50th Anniversary of the Wilderness Act

As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 1964 Wilderness Act this year, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore is now our 50th national park with wilderness areas," National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis said. "Thanks to the commitment of local advocates and the Michigan congressional delegation, we can now improve our preservation efforts for this beautiful and significant national treasure. "The Wilderness Act, signed into law in 1964, established the highest level of conservation protection for federal lands. It prohibits permanent roads and commercial enterprises, except commercial services that may provide for recreational or other purposes of the Wilderness Act. Wilderness areas generally do not allow motorized equipment, motor vehicles, mechanical transport, temporary roads, permanent structures or installation. Visitors can engage in non-motorized recreation in wilderness areas, including hiking, fishing, camping, and hunting
America's Wilderness 1964 - 2014 50 Years of Wilderness Protection Duration: 5 minutes, 39 seconds
NPS/Peter Biddle SCHEDULE OF EVENTS	NPS/John Marino JOIN OUR WALK for WILDERNESS Lily Lake on September 6th