[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 43, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 43CFR19.2]

[Page 417]
 
                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
PART 19--WILDERNESS PRESERVATION--Table of Contents
 
           Subpart A--National Wilderness Preservation System
 
Sec. 19.2  Definitions.

    As used in this subpart the term:
    (a) National Forest Wilderness means an area or part of an area of 
national forest lands designated by the Wilderness Act or by a 
subsequent act of Congress as a wilderness area.
    (b) National Park System means all federally owned or controlled 
areas administered by the Secretary through the National Park Service.
    (c) National Wilderness Preservation System means the Federally 
owned areas designated by the Wilderness Act or subsequent acts of 
Congress as wilderness areas.
    (d) National Wildlife Refuge System means those lands and waters 
administered by the Secretary as wildlife refuges, wildlife ranges, game 
ranges, wildlife management areas, and waterfowl production areas 
established under any statute, proclamation, executive order, or public 
land order.
    (e) Roadless area means a reasonably compact area of undeveloped 
Federal land which possesses the general characteristics of a wilderness 
and within which there is no improved road that is suitable for public 
travel by means of four-wheeled, motorized vehicles intended primarily 
for highway use.
    (f) Roadless island means a roadless area that is surrounded by 
permanent waters or that is markedly distinguished from surrounding 
lands by topographical or ecological features such as precipices, 
canyons, thickets, or swamps.
    (g) Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior or an official of 
the Department of the Interior who exercises authority delegated by the 
Secretary of the Interior.
    (h) Wilderness means a wilderness as defined in section 2(c) of the 
Wilderness Act.