The Wilderness Act of 1964 (Pub. L. 88–577) is a federal land management statute meant to protect federal wilderness and to create a formal mechanism for...

wilderness areas. Howard Zahniser created the first draft of the Wilderness Act in 1956. It took nine years and 65 rewrites before the Wilderness Act...

officially designate land as "wilderness" through the Wilderness Act of 1964. The Wilderness Act is an important part of wilderness designation because it created...

The Frank Church—River of No Return Wilderness Area is a protected wilderness area in Idaho. It was created in 1980 by the United States Congress and...

Canoe Area Wilderness Act of 1978. The area is a popular destination for canoeing, hiking, and fishing, and is the most visited wilderness in the United...

The National Wilderness Preservation System includes 806 wilderness areas protecting 111,889,002 acres (174,826.566 sq mi; 452,798.73 km2) of federal land...

efforts, The Wilderness Society helped gain passage of the Wilderness Act. The Act was passed by Congress in 1964 and legally defined wilderness areas of...

The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness Act of 1978 is a U.S. law (Pub.L. 95-495) that protects pristine forests, streams, and lakes in the Superior...

primary campaign of the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance is to build public support for America's Red Rock Wilderness Act, which was first introduced in Congress...

as an addition to the National Wilderness Preservation System in 1994 as a part of the California Desert Protection Act. The site is managed by the Bureau...

instrumental in the passage of the 1964 Wilderness Act. The Wilderness Act led to the creation of the National Wilderness Preservation System, which protects...

Agriculture, it received wilderness designation on February 24, 1978 through the passage of the Endangered American Wilderness Act and is part of Nez Perce...

Tulip Poplar. The Sipsey Wilderness Hiking Club promotes hiking in the Sipsey Wilderness. Faults in the 1964 Wilderness Act made it essentially impossible...

Johnson signed the Wilderness Act into law in September of that year. The Wilderness Act established America's National Wilderness Preservation System...

The Vermont Wilderness Act of 1984 (Pub. L. 98–322, 98 Stat. 253) was signed into law by President Ronald Reagan on June 19, 1984. The Act designated four...

became a Wilderness Area when the 1964 Wilderness Act was passed. It was significantly expanded to its present size in 2009. The Hoover Wilderness was the...

Movement" by both the Sierra Club and the Wilderness Society, she helped in the passage of the Wilderness Act, and was instrumental in creating the Arctic...

were haunted. The original Jarbidge Wilderness was established by the 1964 Wilderness Act, and was the first wilderness area protected in Nevada. Expanded...

eight officially designated wilderness areas in the Green Mountain National Forest (from north to south): Each of these wilderness areas is wholly located...

by the Forest Service until the passage of the federal Wilderness Act of 1964. The Wilderness Act gave federal protection to these US Forest Service administrative...

along the Central Coast of California. This wilderness was established in 1969 when the Ventana Wilderness Act redesignated the 55,800-acre (22,600 ha) Ventana...

The Eastern Wilderness Areas Act (Pub. L. 93–622, 88 Stat. 2096) was signed into law by President Gerald Ford on January 3, 1975. The Act designated 16 new...

The California Wilderness Act of 1984 is a federal law (Public Law 98-425), passed by the United States Congress on September 28, 1984, that authorized...

National Wilderness Preservation System Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest Wilderness Act Protected Area Profile for High Uintas Wilderness from the...

Established in 1964 by the Wilderness Act and named for naturalist John Muir, it encompasses 652,793 acres (2,641.76 km2). The wilderness lies along the eastern...

by the Wilderness Act of 1964, and is managed by both the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service. The Mount Charleston Wilderness Area consists...

Endangered American Wilderness Act (Public Law 95-237) is a Federal law, enacted in 1978, that established ten new designated Wilderness Areas in the National...

Passage of the Wilderness Act in 1964 provided for this wilderness to become part of the National Wilderness Preservation System. The wilderness is named in...

Act 1963: Higher Education Facilities Act 1963: Vocational Education Act 1964: Civil Rights Act 1964: Urban Mass Transportation Act 1964: Wilderness Act...

original Wilderness Act of 1964. The Wilderness area surrounds the extremely popular Maroon Bells Scenic Area, which is a major access point for Wilderness travel...