Monitoring Changes in Wilderness Character Why, What, and How 1.
The 5 th Quality of Wilderness Character
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The 5 th Quality of Wilderness Character
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The 5 th Quality of Wilderness Character. T he 5 th Quality. “A wilderness...(4) may also contain ecological, geological, or other features of scientific, educational, scenic, or historical value.” Wilderness Act, Section 2(c). T he 5 th Quality. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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The 5th Qualityof
Wilderness Character
The 5th Quality“A wilderness...(4) may also contain ecological, geological, or other features of scientific, educational, scenic, or historical value.”
Wilderness Act, Section 2(c)
The 5th Quality“A wilderness...(4) may also contain ecological, geological, or other features of scientific, educational, scenic, or historical value.”
Wilderness Act, Section 2(c)Other Features of ValueUnique Attributes and Other FeaturesUnique and SupplementalOptional Values
The 5th Qualityecologicalgeologicalscientificeducationalscenichistorical
A brief history of the 5th Quality
ca. 2002: 1st ideas on defining “wilderness character”
monitoring ≠ wilderness character
2008: Keeping It Wild5th Quality not recognized for monitoring purposes
Undeveloped included cultural resources
Poll Question
5th Quality v. public purposes
DEFINITION [2(c)] USE [4(b)]
ecologicalgeologicalscientificeducationalscenichistoric
recreationalscenicscientificeducationalconservationhistorical
5th Quality v. public purposes
DEFINITION [2(c)] USE [4(b)]
ecologicalgeologicalscientificeducationalscenichistoric
recreationalscenicscientificeducationalconservationhistorical
5th Quality v. public purposes
DEFINITION [2(c)] USE [4(b)]
“a precise meaning or significance; the act of making clear and distinct”
Wilderness Character
“the employment of something for some purpose; the quality of being suitable or adaptable to an end”
Public Purposes
≠
5th Quality v. public purposes
DEFINITION [2(c)] USE [4(b)]
Educational value
5th Quality v. public purposes
DEFINITION [2(c)] USE [4(b)]
Educational value Educational use
5th Quality v. public purposes
DEFINITION [2(c)] USE [4(b)]
Educational value Educational useOne of the area’spublic purposes
5th Quality v. public purposes
DEFINITION [2(c)] USE [4(b)]
Educational valuePart of the area’s
wilderness character
Educational useOne of the area’spublic purposes
5th Quality v. public purposes
DEFINITION [2(C)] USE [4(B)]
Scenic valuePart of the area’s
wilderness character
Scenic useOne of the area’spublic purposes
5th Quality v. public purposes
To what extent do your wilderness area’s Other Features of Value contribute to making clear and distinct the area’s precise meaning and significance?To what extent are those Other Features of Value an inextricable part of the area’s wilderness character?
Managing the 5th QualityCertain uses prohibited “except as necessary to meet minimum requirments for the administration of the area for the purpose of this Act.”
Wilderness Act, Section 4(c)
Managing the 5th QualityCertain uses prohibited “except as necessary to meet minimum requirments for the administration of the area for the purpose of this Act.”
Wilderness Act, Section 4(c)
“the purpose” is to preserve wilderness character
Managing the 5th QualityCertain uses prohibited “except as necessary to meet minimum requirments for the administration of the area for the purpose of this Act.”
Wilderness Act, Section 4(c)
“the purpose” is to preserve wilderness character
NOT to facilitate public uses
Managing the 5th Quality
Preserving the 5th Quality“A wilderness...(4) may also contain ecological, geological, or other features of scientific, educational, scenic, or historical value.”
Wilderness Act, Section 2(c)
“A wilderness...(4) may also contain ecological, geological, or other features of scientific, educational, scenic, or historical value.”
Wilderness Act, Section 2(c)
Preserving the 5th Quality
“A wilderness...(4) may also contain ecological, geological, or other features of scientific, educational, scenic, or historical value.”
Wilderness Act, Section 2(c)
“The make-up, shape, proportions, form, or outward appearance of something.”
Preserving the 5th Quality
“A wilderness...(4) may also contain ecological, geological, or other features of scientific, educational, scenic, or historical value.”
Wilderness Act, Section 2(c)
“The make-up, shape, proportions, form, or outward appearance of something.”“Any prominent or distinctive aspect or quality.
Preserving the 5th Quality
“A wilderness...(4) may also contain ecological, geological, or other features of scientific, educational, scenic, or historical value.”
Wilderness Act, Section 2(c)
Preserving the 5th Quality
“A wilderness...(4) may also contain ecological, geological, or other features of scientific, educational, scenic, or historical value.”
Wilderness Act, Section 2(c)
Preserving the 5th Quality
