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COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL, CONSUMER AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Linebery Policy Center for Natural Resource Management • LPC-2
New Mexico State University
aces.nmsu.edu/pubs
The College of
Agricultural,
Consumer and
Environmental
Sciences is an
engine for economic and community
development in New Mexico, improving the lives of New Mexicans through academic, research, and Extension
programs.
The Wilderness Act of 1964 established “a National Wilderness Preservation System [NWPS] for the permanent good of the whole people, and for other purposes” (Public Law 88-577). The impetus for developing this act was a concern that increasing settlement and mechanization would leave “no lands designated for preservation and protection in their natural condition” (Public Law 88-577, emphasis added). Consequently, the act “immediately designated 54 wilderness areas, containing approximately 9.1 million acres of national forest lands” (Kahal, 2015; p. 9).
Additional efforts to identify potential wilderness were completed during the 1970s and 80s under the U.S. Forest Service’s (USFS) Roadless Area Review and Evaluation (RARE I and RARE II) and Federal Land Management Policy Act of 1976 (FLMPA, Public Law 94–579; BLM, 1978). The criteria of land to be included in recommendations to congress for wilderness consideration were “(1) generally appears to have been affected primarily by the forces of nature, with the imprint of man’s work substantially unnoticeable; (2) has outstanding opportunities for solitude or a primitive and unconfined type of recreation; (3) has at least five thousand acres of land or is of sufficient size as to make practicable its preservation and use in an
A Common-sense Criterion in
the Evaluation Of Wilderness
Jerry G. Schickedanz1
1Evelyn Linebery Chair in Agriculture, Linebery Policy Center for Natural Resources Management,
New Mexico State University.
Figure 1. Bar Canyon, BLM Las Cruces District.
Object Description
| Title | Common-sense criterion in the evaluation of wilderness |
| Series Designation | Linebery Policy Center Report, LPC-2 |
| Description | The Tom Linebery Distinguished Chair and Policy Center is promoting the visibility of the range, livestock, forestry, oil and gas industries, developing position papers, analyzing major federal actions, enhancing student education and training, and evaluating the economic impact of policies on affected industries. |
| Subject | wilderness (NAL); habitat conservation (NAL); environmental policy (NAL); |
| Creator | Schickedanz, Jerry G. (Jerry Guy), 1943- |
| Date Original | 2018-09 |
| Digital Publisher | New Mexico State University Library |
| Rights | Copyright, NMSU Board of Regents |
| Collection | NMSU Cooperative Extension Service and Agricultural Experiment Station Publications |
| Digital Identifier | UAACPP00LPC2.pdf |
| Source | https://aces.nmsu.edu/pubs/ |
| Type | Text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Language | eng |
Page Description
| Title | Page 1 |
| Series Designation | Linebery Policy Center Report, LPC-2 |
| OCR | COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL, CONSUMER AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Linebery Policy Center for Natural Resource Management • LPC-2 New Mexico State University aces.nmsu.edu/pubs The College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences is an engine for economic and community development in New Mexico, improving the lives of New Mexicans through academic, research, and Extension programs. The Wilderness Act of 1964 established “a National Wilderness Preservation System [NWPS] for the permanent good of the whole people, and for other purposes” (Public Law 88-577). The impetus for developing this act was a concern that increasing settlement and mechanization would leave “no lands designated for preservation and protection in their natural condition” (Public Law 88-577, emphasis added). Consequently, the act “immediately designated 54 wilderness areas, containing approximately 9.1 million acres of national forest lands” (Kahal, 2015; p. 9). Additional efforts to identify potential wilderness were completed during the 1970s and 80s under the U.S. Forest Service’s (USFS) Roadless Area Review and Evaluation (RARE I and RARE II) and Federal Land Management Policy Act of 1976 (FLMPA, Public Law 94–579; BLM, 1978). The criteria of land to be included in recommendations to congress for wilderness consideration were “(1) generally appears to have been affected primarily by the forces of nature, with the imprint of man’s work substantially unnoticeable; (2) has outstanding opportunities for solitude or a primitive and unconfined type of recreation; (3) has at least five thousand acres of land or is of sufficient size as to make practicable its preservation and use in an A Common-sense Criterion in the Evaluation Of Wilderness Jerry G. Schickedanz1 1Evelyn Linebery Chair in Agriculture, Linebery Policy Center for Natural Resources Management, New Mexico State University. Figure 1. Bar Canyon, BLM Las Cruces District. |
