#wilderness-act

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fromFast Company
4 days ago

The Wilderness Letter is a reminder that nature shaped America's identity

"When Congress passed the Wilderness Act in 1964, it described wilderness areas as places that evoked mystery and wonder, 'where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man...'"},{
US politics
fromThe New Yorker
1 month ago

Elizabeth Kolbert on John McPhee's "Encounters with the Archdruid"

President Lyndon Johnson hailed the Wilderness Act as one of the "most far-reaching conservation measures" ever approved, establishing protected wilderness areas against human encroachment.
Environment
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