- List of U.S. Wilderness Areas
Four federal agencies of the
United States government administer theU.S. Wilderness Area s, which includes 702wilderness area s and 107,436,608 acres (434,781 km², or 167,870 mi²). These agencies are:*
United States Forest Service
*United States National Park Service
*United States Bureau of Land Management
*United States Fish and Wildlife Service This is an area larger than the state of
California orIraq . InAlaska , there are 58,182,216 acres (235,455 km²) of wilderness. This represents about 56% of the wilderness area in the United States. The National Park Service (NPS) has oversight of 44 million acres (180,000 km²) of wilderness at 47 locations. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has responsibility for nearly 21 million acres (85,000 km²) in 71 areas. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) oversees more than 6.5 million acres (26,000 km²) at 177 unique sites. The Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Forest Service oversees nearly 35 million acres (142,000 km²) of wilderness areas in 407 areas. Some wilderness areas are managed by multiple agencies, so the above totals exceed the actual number of units (680) in the system. In addition, some of the 47 NPS areas with wilderness have multiple units designated as such (for example,Lake Mead National Recreation Area ).Some areas are designated wilderness by state or tribal governments. These are not federal parks. See
List of U.S. state and tribal wilderness areas .Wilderness Areas by state
Alabama *
Cheaha Wilderness
*Dugger Mountain Wilderness
*Sipsey Wilderness Alaska California
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Charles C. Deam Wilderness Kentucky *
Beaver Creek Wilderness
*Clifty Wilderness Louisiana *
Breton Wilderness
*Kisatchie Hills Wilderness
*Lacassine Wilderness Maine *
Caribou-Speckled Mountain Wilderness
*Moosehorn (Baring Unit) Wilderness
*Moosehorn Wilderness Massachusetts *
Monomoy Wilderness Michigan Nebraska *
Fort Niobrara Wilderness
*Soldier Creek Wilderness Nevada North Dakota *
Chase Lake Wilderness
*Lostwood Wilderness
*Theodore Roosevelt Wilderness Ohio *
West Sister Island Oklahoma *
Black Fork Mountain Wilderness
*Upper Kiamichi River Wilderness
*Charon's Garden WildernessOregon Texas Virginia Wisconsin B
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Vasquez Peak Wilderness
*Ventana Wilderness W-X
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*Yosemite Wilderness
*Yuki Wilderness ee also
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Wilderness area
*National forest
*List of U.S. National Forests
*National park
*List of U.S. National Parks
*United States National Monument
*List of miscellaneous U.S. public areas External links
* [http://www.doi.gov/initiatives/wilderness.html U.S. Department of Interior webpage on wilderness areas]
* [http://www.blm.gov/nlcs/wilderness.htm U.S. Bureau of Land Management webpage on wilderness areas]
* [http://realty.fws.gov/table10.html U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service webpage on wilderness areas]
* [http://wilderness.nps.gov/ U.S. National Park Service webpage on wilderness areas]
* [http://www.fs.fed.us U.S. Forest Service webpage]
* [http://www.wilderness.net/index.cfm Wilderness.net's comprehensive website dedicated to wilderness areas in the United States]
* [http://www.primalnature.org/Fall_Branch.pdf Fall Branch, Citico Creek Wilderness, Monroe County, Tennessee.] (with photos).areas in the United States]
* [http://www.ventanawild.org/ Ventana Wilderness Alliance] Dedicated to the preservation of Central California's Ventana and Silver Peak Wilderness Areas and adjacent public lands.
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