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Four federal agencies of the United States
government administer the U.S. Wildernesses,
which includes 756 Wildernesses and 109,478,939 acres
(443,045.55 km2). These agencies are:
This is an area larger than Iraq or the state of California. In Alaska, there are 57,425,569 acres
(232,393.03 km2) of wilderness. This represents
about 52% of the wilderness area in the United States. The National
Park Service (NPS) has oversight of 43,890,500 acres
(177,619 km2) of wilderness at 60 locations. The
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has responsibility for
20,702,350 acres (83,779.4 km2) in 71 areas.
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) oversees 8,726,011 acres
(35,312.91 km2) at 221 unique sites. The Department
of Agriculture, the U.S. Forest Service oversees
36,160,078 acres (146,334.64 km2) of
wilderness areas in 439 areas. Some wilderness areas are managed by
multiple agencies, so the above totals exceed the actual number of
units (756) in the system. In addition, some of the 60 NPS areas
with wilderness have multiple units designated as such (for
example, Lake Mead National
Recreation Area).
Some areas are designated wilderness by state or tribal
governments. These are not governed by the Federal National Wilderness
Preservation System.
Wilderness
by state
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- Dry Creek Wilderness
- East Fork Wilderness
- Flatside Wilderness
- Hurricane Creek Wilderness
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- Leatherwood Wilderness
- Poteau Mountain Wilderness
- Richland Creek Wilderness
- Upper Buffalo Wilderness
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Colorado with Wilderness Areas highlighted in red
The Clifty Wilderness Area, Red River Gorge (Daniel Boone National
Forest), Kentucky, USA
- Breton Wilderness
- Kisatchie Hills Wilderness
- Lacassine Wilderness
- Caribou-Speckled Mountain Wilderness
- Moosehorn (Baring Unit) Wilderness
- Moosehorn Wilderness
Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, Minnesota
- Brigantine Wilderness
- Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge Wilderness
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- Little Wambaw Swamp Wilderness
- Wambaw Creek Wilderness
- Wambaw Swamp Wilderness
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- Pond Mountain Wilderness
- Sampson Mountain Wilderness
- Unaka Mountain Wilderness
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- Big Slough Wilderness
- Guadalupe Mountains Wilderness
- Indian Mounds Wilderness
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- Little Lake Creek Wilderness
- Turkey Hill Wilderness
- Upland Island Wilderness
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- Big Branch Wilderness
- Breadloaf Wilderness
- Bristol Cliffs Wilderness
- George D. Aiken Wilderness
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- Barbours Creek Wilderness
- Beartown Wilderness
- Brush Mountain Wilderness
- Brush Mountain East Wilderness
- Garden Mountain Wilderness
- Hunting Camp Creek Wilderness
- James River Face Wilderness
- Kimberling Creek Wilderness
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- Blackjack Springs Wilderness
- Gaylord A. Nelson National Wilderness
- Headwaters Wilderness
- Porcupine Lake Wilderness
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- Rainbow Lake Wilderness
- Whisker Lake Wilderness
- Wisconsin Islands Wilderness
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Wilderness
alphabetically
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C
D
E
F
G
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I
J
K
L
M
N
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P
Q
R
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T
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- Tres Alamos Wilderness
- Trigo Mountain Wilderness
- Trilobite Wilderness
- Trinity Alps Wilderness
- Tunnel Spring Wilderness
- Turkey Hill Wilderness
- Turtle Mountains Wilderness
- Tuxedni Wilderness
- Twin Peaks Wilderness
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- Unimak Wilderness
- Upland Island Wilderness
- Upper Buffalo Wilderness
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