Because the land has such a high public interest value he believes his land is extremely valuable, however when the government appraises his land they actually lower the estimated value of the land. They do this by saying that endangered species habitat severely curtails a person's ability to develop his land. The Committee intends to continue to conduct oversight over the BLM land exchange process. The Committee intends to examine ways of making the BLM land exchange process easier to complete. In 1964 Congress passed the Wilderness Act.
Wilderness areas have extreme access limitations designed to keep the land in a pristine state.
The Wilderness act has successfully preserved millions of acres of land throughout the United States. There have, however, been several problems with it's implementation. One example is the enormous disparity between wilderness designations in the West and in the East. Since 1964 over 95 percent of the Nation's wilderness has been designated in the West. Another problem with the Wilderness Act is non-flexibility.