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Pepperbox Wilderness Area - 22,560 acres (91.300 km 2) Pharaoh Lake Wilderness Area - 45,883 acres (185.68 km 2) Pigeon Lake Wilderness Area - 50,100 acres (202.75 km 2) Saint Regis Canoe Area - 18,231 acres (73.778 km 2) Sentinel Range Wilderness Area - 23,252 acres (94.098 km 2) Siamese Ponds Wilderness Area - 112,524 acres (455.368 km 2)
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 ...
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.
The mission of the refuge system is "To administer a national network of lands and waters for the conservation, management, and where appropriate, restoration of fish, wildlife, and plant resources and their habitats within the United States for the benefit of the present and future generations of Americans" (National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997).
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.
Wilderness.net is a website that provides public information about the 756 units of the National Wilderness Preservation System in the United States. Resources available include general information about each wilderness area , such as recreational activities, access methods and management policies.
A network of wilderness areas are found in the national forest, protecting the sections of the forest that have had the least amount of human intervention. These areas harbor some of the most rugged, scenic and secluded places in all of Arkansas and the South.
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