One area of uncertainty is the relationship between the Wilderness Act and other previous legislation, since the Act sharply changes the status of these lands but purports not to repeal such previous legislation.

• 但《荒野法案》和以前的一些法律的关系仍不清楚明白，该法中的规定大大改变了原来这些土地的状态而又声明不废止原有的法律。