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    The Wilderness Act of 1964 (Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 88–577) is a federal land management statute meant to protect federal wilderness and...
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  • instrumental in the passage of the 1964 Wilderness Act. The Wilderness Act led to the creation of the National Wilderness Preservation System, which protects...
    30 KB (2,921 words) - 22:31, 25 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Bob Marshall Wilderness
    the Continental Divide and consists of 1,009,356 acres (4,084.72 km2). As directed by the Wilderness Act of 1964, "The Bob", as it is informally known...
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    wilderness characteristics as described in Section 603 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 and Section 2(c) of the Wilderness Act of...
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    Service – Wilderness – Fort Pulaski National Monument https://www.nps.gov/fopu/learn/nature/wilderness.htm "Wilderness Act of 1964". Wilderness.net. Archived...
    67 KB (8,125 words) - 03:41, 5 August 2024
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    took nine years and 65 rewrites before the Wilderness Act was finally passed in 1964. The Wilderness Act of 1964 (Public Law 88-577), which established the...
    26 KB (3,061 words) - 18:26, 23 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness Act
    Wilderness Act of 1978 is a U.S. law (Pub.L. 95-495) that protects pristine forests, streams, and lakes in the Superior National Forest. Enactment of...
    17 KB (2,246 words) - 00:40, 4 November 2023
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    Maroon Bells (category Mountains of Gunnison County, Colorado)
    original Wilderness Act of 1964. The Wilderness area surrounds the extremely popular Maroon Bells Scenic Area, which is a major access point for Wilderness travel...
    14 KB (1,345 words) - 08:58, 19 June 2023
  • Thumbnail for Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance
    qualify as Wilderness under the federal Wilderness Act of 1964 from uses that would cause these areas to be disqualified from Wilderness consideration...
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  • Thumbnail for Fitzpatrick Wilderness
    logging or mining, in compliance with the 1964 Wilderness Act. Wilderness areas within National Forests and Bureau of Land Management areas also allow hunting...
    8 KB (521 words) - 00:15, 3 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Mokelumne Wilderness
    within the boundaries of three national forests: Stanislaus, Eldorado and Toiyabe. First protected under the Wilderness Act of 1964, the Mokelumne's borders...
    13 KB (846 words) - 09:24, 4 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Bob Marshall (wilderness activist)
    helped gain passage of the Wilderness Act. The Act was passed by Congress in 1964 and legally defined wilderness areas of the United States and protected...
    46 KB (5,682 words) - 04:29, 4 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness
    Canoe Area Wilderness Act of 1978. The area is a popular destination for canoeing, hiking, and fishing, and is the most visited wilderness in the United...
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  • Thumbnail for Gates of the Mountains Wilderness
    The Gates of the Mountains Wilderness is located in the U.S. state of Montana. Created by an act of Congress in 1964, the wilderness is managed by Helena...
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  • Thumbnail for Frank Church–River of No Return Wilderness
    sponsor for the Wilderness Act of 1964, which protected 9 million acres (36,000 km2) of United States land as part of the National Wilderness Preservation...
    17 KB (1,546 words) - 23:04, 29 April 2024
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    Conservation in the United States (category Wikipedia articles in need of updating from August 2023)
    throughout the history of conservation in the United States.   On 3 September 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Wilderness Act of 1964 into law. This...
    65 KB (8,217 words) - 04:27, 9 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Eagle Cap Wilderness
    73,000 acres (30,000 ha) and the Wilderness Act of 1964 added 66,100 acres (26,700 ha) resulting in a current total of 361,446 acres (146,272 ha; 565 sq mi)...
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    Primitive Area (category Protected areas of the United States)
    used by the Forest Service until the passage of the federal Wilderness Act of 1964. The Wilderness Act gave federal protection to these US Forest Service...
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  • Thumbnail for Desolation Wilderness
    1931 with an area of 64,000 acres (260 km2). In 1969, it became the Desolation Wilderness after the passage of the Wilderness Act of 1964. Desolation is...
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  • Thumbnail for Mount Charleston Wilderness
    by the Wilderness Act of 1964, and is managed by both the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service. The Mount Charleston Wilderness Area consists...
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