On September 12, 2006, the Western Lands Project, Wilderness Watch, the Western Watersheds Project, and Friends of the Clearwater issued a press release titled "80 conservation groups urge colleagues to halt support for development/privatization bills."
Entirety of Public Law 88-577 88th Congress, ยง 4 September 3, 1964 AN ACT To
establish a National Wilderness Preservation System for the permanent good of
the whole people, and for other purposes.