Wednesday marked the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Wilderness Act, which set aside areas “where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man, where man himself is a visitor who does not remain.”
Here are a few resources for learning more about the act and where you can go to explore:
- Wilderness.net
- Wilderness Watch
- Wilderness50
- The Wilderness Society
- “Wilderness and the American Mind” by Roderick Nash
- “The Wilderness Warrior” by Douglas Brinkley
- “Atlas of Oregon Wilderness” by William Sullivan
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