What US Wilderness Act (16 USC 1131-1136): The National Wilderness Preservation System, the Definition of Wilderness and the Use Prohibitions requires
The Wilderness Act of 1964, codified at 16 U.S.C. 1131 to 1136, establishes the National Wilderness Preservation System and the legal protections that apply to designated wilderness, administered by the federal land-management agencies (the National Park Service, the Forest Service, the Fish and Wildlife Service and the Bureau of Land Management). Section 1131(a) declares the policy of securing for the American people of present and future generations the benefits of an enduring resource of wilderness. Section 1131(c) defines wilderness 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, being an area of undeveloped Federal land retaining its primeval character and influence, without permanent improvements or human habitation, that generally appears to have been affected primarily by the forces of nature, has outstanding opportunities for solitude or a primitive and unconfined type of recreation, and has at least five thousand acres or is of sufficient size to make practicable its preservation. Wilderness areas are designated by Congress. Section 1133(c) sets the core prohibitions: subject to existing private rights, and except as necessary for administration or emergencies, there shall be within any wilderness area no commercial enterprise and no permanent road, and no temporary road, no use of motor vehicles, motorized equipment or motorboats, no landing of aircraft, no other form of mechanical transport, and no structure or installation. Section 1133(d) preserves certain special provisions, including pre-existing grazing where established before 3 September 1964, presidential authorization of water-resource uses in the national interest, and limited mineral provisions. The Act is the strictest federal land-protection regime in the United States, and section 1133(c) is the operative checklist for what may not be done in wilderness.
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- Wilderness Act, 16 U.S.C. 1131(a) - policy of securing for the American people an enduring resource of wilderness.
- Wilderness Act, 16 U.S.C. 1131(c) - definition of wilderness (untrammeled, undeveloped, solitude, at least five thousand acres).
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