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Wilderness areas are parts of national parks, wildlife refuges, national forests, and BLM lands; some units are managed by different agencies. Initially, the NWPS included 34 areas protecting 9.1 million acres (37,000 km 2) in the national forests.
Title 36 is the principal set of rules and regulations issued by federal agencies of the United States regarding parks, forests, and public property. It is available in digital and printed form, and can be referenced online using the Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (e-CFR).
On August 25, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson signed legislation that created the National Park Service. The National Park Service Organic Act, [1] or the Organic Act as referred to within the National Park Service, is a United States federal law that established the National Park Service (NPS), an agency of the United States Department of the Interior.
The John D. Dingell Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act of 2019 is an omnibus lands act that protected public lands and modified management provisions. The bill designated more than 1,300,000 acres (5,300 km 2) of wilderness area, expanded several national parks and other areas of the National Park System, and established four new national monuments while redesignating others.
Wilderness designation is a protective overlay Congress applies to selected portions of national forests, parks, wildlife refuges, and other public lands. Within wilderness areas, the Wilderness Act strives to restrain human influences so that ecosystems [the Wilderness Act, however, makes no specific mention of ecosystems] can change over time ...
On January 20, 2017, a bill was introduced to congress that aimed to roll back regulations on oil and gas drilling in National Parks. The bill would nullify the "General Provisions and Non-Federal Oil and Gas Rights" rule passed in November 2016, and this would remove protections to National Park lands and resources.
Sep. 8—Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is recommending 48 fishing regulation changes this year ahead of a fall Fish and Wildlife Commission meeting. While most of the changes are aimed at ...
There are 154 national forests and 20 national grasslands containing 193 million acres (297,000 mi 2 /769 000 km 2) of land. [10] These lands comprise 8.5 percent of the total land area of the United States, an area about the size of Texas. [1] About 87 percent of national forest land lies in the Western United States, mostly in mountain ranges.