Recommended Wilderness Areas of Glacier National Park, Montana (Generated in 2003 by the Intermountain Region GIS Support Office)
National Park Service, Intermountain Region GIS Support Office. 2003. Recommended Wilderness Areas of Glacier National Park, Montana (Generated in 2003 by the Intermountain Region GIS Support Office). National Park Service Intermountain Region GIS Support Office
This shapefile contains boundaries for Recommended Wilderness, Potential Wilderness, and Non-Wilderness in Glacier National Park, Montana. This dataset is derived from the latest official NPS Wilderness Recommendation which was transmitted from the President to Congress on 5/11/1978, but never enacted. The official Wilderness Recommendation is based on careful studies of roadless areas, public hearings, and written responses. This dataset has been revised from the official map to adjust buffers along roads and utilities, account for changes to the boundary and land status, and reflect more accurate measurement available through new GIS technology. This dataset identifies 928,698.88 acres within Glacier National Park as Recommended Wilderness (927,550 acres in 1974), 2,692.58 acres as Potential Wilderness (3,360 acres in 1974). The remaining 76,535.31 acres of the park were determined to be not suitable for wilderness designation or potential wilderness at this time.
- Type
- Geospatial Dataset
- Authors
- National Park Service, Intermountain Region GIS Support Office
- Date of Issue
- 2003
- Publisher
- National Park Service Intermountain Region GIS Support Office
- Units
- GLAC