 Reagan continued his efforts after being elected President in 1980 and his influence helped the area to eventually be designated as wilderness by this legislation.The Sierra Nevada escarpment is now a continuous wilderness from Round Mountain (near Inyokern) to Tioga Pass, a distance of about 150 miles.The passage of the California Wilderness Act created the Siskiyou Wilderness within the Six Rivers, Klamath and Siskiyou national forests.