50-årsjubileum för Ödemarkslagen i USA

I år är det 50 år sedan kongressen i USA undertecknade The wilderness Act. Tack vare denna lag, skyddas i dag hela 5 % av USA som orörd vildmark.

A wilderness, in contrast with those areas where man and his own works dominate the landscape, is hereby recognized as an area where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man, where man himself is a visitor who does not remain …
-The Wilderness Act, September 3, 1964

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