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" A wilderness, in contrast with those areas where man and his own works dominate the landscape, is hereby recognized 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. "
Management Planning for Nature Conservation: A Theoretical Basis & Practical ... - Page 123
by Mike Alexander - 2007 - 426 pages
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Last Great Wilderness: The Campaign to Establish the Arctic National ...

Roger Kaye - 2006 - 306 pages
...legislation being debated in Congress: "'An area where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man, where man himself is a visitor who does not remain.' . . . This wilderness concept, and the expressed intent of the [mining] provisions of S. 1899," he...
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The End of the Wild

Stephen M. Meyer - 2006 - 113 pages
...defines "wilderness" as follows: an area where the earth and its community of life are un trammeled by man, where man himself is a visitor who does not remain . . . retaining its primeval character and influence, without permanent improvements or human habitation,...
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Best Hikes with Dogs: Southern California

Allen Riedel - 2006 - 276 pages
...Act of 1964 defined 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." This principle governs the regulations that surround wilderness, and the general guidelines are as...
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Washington County Growth and Conservation Act of 2006 and White ..., Volume 4

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests - 2007 - 122 pages
...landscape, is hereby recognized as an area where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man, where man himself is a visitor who does not...area of wilderness is further defined to mean in this Act an area of undeveloped Federal land retaining its primeval character and influence, without permanent...
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Biodiversity and the Law: Intellectual Property, Biotechnology and ...

Charles R. McManis - 2012 - 521 pages
...works dominate the landscape, is ... an area where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man, where man himself is a visitor who does not remain' (16 USC §1131(c) (2000)). In similar fashion, 'the explicit "protect and enhance" language of the...
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American Wilderness: A New History

Michael Lewis - 2007 - 304 pages
...landscape, is hereby recognized 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." Wilderness areas have no roads, buildings, motorized vehicles, or campgrounds — not even chainsaws...
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Saddle Up, New Mexico!: The Statewide Horse Trail and Travel Guide

2006 - 276 pages
...law states that a wilderness is "an area where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man, where man himself is a visitor who does not remain." On September 3, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law the Wilderness Act, which created...
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Hiking the Allegheny National Forest: Exploring the Wilderness of ...

Jeff Mitchell - 2006 - 180 pages
...wilderness ... is hereby recognized 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." Introduction Chief Cornplanter Chief Cornplanter was a famous and respected leader of the Seneca Indians....
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The Working Landscape: Founding, Preservation, and the Politics of Place

Peter F. Cannavo - 2007 - 447 pages
...the landscape." A wilderness area is one "where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man, where man himself is a visitor who does not remain," a place that, among other things, "generally appears to have been affected primarily by the forces...
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Weaving a Way Home: A Personal Journey Exploring Place and Story

Leslie Van Gelder - 2008 - 188 pages
...landscape, is hereby recognized as an area where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man, where man himself is a visitor who does not...area of wilderness is further defined to mean in this Act an area of undeveloped Federal land retaining its primeval character and influence, without permanent...
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