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Legacy of Wilderness Maps

by Abby on December 4, 2014

Exhibit held September 3-November 2, 2014

Exhibit held September 3-November 2, 2014

Representative John P. Saylor (R-PA) widely distributed this map to constituents and other stakeholders depicting the areas proposed for designation in H.R. 11703, the first wilderness bill to garner significant attention, which he introduced on June 11, 1956. Exhibit held September 3-November 2, 2014

Exhibit held September 3-November 2, 2014

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.

This map depicts the areas that had been designated by the Forest Service as of 1940 as “Wilderness” under Bob Marshall’s regulation U-1 and as “Wild Areas” under Bob Marshall’s regulation U-2

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