Land For Thought
In honor of last week’s news about the wilderness bills in the U.S. Congress, here are some interesting numbers to think about:
1,000 – Acres of private land at Chimney Rock we are fighting to protect in Western North Carolina.
76,000 – Acres of public land up for wilderness designation in New Hampshire and Vermont. The U.S. House of Representatives adjourned last week before approving a bill to protect these lands.
177,768 – Acres of public land already designated as wilderness area in North Carolina, Tennessee and Georgia. The federal “wilderness area” designation gives public lands the maximum amount of environmental protection.
310,000 – Acres of new wilderness area approved for Idaho by the House last week.
4,388,330 – Acres of wilderness area already existing in Idaho.
Sources: Associated Press, Wilderness.net
