California Wilderness Act of 1984

The California Wilderness Act of 1984 is a federal law (Public Law 98-425), passed by the United States Congress on September 28, 1984, that authorized the addition of over 3 million acres (12,000 km) within the state of California to the National Wilderness Preservation System. Conservation activist George Whitmore later credited the Act with establishing "the longest stretch of de facto wilderness in the lower 48 states." The California Wilderness Act was one of a number of federal Wildnerness Acts signed in 1984 which established and expanded wilderness areas in different states, including the Washington, Oregon and Vermont Wilderness Acts.