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Nation Park Service quiz: Wilderness
here is a National Park Service quiz on wilderness
1. The Wilderness Act of 1964 stipulated that a tract of land had to be at least a certain size in order to be eligible for consideration as a federally designated wilderness area. What was the stipulated minimum size?
2. True or false? The Wilderness Act of 1964 specifies that hiking and primitive camping shall be permitted in federally designated wilderness areas within national parks.
3. True or false? The National Park Service manages more federally designated wilderness acreage than the U.S. Forest Service does.
4. True or false? Nearly 90 National Park System units contain federally designated wilderness.
5. True or false? Yellowstone National Park has more federally protected wilderness than any other national park in the coterminous United States.
6. True or false? Denali National Park & Preserve has more miles of maintained trails in federally designated wilderness than all of the national parks in the coterminous 48 states put together.
7. True or false? The Appalachian National Scenic Trail traverses more than 20 designated wildernesses.
8. True or false? Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve had federally designated wilderness tracts under management within its borders for almost a decade before any NPS unit in the coterminous United States did.
9. True or false? Point Reyes National Seashore near San Francisco has more than twice as much federally designated wilderness as all of the other National Seashores combined.
10. True or false? There are no designated wildernesses in the National Lakeshores.
Extra Credit Question:
11. Two states west of the Mississippi River have no federally designated wilderness areas. Can you name them?
Super Bonus Question:
12. The largest continuous wilderness complex (uninterrupted federally designated wilderness) in the National Wilderness Preservation System consists of designated wilderness in two adjoining NPS units. Can you name the two NPS units?
The answers can be found at :
http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com...-50-wilderness
1. The Wilderness Act of 1964 stipulated that a tract of land had to be at least a certain size in order to be eligible for consideration as a federally designated wilderness area. What was the stipulated minimum size?
2. True or false? The Wilderness Act of 1964 specifies that hiking and primitive camping shall be permitted in federally designated wilderness areas within national parks.
3. True or false? The National Park Service manages more federally designated wilderness acreage than the U.S. Forest Service does.
4. True or false? Nearly 90 National Park System units contain federally designated wilderness.
5. True or false? Yellowstone National Park has more federally protected wilderness than any other national park in the coterminous United States.
6. True or false? Denali National Park & Preserve has more miles of maintained trails in federally designated wilderness than all of the national parks in the coterminous 48 states put together.
7. True or false? The Appalachian National Scenic Trail traverses more than 20 designated wildernesses.
8. True or false? Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve had federally designated wilderness tracts under management within its borders for almost a decade before any NPS unit in the coterminous United States did.
9. True or false? Point Reyes National Seashore near San Francisco has more than twice as much federally designated wilderness as all of the other National Seashores combined.
10. True or false? There are no designated wildernesses in the National Lakeshores.
Extra Credit Question:
11. Two states west of the Mississippi River have no federally designated wilderness areas. Can you name them?
Super Bonus Question:
12. The largest continuous wilderness complex (uninterrupted federally designated wilderness) in the National Wilderness Preservation System consists of designated wilderness in two adjoining NPS units. Can you name the two NPS units?
The answers can be found at :
http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com...-50-wilderness
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