On September 3, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Wilderness Act into law – establishing a National Wilderness Preservation System - “for the use and enjoyment of the American people.” The Act provided for Congress to add new areas to the system. Now 60 years later, there are nearly 112 million acres, across 806 areas in 44 states and Puerto Rico, making it one of the most successful U.S. environmental laws. The Virginia Wilderness Committee has been behind the identification and legislative pushes of all 224,000 acres of designated Wilderness in Virginia. We remain steadfast in defense of the places and values the Wilderness Act sought to preserve.
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The Ivy Creek Natural Area is located six miles north of Charlottesville, VA, on Earlysville Rd. It is one half mile from the intersection of Hydraulic and West Rio Roads. (map)
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