EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -: an often large tract of public land maintained essentially in its natural state and protected against introduction of intrusive artifacts (such as roads and buildings)

Detailed explanation-2: -The 1964 Wilderness Act defines wilderness as an area where “the earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man, ” which “retains its primeval character and influence, without permanent improvement or human habitation.” I like that definition.

Detailed explanation-3: -The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), defines a protected area as: a clearly defined geographical space, recognised, dedicated and managed, through legal or other effective means, to achieve the long term conservation of nature.

Detailed explanation-4: -National Forest Wilderness means an area or part of an area of national forest lands designated by the Wilderness Act or by a subsequent act of Congress as a wilderness area.