print email comment close Celebrating 40 Years of Wilderness Heritage URL: http://www.wilderness.net/index.cfm?fuse=40th Description: This site celebrates the 40th anniversary (September 3, 1964) of the signing of the Wilderness Act that created the National Wilderness Preservation System. Features definitions of wilderness, wilderness legislation and policy, a timeline, a discussion of issues facing wilderness managers, maps, images, links to wilderness organizations, and related information. From Wilderness.net, a partnership of wilderness institutes. Publisher: Wilderness.net Extra Keywords Wilderness Preservation System conservation nature Library of Congress Subject Headings: Wilderness areas -- Law and legislation Wilderness areas -- United States LII Database Information: Record 2349 created by Jennifer English on 09/04/2004 Last modification on 09/08/2004 Published: 09/04/2004   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/2349