Fact Sheets

• State of the Wild: Unfinished Business

  • Jan 25, 2012, 12:25 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  As the second session of the 112th Congress gets underway, the Pew Environment Group is working with local residents to enact 20 pending pieces of conservation legislation. These bills would protect more than 2 million acres of wilderness across 11 states.More

   

Reports

• Wild... For How Long? Ten Treasures in Trouble

  • Apr 21, 2008, 14:50 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  "Wild...For How Long? Ten Treasures in Trouble" looks at ten special wild areas from coast to coast, vulnerable today to mining, drilling, roadbuilding, logging, development and off-road vehicle abuse.More

   

• Wilderness: Where Hunting and Fishing are Best

  • Mar 24, 2008, 15:05 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  "Hunting in the wilderness is of all pastimes the most attractive," wrote Theodore Roosevelt more than 115 years ago.More

   

• Best Practices for Wilderness Advocates Working with the Business Community

  • Nov 01, 2007, 19:10 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  This guide is a collection of advice, stories, and examples of how conservation organizations can best engage businesses in their campaigns.More

   

• A Mandate To Protect America's Wilderness

  • Oct 04, 2004, 14:10 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Surveys of public opinion taken over the past four years by commercial polling firms and the media--and by the federal government itself-—consistently find that the American people treasure the heritage of wilderness on their public lands.More

   

• Closing and Restoring Roads for Inclusion in a Wilderness Area

  • Feb 01, 2004, 18:35 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Precedents Congress has established in choosing to close roads or road spurs for inclusion in a wilderness area, beginning with the first Department of the Interior wilderness area in 1968, where a congressional committee approved the area after it had "received assurance that a secondary road that now bisects the area will be closed and appropriate measures taken to permit it to revert to a more primitive state."More

   

• State of the Wild 2004

  • Jan 21, 2004, 14:45 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  2004 marks the 40th anniversary of the Wilderness Act, a conservation beacon which has been used to build the nation’s National Wilderness Preservation System to its current 106 million acres across 44 of our states.More

   

• People Protecting Wilderness For People: Celebrating 40 Years of the Wilderness Act

  • Sep 01, 2003, 14:30 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  In reaction to the loss of wilderness was born a uniquely American idea: to deliberately preserve scenic wonders and expanses of wild nature as wilderness, with a motive of not losing the imprint of frontier wildness so formative and fundamental to American values.More

   

• Mechanization in Wilderness Areas: Motors, Motorized Equipment, and Other Forms of Mechanical Transport

  • Apr 01, 2003, 18:25 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  What are the law, regulations, and precedents-and the history-of excluding motors and "other forms of mechanical transport" from wilderness areas? What are the exceptions? What about mountain bicycles?More

   

• Mountain Biking in Wilderness, Some History

  • Mar 01, 2003, 19:25 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  This article first appeared in the Spring 2003 issue of Wild Earth and is used with the permission of the author.More

   

• Legally Designated Wilderness: The Essential Habitat for Human-Powered Snow Sports ...and Wildlife

  • Jan 01, 2003, 18:40 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  In June 2000, the Associated Press reported on a computer mapping study finding that no spot in the United States outside of Alaska is farther than 20 miles from the nearest road.More

   

• Untrammeled, Wilderness Character, and the Challenges of Wilderness Preservation

  • Dec 01, 2001, 18:45 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  This article first appeared in the fall/winter 2001-2002 issue of Wild Earth, and is used with the permission of the author.More

   

Other Resources

• Pew Opposes Threats to Public Lands at the Border

  • Jun 14, 2013, 14:10 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  The Pew Charitable Trusts is working to eliminate or at a minimum limit provisions in the pending immigration reform bill that would adversely impact public health and safety, the environment, and public lands along our nation’s borders. Today, Mike Matz, Director, U.S. Public Lands, sent a letter (link) to each Senate office outlining Pew’s concerns.More

   

• Talking it Over, Finding Agreement

  • Jun 10, 2013, 09:00 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  It’s remarkable what can happen when people talk to each other. In a part of the Idaho panhandle, a great plan to provide jobs and leave a natural legacy for future generations has been approved because people sat at a table, spent time with each other, listened, and learned.More

   

• Crisscrossing Montana's Snowcrest Range

  • Jun 10, 2013, 09:00 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Southeast of Dillon, MT, lies the Snowcrest Range, one of the wildest mountain areas in the state, which makes it one of the wildest in the West.More

