The Vermont Wilderness Act of 1984 () was signed into law by President Ronald Reagan on June 19, 1984. The Act designated four new wilderness areas in the U.S. state of Vermont, while expanding one existing wilderness area. A total of of new wilderness was created, all in the Green Mountain National Forest, and a new National Recreation Area was established.
+ New Wilderness Areas Approximate areaacresha Breadloaf Wilderness Big Branch Wilderness Peru Peak Wilderness George D. Aiken Wilderness
The Act added to the Lye Brook Wilderness, (which had been created by the Eastern Wilderness Areas Act of 1975), and created the White Rocks National Recreation Area in the Green Mountain National Forest. This new recreation area, which included both the Big Branch Wilderness and Peru Peak Wilderness, consisted of . The Vermont Wilderness Act was one of a number of federal Wildnerness Acts signed in 1984 which established and expanded wilderness areas in different states, including the Washington, Oregon and California Wilderness Acts.
See also
List of U.S. Wilderness Areas Wilderness Act New England Wilderness Act of 2006
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