Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:United_States_federal_law
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| gptkbp:administeredBy |
gptkb:Bureau_of_Land_Management
gptkb:National_Park_Service gptkb:U.S._Fish_and_Wildlife_Service gptkb:U.S._Forest_Service |
| gptkbp:appliesTo |
federal public lands
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| gptkbp:approvedBy |
Congress to designate wilderness areas
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| gptkbp:codifiedIn |
gptkb:16_U.S.C._§_1131–1136
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| gptkbp:dateEnacted |
September 3, 1964
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| gptkbp:definitionOfWilderness |
an area where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man, where man himself is a visitor who does not remain
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| gptkbp:enactedBy |
88th United States Congress
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| gptkbp:established |
gptkb:National_Wilderness_Preservation_System
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
The Wilderness Act of 1964
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| gptkbp:influenced |
subsequent wilderness legislation in the United States
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| gptkbp:initiallyDesignated |
9.1 million acres of federal land as wilderness
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| gptkbp:prohibits |
commercial enterprises in wilderness areas
mechanized transport in wilderness areas motor vehicles in wilderness areas permanent roads in wilderness areas structures and installations in wilderness areas |
| gptkbp:publicLawNumber |
gptkb:Public_Law_88-577
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| gptkbp:purpose |
to establish a National Wilderness Preservation System
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| gptkbp:relatedTo |
Environmental movement in the United States
Wilderness preservation in the United States |
| gptkbp:signedBy |
gptkb:Lyndon_B._Johnson
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| gptkbp:sponsor |
gptkb:Howard_Zahniser
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:The_Wilderness_Society
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
5
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