Wilderness Designation
Current understanding
To be populated as evidence accumulates.
Evidence log
- 2013-06-27 — Pine Forest Range Recreation Enhancement Act of 2013: cross-connection with pine-forest-range-wilderness: Pine Forest Range bill is a site-specific application of the Wilderness Act designation framework, paired with release of wilderness study areas. (novelty: 2)
- 2013-09-10 — San Juan Mountains Wilderness Act: cross-connection with san-juan-mountains-wilderness-act: Adds a specific Colorado designation proposal to the broader wilderness-designation framework. (novelty: 2)
- 2014-04-08 — Tennessee Wilderness Act: cross-connection with tennessee-wilderness-act: Tennessee Wilderness Act is a state-specific application of the broader statutory wilderness designation framework. (novelty: 2)
- 2005-08-01 — Wild Sky Wilderness Act of 2005: Wild Sky Wilderness Act of 2005 would designate Forest Service lands in Washington’s Skykomish River valley as the Wild Sky Wilderness, with carve-outs permitting continued limited helicopter and floatplane access, lookout use, land acquisition, and utility easements — an example of narrow, use-specific exceptions being written into individual wilderness bills. (novelty: 2)