Arthur Carhart

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Arthur Carhart (1892-1978) was a US Forest Service official who inspired wilderness protection in the United States.

In 1920, Carhart was charged by the Forest Service to survey a road in the White River National Forest, near Trappers Lake. Upon completion of the survey, he decided that the land should be preserved as wilderness. The Forest Service agreed, and the area was protected. The protection of Trappers Lake was the first of its kind in the history of the Forest Service.

[edit] See also

• Flat Tops Wilderness Area

[edit] External links

• Arthur Carhart Wilderness Training Center