How is wilderness established?
Designated wilderness is carved out of America s public lands land already set aside as National Parks, National Wildlife Refuges, National Forests, and lands managed by the BLM. It is created by specific acts of Congress designating particular areas as wilderness. Today, there are more than 95.3 million acres of wilderness protected in National Forests, Wildlife Refuges, Parks, and BLM lands. Nearly two-thirds of this designated wilderness is in Alaska.
Related Questions
- Is it fair to say that, as a human, you enjoy the chaos and beauty of wilderness and nature, but not enough to prefer it over right angles, sterilized order, pathological security and rigorous predictability?
- How is wilderness different from other federal public lands?
- How does wilderness designation in a park affect people?
