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How do American’s View Wilderness? Through Green-Colored Glasses?

A recent survey as part of the Internet Research Information Series reveals that Americans, whether living in rural or urban areas, the east or the west (or anywhere in between), value wilderness for most of the same reasons.  Across the nation, the most valued benefits of Wilderness are protecting air and water quality.  Other front runners are: protecting wildlife habitat, knowing that future generations will have Wilderness to visit,  protecting rare and endangered plant and animal species, and preserving unique wild plants and animals.

The survey is part of an interagency effort (National Forest Service, National Park Service and Bureau of Land Management, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and many others), and is the first of a series of 3 surveys intended to show the values American’s place on the designation of Federal Wilderness Designations.  An illuminating trend found by this survey is that within the past 7 years (1999 to 2007), American’s value assessments of wilderness values have either increased or remained the same.  To learn more about how American’s view Wilderness – read the full report!

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