The Wilderness Act (1964)
Description:
The Wilderness Act of 1964 provided federal protection for large tracts of public land deemed to be at risk. The original land acquisition for the National Wilderness Preservation System included just over 9 million acres of land, largely in the western U.S., and today includes almost 110 million acres. Written by Wilderness Society member Howard Zahniser, the Act requires that those areas added to the System be kept as free of human imprint as possible and that its wilderness character be preserved.
Collection:
Legislation
Date:
09/03/1964
Creator:
U.S. Congress
Subject
LegislationContributor
Mills KellyFormat
TextSource:
U.S. Government Printing Office
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Rights
NoneCitation
U.S. Congress, “The Wilderness Act (1964),” Appalachian Trail Histories, accessed November 22, 2024, https://appalachiantrailhistory.org/items/show/420.
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