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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT

Oregon / Washington

Wilderness Act 50th Anniversary

Wilderness..to protect in perpetuity Wilderness 50th Anniversary
  • Steens Mountain Wilderness
  • Badlands Wilderness
  • Juniper Dunes Wilderness
  • Hells Canyon Wilderness
  • Lower White River Wilderness
  • Table Rock Wilderness
  • Spring Basin Wilderness
  • Wild Rogue Wilderness
  • Soda Mountain Wilderness

Wilderness areas are places where natural processes take precedent; areas managed so that nature remains substantially unchanged by human use. Rugged trails provide the only access into wilderness, and travel is restricted to foot or horseback.

Wilderness is the raw material out of which man has hammered the artifact called civilization.
- Aldo Leopold