[mrosett]

Forested is not wilderness. Most forests have lots of roads, power lines running through them, etc. You're just trying to redefine a defined term.

[willcipriano]

Prior to 1946 there was no wilderness as the BLM didn't exist to define it as such.

Or they don't own the definition.

[nullindividual]

Congress owns the definition via the Wilderness Act, which are tracts of land with no human presence or impact.

Perhaps that will give you context in this discussion.