21.   ATLANTA - President Clinton pledged Friday that the federal government would protect fragile stretches of seas and beaches in a network of preserves resembling national parks and wilderness areas.

22.   Barbara Ferguson of the Backcountry Horsemen of California said her group opposes the bill in its present form even though horses and mules are allowed in wilderness areas.

23.   Because its western border runs mostly through a wilderness area, getting crews to that front is a logistical nightmare.

24.   Bicycles are not allowed on Cumberland, because much of the island is a federal wilderness area where mechanized gizmos of any sort are prohibited.

25.   Bird-watching works everywhere, from your back yard to wilderness areas.

26.   A good program for protecting such lands by designating them as wilderness areas has already helped a lot.

27.   A manhunt for him has focused on rugged wilderness area of western North Carolina where the part time carpenter has sometimes lived.

28.   A proposal by Eldorado National Forest would eliminate aerial trout stocks this summer at many of the best lakes in the Desolation, Emigrant and Mokelumne wilderness areas.

29.   A plan to create a new wilderness area in the San Isabel National Forest moves closer to passage following Senate action Thursday.

30.   A week later, another Boy Scout group from Texas had to be evacuated by helicopter after the Scouts attempted a similar descent through a remote wilderness area.