National Wilderness Preservation System

  • PDF Preview of Can You Hear Me Now FACTivity
    For this FACTivity, you will conduct your own survey like the scientists in this article. You will actually ask people…
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    FACTivity – Can You Hear Me Now?

  • PDF Preview of the Wilderness 50 Spotlight
    The idea of protecting lands as wilderness did not happen overnight. Before the National Wilderness Preservation System was established in…
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    Spotlight – Wilderness Act Timeline (Wilderness 2.0)

  • PDF preview of "Pack to Back" article
    The scientists in this study wanted to answer two questions: (1) How many people in the United States are projected…
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    Pack to Back: Investigating Backpacking and Other Backcountry and Wilderness Activities

  • PDF preview of the spotlight from the Pack to Back edition
    The idea of protecting lands as wilderness did not happen overnight. Before the National Wilderness Preservation System was established in…
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    Spotlight – Wilderness Act Timeline (Pack to Back)

  • PDF Preview of Wilderness Benefits Lesson Plan
    This five-day lesson plan can be used in whole or in part to accompany the Wilderness Benefits edition of Natural…
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    Lesson Plan – Wilderness Benefits

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    Frogs are a species of amphibian. In recent years, there has been a decline in the numbers of amphibians worldwide.…
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    As the Frog Hops: What Routes Do Frogs Travel in Mountain Environments?

  • The cover of "Can You Hear Me Now? Using the Telephone to Discover People's Opinions About Wilderness" featuring an illustration of a girl on the phone thinking about herself on a hike.
    In 1964, Congress passed a law that established the National Wilderness Preservation System (NWPS). This law identified areas of Federal…
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    Can You Hear Me Now? Using the Telephone to Discover People’s Opinions About Wilderness

  • Front cover of Pack to Back featuring a central photo of children walking on a log across a stream and a background photo of mountains.
    This monograph is one of two Wilderness 50 monographs. These two monographs were created to honor the 50th anniversary of…
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    Pack to Back (Wilderness 50 Monograph Series) – Vol. 1 No. 9

  • Front cover of National Inquirer's Wilderness Benefits edition featuring illustrated panels for each of the six articles in the journal.
    The Wilderness Act of 1964 created the National Wilderness Preservation System, leading to protection of 106,498,016 acres of land in…
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    Wilderness Benefits – Vol. 7 No. 1