The Wilderness Act of 1964

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This paper talks about the Wilderness Act of 1964, more commonly known as the Wilderness Act. The paper discusses how the Wilderness Act help created the National Wilderness Preservation System and helped raise American awareness regarding the nation's parks and wildlands. The paper also explains how the Act helps preserve lands throughout the United State and also how millions of acres of new protected wilderness have been created. The paper touches on the difficulties in administration, designation, and management of these wild areas and discusses recommendations for these difficulties, such as new methods of maintenance, regeneration and guidelines.

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"The Wilderness Act created a new way of preserving lands throughout the nation, and has created millions of acres of new, protected wilderness. Managing our recreational wildlands offers a multitude of benefits. First, it preserves wild areas, endangered areas, and rare plants and wildlife located in those areas. Next, there are a myriad of recreational opportunities available in the nation's wilderness areas, from hiking and bird watching to boating, camping, and many other outdoor activities. Most of these areas are protected from development, but they can still sustain light recreational uses, and they provide an outlet for Americans to get out and enjoy the "great outdoors."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Editors. (2008). "The Wilderness Act." Retrieved 10 June 2008 from the Wilderness Society Web site: http://www.wilderness.org/OurIssues/Wilderness/act.cfm.
• Glidden, N. (2005). http://www.wilderness.net/toolboxes/documents/recsitemonitor/Overview-Recreation%20Site%20Monitoring%20Programs.doc

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