Land Numbers

According to a recent article, Locals oppose park plan - 05/16/04 there are 249,218 acres of officially designated wilderness. This is less than 1 percent of the states 36.4 million acres.

Nationwide Outside Magazine .6% of the US is paved if you count only roads. If you add things such as parking lots, sidewalks etc. 1.29% of the US is paved.