Download or read book To Designate Certain Lands as Wilderness and for Wilderness Study written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Environment and Land Resources Subcommittee and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book To Designate Certain Lands as Wilderness and for Wilderness Study written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Environment and Land Resources Subcommittee and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Designating Certain National Forest System Lands in the States of Virginia and West Virginia as Wilderness Areas written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Forests, Family Farms, and Energy and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Designation of Certain National Forest System Lands Within the Boundaries of the State of Virginia as Wilderness Areas written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition, and Forestry and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Designating Certain Endangered Public Lands for Preservation as Wilderness Providing for the Study of Additional Endangered Public Lands for Such Designation Furthering the Purposes of the Wilderness Act of 1964 and for Other Purposes written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Wilderness written by Katie Hoover and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Wilderness Act of 1964 established the National Wilderness Preservation System and, in it, Congress reserved for itself the authority to designate federal lands as part of the system. As of September 9, 2022, the system consisted of over 112 million acres in 803 units, managed by four federal land management agencies (FLMAs): the Forest Service (FS) in the Department of Agriculture and the National Park Service (NPS), Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in the Department of the Interior (DOI). The act also directed the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior to review certain lands for their wilderness potential. Wilderness is managed to preserve its natural condition. Roads, structures, motorized access, and most commercial activity generally are prohibited in wilderness, although there are exceptions. Bills to designate wilderness areas are typically introduced and considered in each Congress. Such designations are not amendments to the Wilderness Act but generally refer to the act for management guidance and sometimes include special provisions. The 116th Congress considered many bills to add to the wilderness system, and one was enacted into law, designating 1.3 million additional acres in four states of both new wilderness areas and additions to existing areas. To date, dozens of bills have been introduced in the 117th Congress to designate additional wilderness areas, though none have been enacted. Wilderness designations can be controversial. Advocates propose wilderness designations to preserve the generally undeveloped conditions of the areas. Opponents express concern that such designations prevent certain uses and potential economic development in rural areas. The potential benefits or costs of wilderness designations are difficult to value or quantify. Thus, wilderness deliberations commonly focus on trying to maximize the benefits of preserving pristine areas while minimizing potential opportunity costs. These debates often focus on the extent and location of specific proposed changes to the National Wilderness Preservation System introduced in each Congress-such as whether to designate additional wilderness acres, modify existing wilderness boundaries, or other changes. Wilderness debates also may focus on management and use of wilderness. Most wilderness bills direct management of designated wilderness in accordance with the Wilderness Act. However, proposed legislation may seek to allow otherwise-prohibited activities in the area or to address uses not contemplated in the Wilderness Act. Sometimes, wilderness debates focus on management and use of one specific unit; other times, the debates focus on management across the entire system. For example, the 117th Congress has considered legislation to authorize mechanized transport in all designated wilderness areas, which is prohibited in most circumstances. Controversies regarding management of other protected areas related to wilderness also have been the subject of legislation. BLM wilderness study areas (WSAs) and FS inventoried roadless areas (IRAs) are currently subject to wilderness-like protections and often have been the subject of debate. BLM is required by law to protect the wilderness characteristics of its WSAs until Congress determines otherwise, leading Congress to frequently address WSAs in legislation, often to release them from this protection. IRAs are designated by regulations, which have frequently been changed or subject to legal challenges, leading Congress to sometimes consider addressing IRA management in law. Congressional Research Service.
Download or read book Additions to the National Wilderness Preservation System written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Public Lands and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Designating Certain National Forest System Lands and Public Lands in Utah and Arizona as Wilderness written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Subcommittee on Public Lands and Reserved Water and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 708 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book U S Wilderness written by Gianna A. Kirby and published by Nova Science Publishers. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Congress enacted the Wilderness Act in 1964. This act created the National Wilderness Preservation System, reserved to Congress the authority to designate wilderness areas, and directed the Secretaries of Agriculture and of the Interior to review certain lands for their wilderness potential. The Wilderness Act defined wilderness as an area of undeveloped federal land, but, due to differing perceptions of wilderness and its purpose, did not establish criteria or standards to determine whether an area should be designated. In general, wilderness areas are undeveloped, and commercial activities, motorised access, and roads, structures, and facilities are generally prohibited in wilderness areas. This book presents background information on wilderness protection and a discussion of issues in the wilderness debate -- the pros and cons of wilderness designation generally; possible considerations for specific legislation; and a discussion of possible wilderness study area designation and protection.
