Wilderness designation by Congress
This bar graph breaks down the number of acres designated as Wilderness by each Congress since the Wilderness Act was enacted in 1964 through the end of the 110th Congress in 2008.
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Sam Goldman
Sam has been with The Wilderness Society since Fall 2007. He came most recently from M+R Strategic Services in Washington, DC where he worked with national environmental groups to improve their online campaign work and field organizing capacity. Before that, Sam was the Assistant National Field Director for U.S. PIRG where he covered a variety of issues including the fight to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
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