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Most US public lands are not (in the legal sense) wilderness areas.
by maxerickson 6y ago
Most US public lands are not (in the legal sense) wilderness areas.
- floren 6y agoTrue, but there are plenty of wilderness areas, and the Forest Service needs effective tools for maintaining them. This means crosscut saws and pack mules, sometimes.
- maxerickson 6y agoUSFS manages National Forests that aren't wilderness areas. They do timber sales and such where the logging will be done with machinery and trucked out. National Park Service manages lands that are legally classified as wilderness areas.