Wilderness - US Forest Service
Places where people like you, with an appetite for adventure, can find a sense of true self-reliance and experience solitude. They are final holdout refuges for a long list of rare, threatened, and endangered species, forced to the edges by modern development.
Wilderness | US Forest Service Research and Development
Today there are 803 wilderness areas (111.7 million acres) across 44 states and Puerto Rico. The Forest Service manages 448 wilderness units totaling about 36 million acres. Wilderness areas overlay the traditional homelands of American Indian tribes and Alaskan natives.
Wilderness is for all - U.S. National Park Service
2024年10月1日 · Wilderness can be found the arid deserts, cypress swamps, alpine meadows, sandy beaches, and rocky crags. From Alaska to Florida, wilderness protects some of the most diverse and sensitive habitats in our country.
Maps - US Forest Service
We have released the next-generation Interactive Forest Visitor Map! Map 2.0 provides the public with an online and mobile view of Forest Service roads, trails, recreation sites, wilderness areas, and wild and scenic rivers.
Wilderness is a natural setting that is home to abundant wildlife and is an area that will remain protected and available for all future generations. My children love wilderness.
Wilderness areas: Uses, benefits, and stewardship | US Forest …
This report is intended to help the public, communities, elected officials, and land managers better understand the benefits that federally designated wilderness lands provide and to serve as a resource in their efforts to steward wilderness and wildlands.
This is Federal Wilderness - U.S. National Park Service
2024年5月16日 · From walking, hiking, climbing, and paddling to horseback riding, fishing, hunting, skiing, and snowshoeing, wilderness is a place to make unforgettable memories with family and friends or find solitude for yourself.
Wilderness - Wikipedia
Wilderness or wildlands (usually in the plural) are Earth's natural environments that have not been significantly modified by human activity, or any nonurbanized land not under extensive agricultural cultivation. [1] [2] The term has traditionally referred to terrestrial environments, though growing attention is being placed on marine wilderness.
Wilderness Benefits - U.S. National Park Service
2024年7月10日 · The National Wilderness Preservation System protects over 111 million acres of federal public land through wilderness designation, managed by the National Park Service (NPS), Bureau of Land Management, US Fish and Wildlife Service, and US Forest Service.
11 of America’s greatest national forests - The Wilderness Society
Under the U.S. Forest Service, the National Forest System now helps preserve hundreds of millions of acres. We're looking at some of the most spectacular, crowd-pleasing national forests, from New Hampshire to Alaska.