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<br />000701 <br /> <br />and the establishment of several of the finest Wilderness units in the National <br />Forests today. He was a principal organizer and founder of the Wilderness <br />Society in 1935, and the Bob Marshall Wilderness on the Flathead National <br />Forest in Montana is named in his memory. <br /> <br />1960 Congress passes the Multiple Use-Sustained Yield Act, signed by President <br />Eisenhower on June 12, 1960. The Act gives Congressional confirmation to the <br />established policy of National Forest management for a variety of <br />uses. including Wilderness. The National Forest System now totals about <br />182,000,000 acres. <br /> <br />1964 <br /> <br />The Wilderness Act is passed by Congress on September 3, 1964. Over nine <br />million acres of existing National Forest Wilderness and Wild Areas are included <br />in the initial National Wilderness Preservation System, and the Forest Service is <br />directed by the Act to study the remaining five and one half million acres of <br />Primitive Areas for possible add ition to the System by Congress. <br /> <br />! <br />I' <br />I <br /> <br />1974 The Forest Service is completing the ten year review of the Primitive Areas <br />required by the Wilderness Act. At this time almost, 11,000,000 acres of <br />National Forest Wilderness are included in the National Wilderness Preservation <br />System, and almost 4,000,000 acres of Primitive Areas are being considered for <br />possible addition to the System. The Forest Service has also identified an <br />additional 12,000,000 acres of undeveloped National Forest land for <br />Wilderness Study. <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />II <br />, <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />I <br />., <br /> <br />, <br />