The document discusses the history and management of federally designated wilderness lands in the United States. It outlines the key aspects of the 1964 Wilderness Act, including the definition of wilderness. It then describes the four main federal agencies that manage wilderness - the Forest Service, National Park Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, and Bureau of Land Management. Each agency has a different approach to minimum requirement protocols for managing recreational use, natural resources, and other issues while preserving wilderness character as defined by the Act.

1. The Management of Federally Designated Wilderness LandsJanene GiuseffiGeography 54710 Mar 2009

2. What is Wilderness?wilderness: untouched, pristine lands retaining wilderness values & attributesSolitude

3. No evidence of manWilderness: federal designation of land, highest protection afforded

4. Attitudes Toward wildernessAmerican Settlement: nature seen as evil, dark, uncivilizedMovement Westward: once abundant resources become scarce  shift in attitudesResource depletion: nature is something to be valued & conserved

5. History of the Wilderness Movement1924: Gila Wilderness, Gila National Forest1933: Aldo Leopold, Bob Marshall found the Wilderness SocietyEarly players: Leopold, Marshal, Carhart, ZahniserLand should be set aside by Congress rather than by current administrator of agency

6. The Wilderness Act of 1964Originally penned by Howard Zahniser in 1956Signed into law by Johnson in 1964 after 18 public hearings and 65 rewrites

7. The Wilderness Act of 1964A wilderness, in contrast with those areas where man and his own works dominate the landscape, is hereby recognized as an area where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man, where man himself is a visitor who does not remain.An area of wilderness is further defined to mean in this Act an area of undeveloped Federal land retaining its primeval character and influence, without permanent improvements or human habitation, which is protected and managed so as to preserve its natural conditions and which:(1) generally appears to have been affected primarily by the forces of nature, with the imprint of man's work substantially unnoticeable (2) has outstanding opportunities for solitude or a primitive and unconfined type of recreation; (3) has at least five thousand acres of land or is of sufficient size as to make practicable its preservation and use in an unimpaired condition; and (4) may also contain ecological, geological, or other features of scientific, educational, scenic, or historical value.

8. Goals of the Wilderness ActPreserving natural wildlife & ecosystemsPreventing further human manipulationProviding to society the benefits of Wilderness

9. Wilderness Management IssuesRecreational UseNatural ResourcesEcological ConservationStructures & BuildingsProhibitions & Restrictions

10. National Wilderness Preservation System (NWPS)

11. Agencies Managing WildernessBureau of Land ManagementFish & Wildlife Service National Park Service US Forest Service

12. Bureau of Land Management (BLM)Founded in 1946Manage rangelands in the American West for grazing, mining, oil & gas developmentManages 264 million acres of federal land, 7.7 million of which is WildernessAccounts for 7% of land in NWPS

13. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS)Created in 1940Administers a network of lands and waters for the conservation & restoration of fish, wildlife & plant resources & habitats for the benefit of both present and future generationsManages 20 million acres of WildernessAccounts for 19% of land in NWPS

14. National Park Service (NPS)Established in 1916Administers public lands for the enjoyment of the public and the preservation of land into the futureAdministers 84 million acres, including 43 million acres of WildernessAccounts for 40% of NWPS

15. US Forest Service (FS)Established in 1905To sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of the Nation’s forests to meet the needs of present & future generations419 Wilderness Areas 33 % of land in NWPS

16. Minimum RequirementAction in question is appropriate or necessary to adequately administer area without impacting wilderness characterTechniques and tools used must make minimum impact on landHighest priority is maintaining Wilderness character

17. Minimum Requirements by AgencyUS Forest ServiceMultiple references to wilderness values/attributes/character

18. Specific mention of many management issue including recreation, range management, structures, airfields, human waste management, etc.

19. Thorough & detailed

20. 15 pagesNational Park ServiceImplementation of Wilderness Management Plan

21. Environmental analysis

22. Multiple references to both Wilderness values & Act

23. 4 pagesFish& Wildlife ServiceCost & convenience not a factor

24. Managers must go through training

25. Multiple references to values/attributes

26. 1 reference to Act

27. 2 pagesBureau of Land ManagementAllowance of motorized transport

28. Building and use of temp. roads & shelters

29. Definition of minimum tool with examples

30. Addresses emergency situations

31. 1 reference to “Wilderness”

32. 1 pagePark Service vs. Forest ServiceAllin (1987): comparison of NPS & FS regulationsGeneral management styleLaw EnforcementEngineering (structures)Educational Strategies

33. Differences in ManagementAlthough theoretically Wilderness management should be consistent from agency to agency, the unique history & mission of each inevitably influence its decision-making process.

34. What would the world be, once bereftOf wet and wildness? Let them be leftO Let them be left , wildness and wetLong live the weeds and the wilderness yet![ Gerard Manley Hopkins ]

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