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Wilderness Act; Long title: An Act to establish a National Wilderness Preservation System for the permanent good of the whole people, and for other purposes. Nicknames: Wilderness Act of 1964: Enacted by: the 88th United States Congress: Citations; Public law: 88–577: Statutes at Large: 78 Stat. 890: Codification; Titles amended: 16 U.S.C ...
The Wilderness Act of 1964 (Public Law 88-577), which established the NWPS, was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on September 3, 1964. The Wilderness Act mandated that the National Park Service, U.S. Forest Service, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service review all federal lands under their jurisdiction for wilderness areas to include ...
The Wilderness Society has campaigned for the passage of wilderness bills as a means to permanently protect significant and unspoiled wildlands in the United States. Since the passage of the Wilderness Act in 1964, the National Wilderness Preservation System has grown to more than 109 million acres.
Sep. 6—When the Wilderness Act was signed into law in 1964, the thought was that it would preserve a distinct form of recreation — the sort of long trips that had hikers or hunters ...
The National Wilderness Preservation System includes 806 wilderness areas protecting 111,889,002 acres (174,826.566 sq mi; 452,798.73 km 2) of federal land as of 2023. They are managed by four agencies: National Park Service (NPS) United States Forest Service (USFS) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
Sep. 6—CABINET MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS — A little less than a half-mile up the trail to Leigh Lake, just about when the incline begins to get annoying, there's a light blue sign screwed to a tree.
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On 3 September 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Wilderness Act of 1964 into law. [36] This milestone was achieved by the efforts of environmental conservationists dedicated to the protection of some of the wildest lands in the United States.