Talk:National Wilderness Preservation System

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Bicycles in the wilderness

The Wilderness Act actually does NOT prohibit bicycling in Wilderness Areas, though bicycling is usually not allowed by regional managers. This is the finding of a recent extensive report as discussed below:

• Original report, Ted Stroll (PDF)
• Wilderness Act Does Not Ban Mountain Biking - New West Network, and especially the author of the reports' response to commenters.

I am interested in other Wikipedians thoughts on how to handle this in this article, as the article currently states rather bluntly "In general, the law prohibits logging, mining, roads, mechanized vehicles (including bicycles), and other forms of development." -the dharma bum 21:31, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

My understanding of the wilderness act is that is does not allow bicycles on wilderness lands. The links you provided show that this is being contested, but not that the law has been changed. My experience with the National Park Service leads me to believe that indeed, no moutain bikes or any bicycles were allowed in designated wilderness zones. It may be that some regions do permit it, but the law written in 1964 forbid such activity. I also quickly saw that one of the links claims that other mechanical equipment is allowed in wilderness...the only time I can thing that this is the case is to deal with forest fires and their aftermath, or if there is a search and rescue underway. I'm not saying that the land management agencies don't themselves violate the law, just that it is a fineable offense to ride bikes in wilderness zones...how stringently it is enforced is the big question.--MONGO 01:10, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

MONGO, thanks for the response. After rereading all the documents, I would say that issue hasn't changed and I don't think any wilderness area effectively allows mountain biking either. It's probably worth keeping an eye on. - the dharma bum 19:59, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

I am not opposed to mountain bikes there as they allow horses and either one is likely to be ridden off trail. But I do think that the law is pretty specific to bicycles as a form of "motorized transport". The fight between the mountain biking enthusiasts and the environmentalists is oftentimes a strange struggle, as on almost every other point, mountain bikers would be environmentalists for the most part. Happy editing!--MONGO 01:32, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Expansion of wilderness areas in California

Should the California Wilderness Act of 1984 and the most recent expansion, the Northern California Coastal Wild Heritage Wilderness Act be added to this article? or is that too state-specific? Marcia Wright (talk) 00:33, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Contradiction in article

This page is in contradiction with this website in reference to the largest wilderness area in the continental US: http://www.wilderness.net/index.cfm?fuse=NWPS&sec=fastfacts&error=404 I'm new to wikipedia and don't know what the procedure is on this... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.91.144.12 (talk) 01:14, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

Global programs

Hello, I am a GGC student who is interested in updating and providing additional information to this page. I have included a section on Global Initiatives and plan to add some more info pertaining to US state specific programs. ESmith3 (talk) 11:44, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for helping to expand Wikipedia! This article is about the U.S. wilderness system only. The international info belongs at the existing article IUCN. I'll move the material over there. —hike395 (talk) 15:12, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Hey Hike395! Thanks so much for helping me out with the page. I am still trying to get an idea of how this page could be better structured. Originally I was asked to add some global stuff to the page, but your point is well taken and I figured it would be odd on that page. That being said, what are your thoughts on how the page could be better improved? I could possibly put in a history section on the structure of the system and maybe include a bulleted list of the Acts that make up the system, with descriptions of them. ??? What are your thoughts?

Thanks again for helping me out. This is the first time I have actually edited a wiki. :) — ESmith3 (talk) 11:23, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

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