Download or read book U S Wilderness written by Gianna A. Kirby and published by Gazelle Book Services, Limited. This book was released on 2014-05-10 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Congress enacted the Wilderness Act in 1964. This act created the National Wilderness Preservation System, reserved to Congress the authority to designate wilderness areas, and directed the Secretaries of Agriculture and of the Interior to review certain lands for their wilderness potential. The Wilderness Act defined wilderness as an area of undeveloped federal land, but, due to differing perceptions of wilderness and its purpose, did not establish criteria or standards to determine whether an area should be designated. In general, wilderness areas are undeveloped, and commercial activities, motorized access, and roads, structures, and facilities are generally prohibited in wilderness areas. This book presents background information on wilderness protection and a discussion of issues in the wilderness debate--the pros and cons of wilderness designation generally; possible considerations for specific legislation; and a discussion of possible wilderness study area designation and protection.
Download or read book Colorado Wilderness Act of 1989 written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Subcommittee on Public Lands, National Parks, and Forests and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 880 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Furthering Purposes of Wilderness Act by Designating Certain Lands for Inclusion in National Wilderness Preservation System Providing for Study of Certain Additional Lands for Such Inclusion and for Other Purposes written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Designation of Wilderness Areas written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Public Lands and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book S 3433 Act to Further Purposes of Wilderness Act by Designating Certain Acquired Lands for Inclusion in National Wilderness Preservation System to Provide for Study of Certain Additional Lands for Each Inclusion and for Other Purposes written by United States. Congress and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 7 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Wilderness written by Congressional Research Congressional Research Service and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-11-05 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Wilderness Act of 1964 established the National Wilderness Preservation System and directed that only Congress can designate federal lands as part of the system. Free-standing bills to designate wilderness areas are typically introduced and considered in each Congress; such bills are not amendments to the Wilderness Act, but typically refer to the act for management guidance and sometimes include special provisions. Numerous wilderness bills were introduced in the 112th Congress, but it was the first Congress since 1966 that did not add to the wilderness system. The only wilderness law that was enacted in the 112th Congress reduced the size of a wilderness area. To date, the 113th Congress has introduced many bills to add to the wilderness system, and passed one bill designating additional wilderness. Wilderness designation can be controversial. The designation generally prohibits commercial activities, motorized access, and human infrastructure from wilderness areas; however, there are several exceptions to this general rule. Advocates propose wilderness designations to preserve the generally undeveloped conditions of the areas. Opponents see such designations as preventing certain uses and potential economic development in rural areas where such opportunities are relatively limited. Most bills direct management of designated wilderness in accordance with the Wilderness Act. However, proposed legislation also often seeks a compromise among interests by allowing other activities in the area. Pre-existing uses or conditions are often allowed to continue, sometimes temporarily, with nonconforming uses to be halted and/or nonconforming conditions to be rectified. More commonly, the authority is permanent, with limited access permitted for specific areas, uses, and times, or with the authority to operate and maintain pre-existing infrastructure. Wilderness bills often contain additional provisions, such as providing special access for particular purposes, for example, border security. Water rights associated with wilderness designations have also proved controversial; many statutes have addressed wilderness water rights. Controversies regarding management of existing wilderness areas also have been the subject of legislation. Bills have been introduced to expand access to wilderness areas for border security; to guarantee access for hunting, fishing, and shooting; to release wilderness study areas from wilderness-like protection; and to limit agency review of the wilderness potential of their lands. The latter two issues have been contentious for Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands for two reasons. First, BLM is required by law to protect the wilderness characteristics of its wilderness study areas (WSAs) until Congress determines otherwise. Second, a December 2010 secretarial order directed BLM to maintain a wilderness inventory, to consider wilderness potential in planning, and to protect wilderness characteristics of those "Wild Lands" unless alternative management was deemed appropriate. The FY2012 Interior Appropriations Act (Division E of P.L. 112-74) prohibited using funds to implement the secretarial order, and bills were introduced to terminate the order. In June 2011, Secretary Salazar withdrew the order, but stated that BLM would maintain a wilderness inventory and continue to consider wilderness characteristics as required by law. Legislation in the 113th Congress proposes to eliminate several WSAs.
Download or read book Providing for the Study of Certain Lands To Determine Their Suitability for Designation as Wilderness in Accordance with the Wilderness Act of 1964 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Interim Management Policy and Guidelines for Wilderness Study Areas written by United States. Bureau of Land Management and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