   

• The Antiquities Act

  • Jun 10, 2013, 09:00 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  On the 107th anniversary of the signing of the Antiquities Act this month, Americans can count over 100 cultural sites, historic places, and wild landscapes as permanently protected, thanks to this important conservation measure.More

   

• Continued Focus on Public Lands and Wilderness in May - For Good, and Ill

  • Jun 10, 2013, 09:00 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  May was an active month in Congress for public lands issues. Both the House and Senate held several hearings and markups on land protection legislation. Unfortunately, committees also considered measures to weaken protections for our public lands.More

   

• Oregonians Say They Want More Land and Water Protections

  • May 21, 2013, 13:00 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Oregonians understand the importance of and want to protect the clean drinking water, ancient forests, wilderness, and wild salmon of the O&C lands. Voters believe that protecting old growth forests, bodies of water, and the wildlife that live there is the top priority.More

   

• Making Great Lives

  • May 14, 2013, 14:00 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Already in this 113th Congress, fifteen bills to add public lands to the National Wilderness Preservation System that Pew is working on have been introduced in either the House, Senate, or both bodies. Five of these bills have had hearings, and three have been approved by the committee with jurisdiction, which makes them ripe for floor action.More

   

• Sonoran Wild Lands Have Their Day in the Sun

  • May 14, 2013, 13:50 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  The proposed Gila Bend Mountains Wilderness and National Conservation Area, part of the Arizona Sonoran Desert Heritage Act of 2013, is approximately 546,600 acres and comprises seven existing and nine new wilderness areas, including Saddle Mountain and Red Rock Canyon.More

   

• The 50th Anniversary Wilderness Photography Contest

  • May 14, 2013, 13:50 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  With the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act approaching, Nature’s Best Photography has a special project is underway: a wilderness photography contest. More

   

• April Showers Wilderness Action

  • May 13, 2013, 14:00 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Five wilderness bills were the subject of congressional testimony and four others were introduced in April, proving that when it rains, it really does pour.More

   

• Protecting Arizona's Sonoran Desert

  • Apr 29, 2013, 13:00 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Based on intensive field work, a broad coalition of Arizonans has developed a proposal to more fully protect the stark-yet-fragile landscapes of the Sonoran Desert south and west of Phoenix.More

   

• Earth Day Momentum Brings New Wilderness Bills in Congress

  • Apr 25, 2013, 15:10 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  As Americans across the nation celebrated Earth Day 2013, members of Congress got into the spirit by introducing more legislation to safeguard additional public land.More

   

• Wilderness Bills Get Hearing in the Senate

  • Apr 25, 2013, 10:35 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests will hear testimony today on a number of public lands bills, including five wilderness bills that together would protect over 200,000 acres of wilderness and 166 miles of wild and scenic rivers.More

   

• Earth Day: Celebrating Our Common Ground

  • Apr 22, 2013, 09:30 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  This Earth Day we honor the dozen wilderness bills currently pending in Congress that The Pew Charitable Trusts is working to protect, and the citizens across our country who are advocating for preserving more of our original earth.More

   

• A New Mexico Gem Will Shine Forever

  • Apr 10, 2013, 13:00 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  With the stroke of his pen, President Obama protected the Taos Plateau, San Antonio and Ute Mountains, and the famed Rio Grande Gorge a new national monument under authority of the 1906 Antiquities Act. Eight presidents since Teddy Roosevelt have used this law to protect land -- four each, Republican and Democrat.More

   

• Golden Opportunities in the Golden State

  • Apr 10, 2013, 13:00 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  In the lower 48, no state is blessed with as much pristine wild lands and potential wilderness as is California. Home to some of the country’s most recognized and popular public lands—including nearly 150 areas already designated as wilderness, the Golden State is the one key place in the continental U.S. where we believe there are golden opportunities in the 113th Congress for this highest level of land protection.More

   

• Both Congress and Obama Move on Lands Protections

  • Apr 10, 2013, 13:00 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Last week, President Obama took action to safeguard public lands when he announced a slate of new National Monuments on March 25th. Pew’s U.S. Public Lands Program looks forward to working with Congressional champions and a reinvigorated Obama Administration to preserve additional wild places in the coming months.More

   

