Biden proclaims September as National Wilderness Month

 

President Biden's proclamation can be viewed here.

In April of this year a NM wilderness advocate called for all BLM Wilderness Study Areas and Forest Service Roadless Areas to be designated as Wilderness. That would include 12.7 million acres of WSAs and 58 million acres of Forest Service Roadless Areas (about one-third of all FS lands).

The current National Wilderness Preservation System contains 111 million acres.