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Wilderness Act

Nick Bruny P.2. General Info. Circumstances. Wilderness Act. United States enacted in 1964 by President Lynden Johnson Created legal definition of “wilderness” -Area unmodified by human activity.

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Wilderness Act

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  1. Nick Bruny P.2 General Info Circumstances Wilderness Act • United States enacted in 1964 by President Lynden Johnson • Created legal definition of “wilderness” -Area unmodified by human activity • Written by members of The Wilderness Society as a result from a long effort to protect federal wilderness • Addresses the issue of ecosystem manipulation due to human influences Purpose • To restrain human influences on National Parks, wildlife refugees, parks and other public lands • Allowed as recreation area but without motorized vehicles or equipment • Wilderness Act modified in 1986 to ban bicycles Works Cited • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilderness_Act • http://www.wilderness.net/index.cfm?fuse=NWPS&sec=legisAct • http://www.fws.gov/laws/lawsdigest/WILDRNS.HTML

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