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The meter includes
the existing 107,436,642 Wilderness acres closed to most uses plus
55.8 acres
per minute starting January 1, 2007.
Time is running out,
over 50% or 101,000,000 acres of your public lands have already been
closed to most uses. If adopted, current bills would close over
seven acres a minute of your public lands to most uses, via Wilderness or other
restrictive designations, without public involvement.
You read correctly,
Over 55 acres a minute would need to be closed in order to fulfill
this years 27,000,000 acre proposals per Wilderness advocates
HELP US
STOP THESE MASSIVE CLOSURES
Here is the closure required per:
MINUTE
55.8 acres closed per minute
DAY
80,352 acres closed per day
WEEK 562,464 acres closed per week
MONTH 2,249,856 acres closed per month
YEAR 26,998,272 acres closed per year
Here is the basis
for how this is calculated:
27,000,000 acres
of public lands have been proposed for Wilderness of other
restrictive designation per S-493 "California Wild Heritage Act" &
the
“Northern Rockies
Ecosystem Protection Act”
Here a the number of
minutes in a day, week, month & year:
1440 minutes in a day
10,080 in a week
40,320 in a month
483,840 in a year
Divide the 27,000,000 acres of proposed wilderness by each of the
above & you will get:
55.8 acres closed per minute
80,352 acres closed per day
562,464 acres closed per week
2,248,856 per month
26,998,272 per year
Click here to Take Action to voice
your concern over this massive proposed closure
Below are the Wilderness
acreage figures for each agency from
Wilderness.net
Bureau of Land Management
The Bureau of Land Management manages about 270 million acres,
7,796,837 of which are Wilderness. Among other activities, the
Bureau conserves these lands and their historical and cultural
resources for the public's use and enjoyment.
Fish and Wildlife Service
The Fish and Wildlife Service conserves the nation's wild animals
and their habitats by managing a system of more than 500 national
wildlife refuges and other areas, totaling about 91 million acres of
land and water, 20,730,636 of which are Wilderness.
Forest Service
The Forest Service manages national forests and grasslands. It
conducts forestry research and works with forest managers on state
and private lands. The Forest Service oversees nearly 200 million
acres of national forest and other lands, 35,372,522 of which are
Wilderness.
National Park Service
The National Park Service was established to protect the nation's
natural, historical, and cultural resources and to provide places
for recreation. The Park Service manages 51 national parks and more
than 300 national monuments, historic sites, memorials, seashores,
and battlefields. It oversees 43,536,647 acres of Wilderness.
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