• Ginny Wood, Pioneering Conservationist in Alaska, Dies at 95

  • Apr 10, 2013, 13:00 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Ginny Wood was an effervescent presence, always busy, eager to talk, and an inspiring influence on many budding conservationists. After serving her country during World War II in the Women’s Air Force Service Pilots (WASPS), Ginny began a destinguished career as a conservation by co-founded the Alaska Conservation Society.More

   

• Dispatch from the Big Draft Wilderness

  • Mar 26, 2013, 11:55 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  The 2009 Omnibus Public Land Management Act included a measure to designate 37,000 acres on the Monongahela National Forest in West Virginia as wilderness. Recently, Pew employees Linsday Schlageter and Anders Reynolds hiked through one of these newly protected areas, the Big Draft Wilderness.More

   

• Wilderness Bills Ready for Senate Vote

  • Mar 14, 2013, 11:55 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee approved 19 public lands bills that had cleared the committee last Congress, including four wilderness bills that together would protect over 84,000 acres of wilderness. These bills did not receive a final vote before the 112th Congress adjourned.More

   

• Moving Toward Wilderness Protection

  • Mar 12, 2013, 11:35 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  In these early days of the 113th Congress, more than 15 wilderness bills have been introduced in both chambers. Most of these measures were active in the last Congress and enjoy a great deal of local support from business leaders, ranchers and farmers, sportsmen, and elected officials. That’s why our representatives in Washington sponsor them. And that is one reason they have been reintroduced in this nascent first session of the new Congress. More

   

• Exploring Browns Canyon, Colorado

  • Mar 12, 2013, 11:30 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  In recent years, a broad coalition of groups has built deep local support for congressional designation of a 22,000-acre national monument in Browns Canyon, which includes wilderness protection for the core of the Browns Canyon area.More

   

• Introducing Interior Secretary-Nominee Sally Jewell

  • Mar 12, 2013, 11:25 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  President Barack Obama has chosen Recreational Equipment Inc. (REI) chief executive Sally Jewell to replace Ken Salazar as secretary of the interior.More

   

• Early Momentum - Wilderness Goes to 11

  • Mar 11, 2013, 11:20 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  February was another big month for wilderness in Congress, with members in both houses demonstrating the popularity of land conservation across the West. Five new bills were introduced, bringing the year’s total to 11. But The Pew Charitable Trusts’ work isn’t stopping there, as we expect more wilderness legislation in the weeks and months ahead. More

   

• Dispatch from the Cherokee National Forest

  • Feb 28, 2013, 11:20 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Pew staff members recently hiked through proposed Upper Bald River wilderness in Tennessee with coalition partners Tennessee Wild.More

   

• Dispatch from Northern New Mexico

  • Feb 19, 2013, 12:10 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  In late January, Jim Mathews, a manager of U.S. Public Lands for the Pew Charitable Trusts traveled to New Mexico and documented his day touring the Rio Grande del Norte.More

   

• Message from Mike Matz - Get Outside and Read!

  • Feb 06, 2013, 15:20 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Mike Matz introduces this month's newsletter by discussing his wilderness resolutions of the year.More

   

• Idaho Conservation League Turns 40

  • Feb 06, 2013, 15:20 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Congratulations are in order for the Idaho Conservation League as the organization celebrates its 40th anniversary this year. More

   

• A New Beginning - The 113th Congress Convenes

  • Feb 06, 2013, 15:20 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  The new Congress convened at noon Jan. 3, only minutes after the 112th Congress had adjourned. It got off to a good start, as three wilderness bills were introduced in the House of Representatives on the very first day.More

   

• Proposed Great Burn Wilderness

  • Feb 06, 2013, 15:15 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  More than a century ago, hurricane-force winds drove lightning-sparked and human-caused fires across almost 3 million acres of Idaho and Montana. Learn more about this area now known as the Great Burn which is, according to National Geographic, “a gem of wild beauty.”More

   

• Dispatch from Gold Butte, Nevada's Piece of the Grand Canyon

  • Jan 31, 2013, 11:30 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  While in Southeastern Nevada, Pew's Lindsay Schlageter tours the beautiful landscape of the Gold Butte area.More

   

• Wilderness Bills in the 113th Congress

  • Jan 23, 2013, 10:00 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  The Pew Campaign for America's Wilderness is working on the following bills pending in Congress.More

   

• Mike Matz: Unfinished Business

  • Jan 15, 2013, 16:00 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  The 112th Congress, which wrapped up this month, managed to keep the nation from falling off the fiscal cliff but left a considerable amount of unfinished business.More

