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RALPH SWAINUSFS ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGIONWILDERNESS & RIVERS PROGRAM [email protected]
DIVERSITY OF NWPS
WILDERNESS ACT WAS SIGNED INTO LAW SEPTEMBER 3, 1964
54 Wildernesses – 9.1 Million Acres
NWPS IS SLIGHTLY LARGER THAN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
NWPS IS SLIGHTLY LARGER THAN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
NWPS IS THE SIZE OF MINNESOTA IF ALASKA’S WILDERNESSES ARE EXCLUDED
WHICH AGENCY HAS THE LARGEST NUMBER OF ACRES IN THE NATIONAL WILDERNESS
PRESERVATION SYSTEM?
Forest Service
National Park Service
Bureau of Land Management
Fish and Wildlife Service
WHICH AGENCY HAS THE LARGEST NUMBER OF ACRES IN THE NATIONAL WILDERNESS
PRESERVATION SYSTEM?
Forest Service(37 million acres)
National Park Service(44 million acres)
Bureau of Land Management(9 million acres)
Fish and Wildlife Service(20 million acres)
WHICH AGENCY HAS THE MOST WILDERNESS AREAS IN THE NATIONAL WILDERNESS PRESERVATION SYSTEM?
Forest Service
National Park Service
Bureau of Land Management
Fish and Wildlife Service
WHICH AGENCY HAS THE MOST WILDERNESS AREAS IN THE NATIONAL WILDERNESS
PRESERVATION SYSTEM?
Forest Service(445 units)
National Park Service(61 units)
Bureau of Land Management(224 units)
Fish and Wildlife Service(71 units)
FIRST FS WILDERNESS
Gila WildernessEstablished June 3,1924 through efforts led by
then-forest supervisor Aldo Leopold.
First administratively established wilderness to be created by FS; not designated by Congress.
FIRST FWS WILDERNESS
Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge Wilderness, NJSeptember 28, 1968
FIRST NPS WILDERNESSES
Craters of the Moon Wilderness, IDPetrified Forest Wilderness, AZ
October 23, 1970
FIRST FS WILDERNESS
Scapegoat Wilderness, MTAugust 20, 1972
FIRST BLM WILDERNESS
Santa Lucia and Wild Rogue WildernessesEndangered American Wilderness Act, 1978
Santa Lucia Wilderness
Wild Rogue Wilderness
LARGEST WILDERNESS
Texas
Montana
Colorado
AlaskaWrangell-Saint Elias Wilderness (9 million acres)
SMALLEST WILDERNESS
Rhode Island
Alaska
Puerto Rico
FloridaPelican Island Wilderness, 5.5 acres
LARGEST CONTIGUOUS WILDERNESS OUTSIDE ALASKA
IdahoFrank Church-River of No Return Wilderness
2.3 million acres
LARGEST LEGISLATIVE WILDERNESS OUTSIDE ALASKA
California/NevadaDeath Valley Wilderness
3.1 million acres
IN THE WESTERN STATES, MORE THAN 50% OF THE WATER SUPPLY COMES FROM
WILDERNESS AREAS
SAND DUNES
Nordhouse Dunes, MI
Otis Pike Fire Island High Dune, NY
Great Sand Dunes Wilderness, CO
Sleeping Bear Dunes Wilderness, MI
SAND DUNESNORDHOUSE DUNES WILDERNESS,
MI
SAND DUNESOTIS PIKE FIRE ISLAND HIGH DUNE,
NY
Designated in 1980, 1,380 acres
SAND DUNESGREAT SAND DUNES WILDERNESS,
CO
Richard Hebhardt
SAND DUNESSLEEPING BEAR DUNES
WILDERNESS, MIDesignated March 13, 2014
32,556 acres
EASTERN FORESTDOLLY SODS WILDERNESS, WV
Kenneth Greenwood
EASTERN FORESTJOYCE KILMER-SLICKROCK
WILDERNESS, NC
Bill Lea
TUNDRAGATES OF THE ARCTIC
WILDERNESS, AK
TUNDRAMOLLIE BEATTIE WILDERNESS, AK
DESERT
COASTALKING RANGE, CA
Longest stretch of
undeveloped coastline
in US outside of
AK
COASTALSWANQUARTER WILDERNESS, NC
SWAMPSBRADWELL BAY WILDERNESS, FL
SWAMPSBIG LAKE WILDERNESS, AR
SWAMPSGREAT SWAMP WILDERNESS, NJ
WILDLIFEGLACIER BAY WILDERNESS, AKMT. EVANS WILDERNESS, CO
David Bahr Verdon Tomajko
WILDLIFEST. MARKS WILDERNESS, FL
GULF FRITILLARY BUTTERFLY & SNOWY EGRET
Piping Plover
WILDLIFEBRIGANTINE
WILDERNESS, NJ
PEAKSMT. REGAN
SAWTOOTH WILDERNESS, ID
PEAKSLONGS PEAK
ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK WILDERNESS, CO
Ethan Welty
PEAKSCAPITOL PEAK
MAROON BELLS-SNOWMASS WILDERNESS, COMT. WHITNEY, JOHN MUIR WILDERNESS, CA
Nate Zeman Nolan Nitschke
100 year old hemlocks
UNAKA MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS, TN
Mt. Haleakala (peak) 10,023 ft – home to the silver plants that bloom only once in their lifetime
HALEAKALA WILDERNESS, HI
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS, TX
CAVESCARLSBAD CAVERN WILDERNESS,
NM
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CAVESLAVA BEDS WILDERNESS, CA
TROPICAL RAINFORESTEL TORO WILDERNESS, PR
Designated in 2005, 10,254 acres – first wilderness in U.S territory