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What these marvelous areas will look like in the future depends on how we treat them today. Since major population centers are hundreds of miles away, these areas have not been prone to the heavy recreational use that is prevalent in the Sierra Nevada. Far more people were here 150 years or so ago than now, when preservation of the wilderness was not on the minds of the early miners and settlers who ravaged the land for their own economic gain. The area has recovered quite nicely from the debacle of the mining days, thanks to a scarcity of human beings in the nearly century and a half that followed. Recreational use of the wilderness has declined in modern times—a boon to solitude seekers but perhaps not so great for the protection of wilderness itself. Without enough advocates of the wilderness who appreciate the numerous blessings the natural world has to offer, who knows what fate could ultimately befall this wonderful area.

Hikers can follow several guidelines for the preservation and health of the backcountry. A simple list of widely accepted wilderness practices follows: