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> little remaining wilderness The US is mostly wilderness. Drive across it sometime staying off the highways.
by willcipriano 3y ago
> little remaining wilderness
The US is mostly wilderness. Drive across it sometime staying off the highways.
- schaefer 3y agoWithin the context of land management and the BLM, "wilderness" is a technical designation. Here is a map[1] for land designated wilderness. [1]: https://gbp-blm-egis.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/BLM-EGIS::blm-natl-nlcs-wilderness-areas-polygons/explore https://gbp-blm-egis.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/BLM-EGIS::blm-n...
- willcipriano 3y agoAlternatively: As of 2016, roughly 36.21% (about one-third of the U.S.) is forested.[0] A reasonable person will come to my conclusion if they do as I suggest in my comment. [0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forests_of_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forests_of_the_United_States
- mrosett 3y agoForested is not wilderness. Most forests have lots of roads, power lines running through them, etc. You're just trying to redefine a defined term.
- willcipriano 3y agoPrior to 1946 there was no wilderness as the BLM didn't exist to define it as such. Or they don't own the definition.
- nullindividual 3y agoCongress owns the definition via the Wilderness Act, which are tracts of land with no human presence or impact. Perhaps that will give you context in this discussion.
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