act calls for the preservation of wilderness character. Wilderness is defined in Section 2(c) of the Act, and includes what is often referred to ...
Law and Policy - Wilderness (U.S. National Park Service)
The 1964 Wilderness Act created the National Wilderness Preservation System. Subsequent NPS policy, including Management Policies 2006 and ...
The Wilderness Act is considered one of America's greatest conservation achievements. The act created our National Wilderness Preservation System and provided ...
A Cheat Sheet for Demystifying... The Wilderness Act Public Law 88 ...
Text in italics is quotes from the Act. Background: The Act was signed September 3, 1964. It created the Wilderness. Preservation System and immediately ...
Denver Law Review | Vol 76 | Iss 2
... Courts. H. Anthony Ruckel. 611. PDF · Protecting the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness: Litigation and Legislation. Richard A. Duncan and Kevin Proescholdt.
Wilderness Act of 1964 | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
The Wilderness Act of 1964 established the National Wilderness Preservation System and authorizes Congress to designate wilderness areas.
Wilderness Case Law - IIS Windows Server
On April 10, 2000, High Sierra brought suit in federal district court seeking declaratory and injunctive relief against the Forest Service for management ...
The Legal Meaning of Wilderness Character | IJW
The Wilderness Act commands that wilderness areas be managed for “the ... Nor have the courts answered that question in the 51 years since the act became law.
The Need for Wilderness Litigation
... the Wilderness Act by initiating lawsuits against federal agencies in the federal court system. ... If courts find the Act to be infirm, or ...
COURT RULES PARK SERVICE VIOLATES WILDERNESS ACT
The three judge panel ruled that the motorized tours violated both the Wilderness Act and the National Environmental Policy Act. The court wrote ...
Court Allows Maintenance of Structures in Wilderness Area
The court, however, held that the agency's position that historical preservation was a goal of the Wilderness Act was reasonable. The case ...
The Wilderness Act of 1964 - USDA Forest Service
AN ACT. To establish a National Wilderness Preservation System for the permanent good of the whole people, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate ...
Wilderness Act | US Conservation, Preservation & Protection
Wilderness Act, U.S. environmental protection legislation (1964) that created the National Wilderness Preservation System, setting 9 million acres (3.6 ...
The Wilderness Act: The Minimum Requirement Exception
There are fewer Wilderness Act court decisions than for nearly all other environmental laws. Despite its brevity, federal courts have judged the Wilderness ...
THE WILDERNESS ACT AND THE PROBLEM OF WILDLIFE ...
9 The court thus faced the apparent paradox between wildness and pristine naturalness. It had to choose between allowing land managers to ...