Today, about 235 million acres of federal wildlands have been permanently protected as wilderness, parks, refuges or other protected areas. But that’s only a third of our public lands. And about 100 million acres of pristine wildlands are still at risk.
Wilderness areas are designated by Congress on federal public lands. The Wilderness Act established the National Wilderness Preservation System (NWPS) to include all designated Wilderness areas. The wilderness system now includes nearly 110 million acres in 662 Wilderness areas.
The lands that can be designated as wilderness are:
National parks
Some of America’s most iconic national parks include Yellowstone, Acadia and Yosemite.
National forests
Our national forests — home to clean water sources and incredible recreation opportunities. Forty-one states contain national forest lands.
green-federal forests
yellow-federal land managament
pink-i think indian reservation (not sure)
orange-national parks
blue-defense land
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