As one who has often felt this need, and who has found refreshment in wild places, I attest to the recreational value of wilderness.
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Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit.
When it comes to wilderness animals we have to make an effort to preserve what areas we can that they can be themselves in. Its come to a point though, clearly, where some species have to be cared for by humans if they are not going to disappear altogether.
Wilderness is harder and harder to find these days on this beautiful planet, and we're abusing our planet to the point of almost no return.
If you spend time alone in the wilderness, you get very attuned to living things.
The continued existence of wildlife and wilderness is important to the quality of life of humans.
I think true wilderness can still be found, but it's hard to reach and dangerous when you get there, which is probably why it still exists.
My daughter is here in town doing a play, and her dog is staying with us. We live up in the hills, so he has access to thousands of acres of wilderness.
Wilderness, like the national park system, was an American idea.
There's been progress toward seeing that nature and culture are not opposing terms, and that wilderness is not the only kind of landscape for environmentalists to concern themselves with.
The wilderness is healing, a therapy for the soul.
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