Wildland 172117 201923558 2008-03-29T23:43:42Z Wavelength 271168 adding heading "See also" and 1 internal link: *[[John Muir Lifetime Achievement Award]] '''Wildlands''' are areas of [[Landform|land]] where plants and animals exist free of human interference. [[Ecologist]]s assert that wildlands promote [[biodiversity]], that they preserve historic [[genetics|genetic]] traits and that they provide habitat for wild [[flora (plants)|flora]] and [[fauna (animals)|fauna]] that may be difficult to recreate in [[zoo]]s, [[arboretum]]s or [[laboratory|laboratories]]. Wildlands can be found in officially designated [[wilderness area]]s of the United States, as well as in preserves, estates, farms, conservation preserves, ranches, National Forests, National Parks and even in urban areas along rivers, gulches or otherwise undeveloped areas. Wildlands are known as [[Native bush]] or "the bush" in [[Australasia]]. ==See also== *[[John Muir Lifetime Achievement Award]] [[Category:Wilderness areas]]