[pct-l] USFS wilderness v. NPS wilderness

[Carl Siechert]

Yes, there can be designated wilderness areas in national parks. For
example, the Omnibus Public Lands Management Act, which was signed into law
last month, designated wilderness areas in the following national parks, as
well as on other NPS (e.g., national monuments, national seashores),
national forest, and BLM lands:

   - Joshua Tree NP (80,000 acres)
   - Sequoia and Kings Canyon NP (90,000 acres)
   - Rocky Mountain NP (250,000 acres)
   - Zion NP

Learn lots more about wilderness from The Wilderness Society (wilderness.org
).


On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 3:01 PM, <jimniedbalski at aol.com> wrote:

> Maybe somebody knows this - is there "designated wilderness" in a national
> park, or is the entire park protected and therefore "wilderness" by its park
> status? Designated wilderness areas in USFS land are created under the 1964
> Wilderness law and have to abide by the non-motorized regulations we're
> talking about in terms of trail maintenance, and non-wilderness