FORESTRY
GENERAL FORESTRY
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the Midwestern states of Wisconsin, Minnesota, and North Dakota.
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Texas and Hawaii.
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the Western States (California, Oregon, and Washington).
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Alaska.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Overall, however, only about 5% of the entire United States-an area slightly larger than the state of California-is protected as wilderness. Because Alaska contains just over half of America’s wilderness, only about 2.7% of the contiguous United States-an area about the size of Minnesota-is protected as wilderness.
Detailed explanation-2: -Each person has their own story. Today, there are 803 wilderness areas covering more than 111.7 million acres that are part of the National Wilderness Preservation System, which is managed by the Forest Service and three other federal land management.
Detailed explanation-3: -Today, America has more than 750 wilderness areas in 44 states and Puerto Rico, from the 6-acre Pelican Island Wilderness in northern Florida to the 9-million-acre Wrangell‒St. Elias Wilderness in Alaska. The Forest Service alone manages about 60 percent of the wilderness acreage in the lower 48 states.
Detailed explanation-4: -A wilderness can be found in a national park, like the Shenandoah Wilderness in Shenandoah National Park, or in a national forest, like the John Muir Wilderness in Inyo National Forest. A wilderness inside of other federally managed lands may prohibit certain activities to preserve wilderness character.