This is a video about wilderness. That includes the Wilderness Act, but also much more than that. I think about wilderness on more than one level, of which the Wilderness Act is a small part. I think about wilderness from a legal perspective (Wilderness Act), a sociocultural perspective, and an ecological perspective.
By expanding our perspective on wilderness, I believe we can bring more people to the conservation table and help protect even more special places around the world. Enjoy!
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Learn about the "Big 4" Land Management Agencies in the US here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6z1yUu_ZO6s&t=1s
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Sources and Resources:
NPS Wilderness Page:
https://www.nps.gov/subjects/wilderness/law-and-policy.htm#:~:text=The%20smallest%20wilderness%20area%20in,US%20Fish%20and%20Wildlife%20Service
Congressional Research Service Wilderness Reports:
https://www.everycrsreport.com/files/2022-07-29_RL31447_30d54165384556d38b2c5c8a919657a0dcd3b0f9.pdf
https://www.everycrsreport.com/files/20191206_R41610_215a6b8c59180a66906d8e6fa16e717d63894348.pdf
Wilderness Act Text:
https://winapps.umt.edu/winapps/media2/wilderness/NWPS/documents/publiclaws/The_Wilderness_Act.pdf
Map of US Wilderness Areas:
https://umontana.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=a415bca07f0a4bee9f0e894b0db5c3b6&find=Yosemite%20Wilderness
Bob Marshall Wilderness Essay, The Problem With The Wilderness:
https://www.uvm.edu/rsenr/rm240/marshall.pdf
Our National Forests by Greg Peters
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Images:
Library of Congress
Wikimedia Commons/Irbis 1983
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