The Wilderness Writings of Howard ZahniserHoward Zahniser (19061964), executive secretary of The Wilderness Society and editor of The Living Wilderness from 1945 to 1964, is arguably the person most responsible for drafting and promoting the Wilderness Act in 1964. The act, which created the National Wilderness Preservation System, was the culmination of Zahnisers years of tenacious lobbying and his work with conservationists across the nation. In 1964, fifty four wilderness areas in thirteen