In 1924, quietly and with little fanfare, the U.S. Forest Service created the first federal wilderness reserve: the Gila Wilderness of New Mexico. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/21.17/download-entire-issue%3C/a%3E

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