June 30, 2009
How much wilderness land remains in the lower 48?
mdman 1 asked:
What percentage of the land is located outside of urban areas and agriculture? I am a regular subscriber to Nat 'l Geographic and fascinated by those areas which remain' untouched 'by humans (areas of New Guinea, the Amazon, Siberia, Mongolia). I 'the VE has traveled across the country in the United States and came to realize how blessed we are to have such humongous country. Much of the land is paved or otherwise covered by farms - so the question above.
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What percentage of the land is located outside of urban areas and agriculture? I am a regular subscriber to Nat 'l Geographic and fascinated by those areas which remain' untouched 'by humans (areas of New Guinea, the Amazon, Siberia, Mongolia). I 'the VE has traveled across the country in the United States and came to realize how blessed we are to have such humongous country. Much of the land is paved or otherwise covered by farms - so the question above.
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I don't know if you can consider any land in the lower 48 as being completely untouched land. Even places like Yellowstone and other protected places have paved foot paths for hiking or limited roads for driving. It would be difficult to find any large area of true wilderness.