...Wildlife Service, or the Bureau of Land Management. The 1964 Wilderness Act defines wilderness as "an area where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled...where man himself is a visitor who does not remain." Wilderness areas are generally designated in places that were not previously impacted by intensive...

...wilderness, in contrast with those areas where man and his own works dominate the landscape, is ... an area where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled...where man himself is a visitor who does not remain, ... an area of undeveloped . . . land retaining its primeval character and influence . . . and which...

...WILDERNESS ALERT: The Mount Massive Wilderness was designated in 1980 by federal law to be "an area where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled...where man himself is a visitor who does not remain." Its 30,540 acres contain few trails, and the CT/CDT route comprises about half of the total trail mileage...

...experience solitude. Desired Condition: As stated in the Wilderness Act, Wilderness provides ". . .an area where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled...where man himself is a visitor who does not remain... an area of undeveloped Federal land retaining its primeval character and influence, without permanent...

...coverage "the government report said the Sperrgebiet fitted the definition of a wilderness 'as an area where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled...by man, where man himself is a visitor who does not remain.'"13 Howard Zahniser's words, adopted as the policy of the United States four decades ago, echo...

...particular sport but from simply being outdoors in places where, in the words of the 1964 Wilderness Act, "the earth and its community of life are untrammeled...where man himself is a visitor who does not remain." The Wilderness Act was inspired by the work of Aldo Leopold, a forest ranger, ecologist and gifted...

...expansion of the human population and human economy. Wilderness, as defined by US law, is "an area where the Earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man, where man is himself a visitor who does not remain." Why is it important? Why should we set aside large tracts...

...and recalcitrant native tribes. North America never was the place described by the Wilderness Act, where "the earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man, where man is a visitor who does not remain." Humans have lived here since the Pleistocene. The timeless, 23 enduring...

...nature and wilderness were essentially synonymous—landscapes where, to quote the Wilderness Act, "the earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man, where man is a visitor who does not remain." This sounded great to a fierce young adventurer. But when has North...

...for the statutory protection of wild places. It also offered a definition of wilderness "as an area where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled...where man himself is a visitor who does not remain." Likewise, Sierra Club artists used the camera to present nature as sacred and sublime; their photographs...