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=The Wilderness Act=
 * The Wilderness Act created the National Wilderness Preservation System


 * The system is composed of federally owned areas deemed wilderness areas by Congress
 * Included for review as a wilderness area are every federally owned area that has been “untrammeled” or untouched by man at a minimum size of 5,000 acres


 * The National Wilderness Preservation System was created to protect these lands so that current and future generations could enjoy these natural areas
 * The idea to protect the nation’s remaining wilderness was presented in 1956 in a bill drafted by the executive director of The Wilderness Society, Howard Zahniser

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 * The first version of the bill was introduced by senator Hubert Humphrey and Representative John Saylor in 1957

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 * President Lyndon B. Johnson signed The Wilderness Act on September 13, 1964