by wilderness | Sep 14, 2014 | let's celebrate wilderness, wilderness, Wilderness Act
“If future generations are to remember us with gratitude rather than contempt, we must leave them a glimpse of the world as it was in the beginning, not just after we got through with it.” ...
by wilderness | Sep 14, 2014 | let's celebrate wilderness, National Wilderness Month, Wilderness Act, Wilderness50
President Obama has declared September National Wilderness Month, and in 2014, we also celebrate the 50th anniversary of the signing of The Wilderness Act. In his proclamation President Obama called on Americans to “reflect on our rich tradition of stewardship,...
by wilderness | Jun 5, 2014 | history of wilderness, let's celebrate wilderness, The Wilderness Society, wilderness, Wilderness50
Hiking in the John Muir WildernessA new publication from The Wilderness Society celebrates the role of wilderness in shaping our national character, highlights the significance of wilderness in America and calls on Congress to protect more wild places.”Changes...
by wilderness | Mar 29, 2014 | let's celebrate wilderness, maps, roadless areas, United States, wilderness
The USGS Geographic Analysis and Monitoring program developed a national high resolution dataset that gives the distance to the nearest road every 30 meters (square) across the conterminous 48 states. These roadless areas are clustered mostly in the west around...
by wilderness | Feb 28, 2014 | let's celebrate wilderness, wilderness, Wilderness50
1. There are 757 wilderness areas in the National Wilderness Preservation System.2. The state with the most wilderness areas is California (149).3. These states have no federally designated wilderness: CT, DE, IA, KS, MD and RI4. While the Forest Service manages more...
