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What
activities are allowed in wilderness areas?
Allowed in Wilderness Areas
- Hunting and fishing
- Hiking, backpacking, camping
- Horseback riding
- Birdwatching
- Rock collecting for personal use
- Livestock grazing and access, where already established
- Mining on pre-existing patented claims
- Rafting, canoeing, and kayaking
- Outfitting and guiding
- Wheelchairs (including certain motorized wheelchairs)
- Control of wildfires, insects, and disease outbreaks
- Access to private inholdings
Prohibited in Wilderness Areas
- Road building
- Logging
- Oil and gas drilling
- New mining claims
- New reservoirs, power lines and pipelines
- Motorized or mechanized vehicles like ATVs and mountain bikes
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