Allegheny Forest gets push for wilderness

[Bravo Zulu]

Allegheny Forest gets push for wilderness
12 percent of land would be free of development
Monday, January 26, 2009
By Don Hopey, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Stephen Robar, a political science professor at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, enjoys hiking and snowshoeing in the Allegheny National Forest and wants to see wilderness opportunities for those recreational pursuits preserved and expanded.

That's why Dr. Robar joined 53 other scientists and academics last week in endorsing a proposal to designate eight new wilderness areas totaling 54,640 acres on the national forest in Elk, Forest, McKean and Warren counties.

"This is a very reasonable effort to bring balanced wilderness values to the Allegheny National Forest, where the inclusion of some additional wilderness uses is warranted," said Dr. Robar, who is also director of the environmental studies program at Pitt Bradford. "I'm in full support of the various, multiple uses of the forest, but sportsmen, recreationalists and backpackers could all benefit from more wilderness."

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09026/944561-85.stm

[tigereye]

1. isn't most of it pretty wild to start? It was the last time we were up there,

but it's been a while. Lovely country, though.