Through the Wilderness Act the congress has seen the different values of wild lands. The most important values that have been seen to allow a sense of solitude or a recreational place to go to. It also helped out in many things like ecological, geological or other features that incorporated the aspects of science, education, or some kind of historical value. They also got to see that the wilderness areas had provided habitats for wildlife that included endangered or threatened species.
Wednesday, March 21, 2018
Wilderness Preservation Act (1964)
The Wilderness Preservation Act of 1964 or better known as the Wilderness Act by most started off by the proposition and by the writting of Howard Zahniser that was a part of the wilderness society at the time. The act was meant to preserve as much wilderness as they could from the expansion of the United States. The act that was being proposed later got signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964 on the date of September 3rd. The act had taken over eight years of preperation and over sixty different revisons that were made. The act had prevented the use and overall had protected over 9.1 million acers of United States Federal land. Till today the act is still in play and used for many things like national parks and other preservation or protection organizations. From this act it was clear to see that there was a lot of organizations that started to rise such as National Parks. The congress had protected over 106 million acers in todays time period and of those 106 million acers there are 44 acers that are being used in 47 of the National Parks.
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This was a great act which helped the United States preserve the nature that we could. This was just one of the acts that President Lyndon B. Johnson proposed. He contributed to a lot of acts during his presidency which have affected the United States today.
ReplyDeleteI think that this act was very important. During the times of the industrial revolution and other times in our nations history, people had a tendency to act without thinking of the environmental impact we had. It is important that the US government took action on environmental issues.
ReplyDeleteThe importance of this act has influenced society. Through this act the government has taken more precautions and implemented more laws to help ensure that these lands stay protected. This act has help preserve land and create national parks an example of this in California is Yosemite National Park. This National Park is preserved and maintained with visitors coming, park staff has made it a priority to make sure that the park stays the way that it is. Through this act it has been able to create funds for the government to maintain the national parks but also create a experience for people to get away from their busy life style to enjoy an experience that they cannot always get.
ReplyDeleteAn act like this was needed since there was never a focus on preserving wildlife and with the passing of this act we are now able to enjoy places like national parks and wilderness areas. President Johnson made the right decision when signing this act since its impact is still present and even more attention has gone into preserving wildlife especially endangered species.
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