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America's
Wilderness turns 45
September 2, 2009
Morgantown,
W.Va. —Tomorrow marks the 45th anniversary of a
conservation landmark — the Wilderness Act. Signed into law on
September 3, 1964 by President Lyndon Johnson, this historic
legislation has been used by West Virginians to guarantee that
future generations will be able to use and enjoy our majestic
wilderness areas.
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How The Wildlands Were
Protected: The Wilderness Act At 45
September 2, 2009
Charleston, W.Va. - Thursday is the 45th anniversary of the
signing of the Wilderness Act, a law that protects more than 100
million acres of pristine American wild lands. Ed Zahniser, who
works for the National Park Service, is the youngest of four
children of the late Howard Zahniser, an environmental activist at
mid-century and the principal author of the legislation.
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Public News Service
Byrd joins efforts to
commemorate 45th Anniversary of Wilderness Act
August 11, 2009
Washington, D.C. - Senator Robert C. Byrd, D-W.Va., recently joined
in cosponsoring legislation that would commemorate the signing of
federal legislation that has provided protections for public lands
and wilderness areas throughout the United States.
The
measure passed the Senate unanimously last week.
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Forest Service saws away at managing
37,000 new acres of protected W.Va. land
June 25, 2009
Cowen, W.Va. -- When a tree fell across Little Fork Trail in
the Monongahela National Forest in February, Diane Artale and Nathan
Welch could have cleared it away with chain saws. But as of March
30, when an act granting wilderness protection to 37,000 acres of
remote Monongahela National Forest land was signed into law by
President Obama, hand tools must be used to do maintenance work
along the deep-woods footpath.
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Wild Mon Act passed by Congress
March 25, 2009
Washington, D.C. - Roughly 37,000 acres of West Virginia's
Monongahela National Forest will now be permanently protected as Wilderness,
after the House of Representatives passed the Omnibus Public Lands
Management Act of 2009.
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Mon Wilderness in the news
January 13, 2009
Wheeling News Register - Editorial
Protect Nation's Wilderness Areas
September 29, 2008
Charleston Gazette - Op-ed
Congress still has time to preserve wilderness with
Wild Monongahela Act
September 5, 2008
Charleston Gazette - Editorial
Wild Idea: Congress Could Do Right
June 25, 2008
Elkins Inter Mountain - Editorial
The Wild, Wild
Eastern U.S.
May 15, 2008
Charleston Gazette - Editorial
Wild Places Worth
Saving
May 9, 2008
Wheeling Intelligencer - Editorial
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