Endangered American Wilderness Act of 1978

Endangered American Wilderness Act of 1978

Long title	An act to designate certain endangered public lands for preservation as wilderness, and for other purposes.
Enacted by	the 95th United States Congress
Effective	February 24, 1978
Citations
Public law	95-237
Legislative history
Introduced in the House as H.R. 3454 by Morris Udall (D–AZ) on February 9, 1977 Committee consideration by United States House Committee on Natural Resources Senate Committee for Energy and Natural Resources Passed the House on September 12, 1977  Passed the Senate on October 27, 1977 with changes  Signed into law by President Jimmy Carter on February 24, 1978

Endangered American Wilderness Act (Public Law 95-237) is a Federal law, enacted in 1978, that established ten new designated Wilderness Areas in the National Forests of several Western states. Sponsored by Arizona Democrat Morris Udall, the law added approximately 400,000 acres (160,000 ha) of wilderness in California, Utah, New Mexico, and Wyoming, to the National Wilderness Preservation System. Other sections of the law established three new Wilderness Areas in Oregon and added additional acreage to two existing areas, and ordered the creation of a committee to develop a management plan for 330,000 acres of public land along the Salmon River in Idaho known as the Gospel-Hump area.