Sentence examples for protected wilderness from inspiring English sources

In 1964, 89 percent of the park was set aside in a highly protected wilderness area, and other protected areas were added adjacent to the park.

Classifications range from fully protected wilderness to intensive use, with various degrees of protection in between.

At my urging, the House twice voted to dedicate the coastal plain as statutorily protected wilderness.

This road would bisect an extraordinary wildlife refuge in the middle of federally protected wilderness.

Less than five percent of America contains protected wilderness, and precious little more is left to protect.

Some 345,000 acres of that is old-growth forest, and a little over 311,000 acres is protected wilderness.

Designated a national river in 1972, the Buffalo comprises 135 miles of seasonally floatable river and the surrounding protected wilderness.

Further, it would set a bad precedent that could lead to road building in other protected wilderness areas.

When Reid first took office in 1982, his home state had less than 67,000 acres of federally protected wilderness.

Some 4,000 roam freely here and over the years they have taken control of the well-protected wilderness.

The crown jewel is the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness, at 2.3 million acres the largest single protected wilderness area in the 48 states.