The 5 th Quality of Wilderness Character

1. The 5th QualityofWilderness Character

2. 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)

3. 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 Value • Unique Attributes and Other Features • Unique and Supplemental • Optional Values

4. The 5th Quality • ecological • geological • scientific • educational • scenic • historical

5. A brief history of the 5th Quality • ca. 2002: 1st ideas on defining “wilderness character” • monitoring ≠ wilderness character • 2008: Keeping It Wild • 5th Quality not recognized for monitoring purposes • Undeveloped included cultural resources

6. Poll Question

7. 5th Quality v. public purposes Definition [2(c)] Use [4(b)] • ecological • geological • scientific • educational • scenic • historic • recreational • scenic • scientific • educational • conservation • historical

8. 5th Quality v. public purposes Definition [2(c)] Use [4(b)] • ecological • geological • scientific • educational • scenic • historic • recreational • scenic • scientific • educational • conservation • historical

9. 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

10. 5th Quality v. public purposes Definition [2(c)] Use [4(b)] Educational value

11. 5th Quality v. public purposes Definition [2(c)] Use [4(b)] Educational value Educational use

12. 5th Quality v. public purposes Definition [2(c)] Use [4(b)] Educational value Educational use One of the area’s public purposes

13. 5th Quality v. public purposes Definition [2(c)] Use [4(b)] Educational value Part of the area’s wilderness character Educational use One of the area’s public purposes

14. 5th Quality v. public purposes Definition [2(c)] Use [4(b)] Scenic value Part of the area’s wilderness character Scenic use One of the area’s public purposes

15. 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?

16. Managing the 5th Quality • Certain 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)

17. Managing the 5th Quality “thepurpose” is to preserve wilderness character • Certain 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)

18. Managing the 5th Quality “thepurpose” is to preserve wilderness character NOT to facilitate public uses • Certain 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)

19. Managing the 5th Quality

20. 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)

21. 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)

22. Preserving the 5th Quality “The make-up, shape, proportions, form, or outward appearance of something.” • “A wilderness...(4) may also contain ecological, geological, or other features of scientific, educational, scenic, or historical value.” • Wilderness Act, Section 2(c)

23. Preserving the 5th Quality “The make-up, shape, proportions, form, or outward appearance of something.” “Any prominent or distinctive aspect or quality. • “A wilderness...(4) may also contain ecological, geological, or other features of scientific, educational, scenic, or historical value.” • Wilderness Act, Section 2(c)

24. 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)

25. 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)