An area of public land (usually over 5,000 acres) designated by Congress as wilderness according to the definition in the Wilderness Act. Ecosystems present are preserved in their natural states, with minimum human influence (no timber harvesting, roads, or developed areas are allowed).
(3) a congressionally designated area of undeveloped federal land retaining its primeval character and influence, without permanent improvements or human habitation, that is protected and managed to preserve its natural conditions and that (a) generally appears to have been affected mainly by the forces of nature, with human imprints sustantially unnoticeable; (b) has outstanding opportunities for solitude or a primitive and unconfined type of recreation; (c) has at least 5,000 acres or is large enough to make practical its preservation and use in an unimpaired condition; and (d) may also contain ecological, geological, or other features of scientific, educational, scenic, or historic value.
a wild area that Congress has preserved by including it in the National Wilderness Preservation System.
An area established by the US Congress under the Wilderness Act (1964) where timber cutting and use of motorized vehicles are prohibited. Most art located in national forests.
An area designated by the U.S. Congress where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled by humans, where people are visitors who do not remain for extended periods of time. An area of undeveloped federal land retaining its primeval character and influence, without permanent improvements or human habitation, that is protected and managed to preserve its natural conditions and that (1) generally appears to have been affected primarily by the forces of nature, with human imprints substantially unnoticeable; (2) has outstanding opportunities for solitude or a primitive and unconfined type of recreation; (3) has at least 5,000 acres of land or is large enough to make practicable its preservation and use in an unimpaired condition; and (4) may also contain ecological, geological, or other features of scientific, educational, scenic, or historical value.
an area designated by Congress to assure that increasing populations, expanding settlement, and growing mechanization do not occupy and modify all areas of the United States
an area of land that is protected from human encroachment
a natural place where human influence is essentially unnoticeable, whether mountain or desert or seashore
an undeveloped land, water or sea, retaining an intrinsically wild appearance and character, or capable of being restored to such a condition
Uninhabited and undeveloped federal land to which Congress has granted special status and protection under authority of the Wilderness Act of 1964. Allows foot and horse traffic only; no mountain bikes, OHV use, hang gliders, or other "machines."
An area of Federal land designated by an act of Congress to be protected in its natural condition according to the requirements of the Wilderness Act of 1964.
Broadly, a wilderness area is a region where the land is left in a state where human modifications are minimal; that is, as a wilderness. It might also be called a wild or natural area. (Very low or immaterial human impact or "footprint.")