Statistics
Today, the Wilderness System comprises over 106 million acres (429,000 km²) involving federal lands administered by four agencies:
| The National Wilderness Preservation System: Area Administered by each Federal Agency (July 2004) |
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|---|---|---|
| Agency | Wilderness area | Agency land designated wilderness |
| National Park Service | 43,616,250 acres (176,508 km²) | 56% |
| U.S. Forest Service | 34,867,591 acres (141,104 km²) | 18% |
| U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | 20,699,108 acres (83,766 km²) | 22% |
| Bureau of Land Management | 6,512,227 acres (26,354 km²) | 2% |
| Total | 107,436,608 acres (427,733 km²) | 16% |
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