The learning objectives for this session were:
1. Participants will leave with an understanding of the legislative history of the Wilderness Act as well as National Park Service policies regarding the stewardship of cultural resources in wilderness, which they can apply to their own projects as appropriate.
2. Participants will gain knowledge of concepts related to wilderness character.
3. Participants will enhance their knowledge about some of the current challenges associated with the preservation of cultural landscapes in wilderness areas through case study examples at Olympic National Park.
4. Participants will become familiar with historic preservation activities in wilderness areas that include natural resource concerns with case study examples from the North Cascades National Park Complex and possibly implement some of these activities in their own work, if appropriate.