Fifty-one percent of this land has already been logged, mined, or has roads, and remain open to commercial development. Eighteen percent is permanently protected. The remaining 31percent are wild but unprotected roadless areas. The Clinton administration has proposed to protect nearly all of these remaining wild but unprotected areas. This means that it could be used for most types of recreation but that logging, new roads, mining, oil drilling and off-road vehicles would be prohibited.
Supporters heavily outnumber opponents across every region in the country.
Fifty-four percent believe that the U.S. does not have enough permanently protected land in the National Forests, compared to just 6 percent who believe that too much land is protected. Thirty-two percent believe we have the right amount protected. The poll was commissioned by the Heritage Forests Campaign. What Oregonians Think About Wilderness Protection Oregonians favor wilderness protection by a 2-1 margin. A statewide survey of Oregon voters conducted in the Fall of 1999 shows major support for the permanent protection of roadless areas on large tracts of National Forest lands.