Tongass Wilderness Areas

"A wilderness, in contrast with those areas where man and his own works dominate the landscape, is hereby recognized as an area where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man, where man himself is a visitor who does not remain." Wilderness Act of 1964

Areas protected by the Alaska National Interests Lands Conservation Act (1980)

Kootznoowoo Wilderness (956,255 acres)
Coronation Island Wilderness (19,232 acres)
Endicott River Wilderness (98,729 acres)
Maurelle Islands Wilderness (4,937 acres)
Misty Fjords National Monument Wilderness (2,142,243 acres)
Petersburg Creek-Duncan Salt Chuck Wilderness (46,849 acres)
Russell Fjord Wilderness (348,701 acres)
South Baranof Wilderness (319,568 acres)
South Prince of Wales Wilderness (90,968 acres)
Stikine-LeConte Wilderness (448,926 acres)
Tebenkof Bay Wilderness (66,812 acres)
Tracy Arm-Fords Terror Wilderness (653,179 acres)
Warren Island Wilderness (11,181 acres)
West Chichagof-Yakobi Wilderness (256,286 acres)

Places protected by the Tongass Timber Reform Act (1990)

Pleasant-Lemesurier-Inian Islands Wilderness (23,151 acres)
Young Lake Wilderness
South Etolin Wilderness (83,619 acres)
Chuck River Wilderness (74,900 acres)
Karta River Wilderness (39,894 acres)
Kuiu Islands Wilderness (60,581 acres)

Legislated Land Use Designation II (LUD II):

LUD II lands must be permanently managed in a roadless state to maintain their wildland character “because of their critical importance for fish and wildlife habitat and their high value to tourism and recreation.”

This designation prohibits commercial logging and most (but not all) roads. It allows timber salvage, personal use of wood (for cabin logs, firewood, etc.), motorized vehicle use on freshwater, mining development, aquaculture and fish hatcheries, and some water and power development.

Yakutat Forelands
Berners Bay
Anan
Kadashan
Lisianski River
Mt. Calder/Mt. Holbrook
Nutkwa
Outside Islands
Trap Bay
Point Adolphus/Mud Bay
Naha
Salmon Bay