---
kind: "unit"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
key: "ch23"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 23"
heading: "National Wilderness Preservation System"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/ch23"
sections_count: 6
---

# Chapter 23 — National Wilderness Preservation System

Title 16 — Conservation

## Sections

- [§1131. National Wilderness Preservation System](/usc/16/1131.md)
- [§1132. Extent of System](/usc/16/1132.md)
- [§1133. Use of wilderness areas](/usc/16/1133.md)
- [§1134. State and private lands within wilderness areas](/usc/16/1134.md)
- [§1135. Gifts, bequests, and contributions](/usc/16/1135.md)
- [§1136. Annual reports to Congress](/usc/16/1136.md)