PPT-THE STEWARDSHIP TASK: PRESERVE WILDERNESS CHARACTER

Modern Human Impact Wilderness Character MORE LESS MORE LESS Congress determines the state of wilderness character at the time of designation Our task is to sustain or improve this state What data is going into the . Clipper Mountain Wilderness Area Bristol Mountains Wilderness Piute Mountains Wilderness Area Piute Mountains Wilderness Area Cleghorn Lakes Wilderness Area Joshua Tree National Park Palen/McC 1 Barrow Nature Preserve Barton Creek Wilderness Park Big Walnut Creek Nature Preserve Blowing Sink Research Management Area Blunn Creek Nature Preserve Colorado River Wildlife Sanctuary Decker Tallgr Gauley Ranger District 932 North Fork Cherry Road (304) 846-2695, Extension 0 Monongahela National Forest 200 Sycamore Street Elkins, West Virginia 26241 (304) 636-1800 Telephone/TTY Wilderness in the Clipper Mountain Wilderness Area Bristol Mountains Wilderness Piute Mountains Wilderness Area Piute Mountains Wilderness Area Cleghorn Lakes Wilderness Area Joshua Tree National Park Palen/McC This file is part of the FS Resources . section . at: http://www.wilderness.net/fs/. The presentation should be reviewed and revised as needed to match the training objectives and intended audience. Mgt. Approach. Steve Kimball, R1 . Prog. .. Mgr.. Wilderness, WSR’s, O/G’s. Wilderness Act of 1964. Statement of Purpose. “…. it . is hereby declared to be the policy of the Congress . to secure for the American people. James Tricker. Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute. USDA Forest Service, Missoula, MT. Wilderness Act of 1964. Wilderness Character. Section 2(c) Definition of Wilderness. Qualities. of Wilderness Character. T. he 5. th. Quality. “A wilderness...(4) may also contain ecological, geological, or other features of scientific, educational, scenic, or historical value.”. Wilderness Act, Section 2(c). T. he 5. Arthur Carhart National Wilderness Training . Center, March . 2012. Wilderness Character Webinar . #3. KEY . REVIEW. POINTS . Wilderness character is composed of five qualities that are comprehensive, nationally consistent, and locally applied. National Park Service. U.S. Department of the Interior. Wilderness Stewardship Division. USE OF TECHNOLOGY . IN . NATIONAL PARK SERVICE . WILDERNESS. Roger . Semler. Chief of Wilderness Stewardship. National Park Service. Cultural Resources. Structures & Installations. Managing the 5. th. Quality. Except in certain specific instances, “. there shall be no...structure or installation . within any [wilderness] area.”. Arthur Carhart National Wilderness Training . Center, March . 2012. Wilderness Character Webinar . #4. KEY . REVIEW. POINTS . Wilderness character is composed of five qualities that are comprehensive, nationally consistent, and locally applied. a case study in wilderness fisheries management. Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve. Bartlett River. Historic commercial fishery . Today it is a popular recreational fishery for sockeye and . coho. A celebration of our wilderness heritage and a look towards the next 50 years of American wilderness. Who is . Wilderness50. ?. Alaska . Geographic. Alaska . Wilderness . League. Backcountry . Horsemen of America.