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List of U.S. state and tribal wilderness areas

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List of wilderness areas designated by U.S. state and tribal governments. Eight states had designated wilderness programs in 2002 while some other states had designated wildernesses. In 2002, the 9 state programs had 74 wilderness areas with a total protected area of 2,668,903 acres (10,800.7 km2). Florida had 10 wilderness areas until their authorizing legislation was repealed in 1989.

For federally designated wildernesses, see List of U.S. wilderness areas. There are also privately owned areas called wildernesses like the Nature Conservancy's 12,000 acre (49 km2) Disney Wilderness Preserve in Florida.

State wildernesses

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Alaska

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3 areas in 2002, total area 922,700 acres (3734 km2)

California

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10 areas in 2002, total area 466,320 acres (1887 km2)

Hawaii

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Maine

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Maryland

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29 areas in 2009, total area 43,773 acres (177 km2)

Michigan

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1 area in 2002, total area 40,808 acres (165 km2)

Minnesota

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Missouri

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11 areas in 2002, total area 22,993 acres (93 km2)

New York

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21 areas in 2002, total area 1,170,312 acres (4,736 km2)

Adirondack Park:

Catskill Park:

(A proposed revision to the Catskill State Land Master Plan would upgrade two other management units in the Catskills from wild forest to wilderness status and transfer some land currently considered wild forest to existing wilderness areas)

South Carolina

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Tennessee

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Wisconsin

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1 area in 2002, total area 6,358 acres (2.6 km2 )

Tribal wildernesses

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consisting of 11 Ojibwa tribes: Bay Mills Indian Community, Keweenaw Bay Indian Community and Lac Vieux Desert band in Michigan; Bad River, Lac Courte Oreilles, Lac du Flambeau, Sokaogon Chippewa Community, Red Cliff and St. Croix bands in Wisconsin; and Fond du Lac and Mille Lacs bands in Minnesota.

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