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These wilderness areas cover about 4.5% of the United States' land area, an area larger than the state of California. About 52% of the wilderness area is in Alaska, with 57,425,569 acres (89,727.452 sq mi; 232,393.03 km 2) of wilderness.
West Canada Lake Wilderness Area - 156,695 acres (634.122 km 2) William C. Whitney Wilderness Area - 20,500 acres (83 km 2) Catskill Park: Slide Mountain Wilderness Area 47,500 acres (190 km 2) Big Indian-Beaverkill Wilderness Area 33,000 acres (132 km 2) Indian Head Wilderness Area 16,800 acres (67.2 km 2) West Kill Wilderness Area 19,250 ...
In Western Australia, [45] a wilderness area is an area that has a wilderness quality rating of 12 or greater and meets a minimum size threshold of 80 km 2 in temperate areas or 200 km 2 in arid and tropical areas. A wilderness area is gazetted under section 62(1)(a) of the Conservation and Land Management Act 1984 by the Minister on any land ...
Wilderness Act: This Act, which was passed in 1964, classified and protected 54 wilderness areas (about 9.1 million acres) and established a system of adding new lands to the National Wilderness Preservation System. It also allowed jurisdiction over these wilderness areas by the Forest Service, National Park Service, or Fish and Wildlife Service.
Wilderness is a special designation for public lands which have been completely undeveloped. The concept of wilderness areas was legislatively defined by the 1964 Wilderness Act. Wilderness areas can be managed by any of the above Federal agencies, and some parks and refuges are almost entirely designated wilderness.
National Wilderness Areas are designated within other protected areas, managed by various agencies and sometimes wilderness areas span areas managed by multiple agencies. Those relying on U.S. protected areas data are advised to learn more about all of these conventions by reviewing the extensive PAD-US Help system.
Wilderness areas of West Virginia (9 P) Wilderness areas of Wisconsin (6 P) Wilderness areas of Wyoming (15 P) This page was last edited on 1 November 2021, at 00:45 ...
Strict nature reserves and wilderness areas are protected areas that are created and managed mainly for the purposes of research or for the protection of large, unspoiled areas of wilderness. Their primary purpose is the preservation of biodiversity and as essential reference areas for scientific work and environmental monitoring.