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Laws and Acreage Legislated by Year*: Year: ex. 1964
Second Year (if "Between", selected above): ex. 1964


* Acreage legislated by year may not necessarily match the acreage values reported for each wilderness. Legislated values are estimates of land area found in public laws. To learn more about acreages, click here. For a graph showing acreage legislated by year, click here.
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To search all wilderness-related public laws for a particular phrase, word, or portion of a word, use "and" or "or" to separate multiple search word.
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To access laws not listed and searchable through the Wilderness Law Library, visit THOMAS or GPOAccess.

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