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Some wilderness areas are managed by multiple agencies. Some areas are designated wilderness by state or tribal governments. These are not governed by the Federal National Wilderness Preservation System. This table lists all U.S. areas that have been designated by the United States Congress under the Wilderness Act. The designation date is the ...
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Wilderness areas of the Appalachians (2 C, 11 P) Pages in category "Wilderness areas of the United States" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
Little Big Chief Mountain. Chikamin Peak — 6,960 ft (2,121 m); Dip Top Peak — 7,291 ft (2,222 m); Four Brothers — 6,485 ft (1,977 m); Lemah Mountain — 7,480 ...
The Wilderness Act is an important part of wilderness designation because it created the legal definition of wilderness and established the National Wilderness Preservation System. The Wilderness Act defines wilderness as "an area where the earth and its community of life are untrammelled by man, where man himself is a visitor who does not remain."
The complete list of countries (as of 2016) with IUCN category 1b sites can be found in the Management Guidelines for IUCN Category 1b (wilderness) Protected Areas. [6] The most up-to-date resource is the Protected Planet World Database on Protected Areas , which can be searched by many filters including IUCN category levels and country.
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WTC logo. The Wilderness Travel Course (also known as WTC) is a Sierra Club program that teaches basic mountaineering skills to students.. The class is a 10-week introduction to all-around outdoor proficiency, gives participants a taste of backpacking, equipment, snow travel, field navigation, wilderness ethics, basic rock climbing, mountaineering medicine, winter camping, general safety and ...