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New Wilderness Areas Sought in Allegheny National Forest
Today,
only 2 percent of the Allegheny National Forest in western Pennsylvania
is designated as wilderness, the highest level of protection available
for natural treasures owned by all Americans in common. Pennsylvania's
two wilderness areas, Hickory Creek and Allegheny Islands (pictured
above), cover only 9,000 acres. Conservationists are seeking to
designate eight additional wilderness areas, which would bring the
Allegheny's wilderness acreage to about 54,000.
Republicans
for Environmental Protection supports expanded wilderness protection in
Pennsylvania's only national forest, located close to where Wilderness
Act author Howard Zahniser grew up.
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