Fifty Years of the Wilderness Act – What has it taught us?

America’s wilderness preservation system protects more than 109 million acres from California to Alaska, New Mexico to Montana, Florida to New Jersey; every acre afforded the simple right to unfold unshackled by human inventions or appetites.

By Gary Ferguson

Full Story: http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-ferguson-wilderness-act-50-years-20140902-story.html

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The Storied Past, The Troubled Future: The Imperative Of Wilderness At 50 Years Fall 2014 Mansfield Conference, 9/10-12, Missoula, Montana http://www.matr.net/events.phtml?showdetail=5154