National Wilderness Preservation System Database: Key Attributes and Trends, 1964through 1999 (Revised Edition)

摘要

The Wilderness Act of 1964 established a National Wilderness Preservation System,and this publication is a compilation of selected information about every wilderness within this System. For each wilderness, the following information is given: legally correct wilderness name; public law that established the wilderness; date the enabling law was signed by the President; acreage designated in the enabling public law; modifying public law, or laws that affected the name, boundary, or administration; current total acreage reported by the administering agency, the agency or agencies with current administrative authority; administering unit or units within the agency; State or States in which the wilderness is located. This information is arranged in nine different tables, each arranged and sorted in different ways to allow the reader to easily find desired information.