Ecological Value
The Wilderness Act of 1964 created the National Wilderness Preservation System, leading to protection of 106,498,016 acres of land in…
Wilderness Benefits – Vol. 7 No. 1
The Wilderness Act of 1964 created the National Wilderness Preservation System, leading to protection of 106,498,016 acres of land in America. What are the benefits of this wilderness land? Scientists…
When a society decides to set aside areas of land as wilderness, it makes a choice about the value of…
Speak-o-logical: Defining and Measuring the Ecological Value of Wilderness
When a society decides to set aside areas of land as wilderness, it makes a choice about the value of those lands. In the United States, people have decided that...