Defining Wilderness

The central focus of the picture is of course the steam engine chugging throught the valley.  Which is what the American Wilderness has transformed into.  Take away the train and you have the ultimate vision of wilderness. The rugged mountain in the distance, free from any human contact.  Then off to the right is a sort of pine barrens that also appears to be free from human habitat.  But we must take into consideration the train as well.  From the Atlantic to the Pacific, the enitre United States of America looked like the backround of the picture.  But through the years, people have devloped the land into cities and towns by way of deforestation and wilderness deconstruction.  And unless the federal government designates more natural wilderness that may not be industrialized, the rest of the country is just going to be a steaming pile pollution and garbage.  The wilderness is something to be treasured and valued in my opinion.  In a hundred years from know, whats is the youth going to explore and find themselves if all we have is city streets.  Like the people on this tratin, it is important to explore the wilderness around you, but not to go as far as industrializing every last area of the country.