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The River of No Return Wilderness was created by Congress in 1980. Perhaps the greatest success of ... conservationists, it is the single largest designated wilderness area in the lower 48 states of the United States. It is almost 2.4 ... Basin which covers 500 square miles. Frank Church Wilderness Located entirely in the vast Salmon River Mountains, it ...

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... 3, 1964 AN ACT To establish a National Wilderness Preservation System for the permanent good of the whole people, and ... Section 1 This Act may be cited as the "Wilderness Act". WILDERNESS SYSTEM ESTABLISHED STATEMENT OF POLICY ...

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... of "untrammeled lands". The purpose of the Wilderness Act is to preserve the wilderness character of the areas to be included in the wilderness system, not ...

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Background on designated Wilderness in the United States. Working toward a stronger Wilderness ethic. Wilderness Preservation System Author of the Wilderness Act, Howard ...

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... United States Congress designated the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness in 1964 and it now has a total of 1,340,502 acres. Idaho contains ... United States Forest Service . Selway Bitterroot Wilderness Selway-Bitterroot is the third largest Wilderness in the ...

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... draft plan for weed management in the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness. Their proposed project would not only violate legally mandated Wilderness character but would also likely prove ineffective. Research has ...

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... Besides these treats, we all hope to share our stories of wilderness adventures as we prepare for the conservation challenges of 2009. ...

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... Besides these treats, we all hope to share our stories of wilderness adventures as we prepare for the conservation challenges of 2009. ...

newsletter - foc - 11/15/2008 - 23:08 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

... Denied Hike in the Historical Hungery Creek Proposed Wilderness Slate Creek and Lakes Day Hike Explore the western reaches of the Gospel Hump Wilderness with the Palouse Group of the Sierra Club and Friends of the ...

newsletter - foc - 10/23/2008 - 18:47 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

... (ORV) use in the Meadow Creek roadless area and proposed wilderness. Over the past couple of decades, the agency has allowed increased ... as an ideal non-motorized recreation area that deserves wilderness designation. For instance, in the 1977 Meadow Creek Planning Unit ...

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