wilderness area

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Mr. Carter continued to defend his Alaska legacy, personally intervening in a recent court case concerning a land exchange within the congressionally designated wilderness area of Izembek National Wildlife Refuge.

From Washington Post

In 2018, only 12% of the country was protected as a wildlife refuge, wilderness area, national park or other conservation management area, according to the United States Geological Survey’s Protected Areas Database of the United States.

From Seattle Times

The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness stopped issuing entry permits Saturday, but it was not known if campers already in the expansive wilderness area would be evacuated.

From Seattle Times

In Northern California, a number of wildfires and the threat of more prompted three national forests to close down the Trinity Alps Wilderness Area, a half-million-acre area of granite peaks, lakes and trails, into November.

From Seattle Times

Popular among them are small plane flights to Misty Fjords National Monument, where visitors can see glacier valleys, snow-capped peaks and lakes in the wilderness area.

From Seattle Times