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Drafting the Wilderness Act

by Abby on October 13, 2014

Howard Zahniser discussing the proposed National Wilderness Preservation System with Senator Lee Metcalf

Wilderness Act (draft February 28, 1956)

Wilderness Act (draft, March 19, 1956)

This map, published by The Wilderness Society in 1964, illustrated the locations of areas that would be protected and considered for protection under proposed legislation in the House and Senate. On August 20, 1964, the amended Senate bill (S.4) was passed in both chambers by a simple voice vote and sent to the President, who signed the bill into law on September 3, 1964.

Wilderness Act (Senate bill S. 4013, June 7, 1956)

Wilderness Act (House bill H.R. 11703, June 11, 1956)

Exhibit held September 3-November 2, 2014

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