Wilderness Laws : Statutory Provisions and Prohibited and Permitted Uses.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Resources, Science, and Industry Division.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Laws, etc. (Statutes of the United States).

United States.

Wilderness areas.

Environmental law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (86 pages, digital, PDF file)

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2011.

System Details:

System requirements: PDF reader software.

text file

Summary:

Summarizes various statutory provisions and provisions on prohibited and permitted uses within wilderness areas, including P.L. 88-577, the Wilderness Act of 1964, which generally prohibits commercial activities, motorized uses, and infrastructure developments in congressionally-designated wilderness areas.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Jan. 2013). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Resources, Science, and Industry Division. Wilderness Laws

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.