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24) The Act achieves these goals by establishing a National Wilderness Preservation System comprised of federal lands designated by Congress as wilderness areas. That area just happens to be the homeland of Howard Zahniser, author of the National Wilderness Preservation System Act of 1964, which began to protect 107 million acres of wilderness on federal lands across the country for future generations. Two decades later, Congress expanded the refuge to 19 million acres and designated a major portion as part of the National Wilderness Preservation System - despite strong opposition by the oil industry. |
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