   

• South Dakota's Red Shirt Proposed Wilderness

  • Jan 15, 2013, 16:00 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  The grasslands of South Dakota represent one of America’s great wild places. The windswept plains of Buffalo Gap National Grassland contain areas that look much as they did when Lewis and Clark marveled over them more than 200 years ago.More

   

• Redistricting Creates New Wilderness Opportunities

  • Jan 15, 2013, 16:00 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  As district lines shift, wilderness advocates may find their favorite place is now in a district with a new representative. Combined with the normal changeover in the House, this often means important shifts for wilderness politics in the Congress.More

   

• Congress Adjourns, Leaving Unfinished Business

  • Jan 15, 2013, 16:00 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Even as the 112th Congress became the first since 1966 to fail to enact any wilderness legislation, momentum for protection continued, setting the stage for a renewed effort this year.More

   

• The Clock Is Ticking for Wilderness

  • Dec 20, 2012, 09:50 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Time is running out for some two-dozen wilderness bills pending in Congress. Together, these pieces of legislation would safeguard more than 2 million acres of our nation’s most amazing wild places.More

   

• Dispatch from the Taos Plateau

  • Dec 17, 2012, 15:10 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  My family likes to take advantage of school breaks around the holidays to explore a new locale, and this past Thanksgiving we traveled to the Rio Grande del Norte in north-central New Mexico.More

   

• Ute Mountain and Rio Grande del Norte National Conservation Area

  • Dec 14, 2012, 10:05 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  In the wild sage brush plains of Taos County, New Mexico, Ute Mountain looms. An isolated, free-standing former volcano, Ute Mountain rises nearly 3,000 feet above the surrounding plains, reaching an elevation of 10,093 feet – the highest point on Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land in the state. It’s a dramatic focal point for a scenic landscape that borders the Rio Grande Gorge.  More

   

• The Faces of Wilderness

  • Dec 06, 2012, 09:00 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  We are teachers, business owners, chamber of commerce leaders, guides, outfitters, members of the faith community, hunters, anglers, and elected officials. We are the faces of wilderness protection. More

   

• If Congress Can't, the President Must

  • Dec 06, 2012, 09:00 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  President Teddy Roosevelt signed the bill into law and then used it 18 times in 2½ years. Under the same authority, President Jimmy Carter saved 56 million acres of Alaska, our last frontier.More

   

• A Rare Opportunity to Save Old-Growth Treasures

  • Dec 06, 2012, 09:00 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Nestled throughout western Oregon are 2.6 million acres of federal lands rich with biodiversity are fraught with management challenges.More

   

• Will Modest Electoral Change Spur Congress to Act?

  • Dec 06, 2012, 09:00 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  It may have been the most expensive campaign season in American history, but now that the dust has settled, the overall effect of all those television ads and emails is a 113th Congress looking pretty much like the current one, with the status quo preserved in Washington.More

   

• 'This American Land' Series Features Wilderness in New Mexico, Montana, Other States

  • Nov 08, 2012, 09:25 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  With the election over and Congress reconvening to address unfinished business, Pew and its partners are working on 25 pieces of legislation that together would protect more than 4 million acres of public wild land across the country.More

   

• In Congress: Toiling in the Fields for Wilderness

  • Nov 07, 2012, 13:55 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  It has been quiet on Capitol Hill with Congress out of session and representatives and senators campaigning for the November elections. But that doesn’t mean all is quiet on the wilderness front.More

   

• Gold Butte - Nevada's Piece of the Grand Canyon

  • Nov 07, 2012, 13:40 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  On a recent Saturday morning in downtown Mesquite, Nev., several thousand people came to see local artists, businesses, and musicians at the Gold Butte Days festival, the first of its kind.More

   

• Message from Mike Matz – This is it!

  • Nov 07, 2012, 13:35 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  We’re on the final push. With the campaigning over, Congress returns and attempts to take care of unfinished business.More

   

• Spotlight On: National Park Service Wilderness Videos

  • Nov 07, 2012, 13:35 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  In setting out to capture the diversity of experiences Americans enjoy in our nation’s wilderness areas, the National Park Service has embarked on an important journey, one told through the stories of hikers, anglers, stargazers, solitude-seekers, students, photographers, and many, many more.More

   

• Dispatch from the Buffalo Gap National Grassland

  • Oct 30, 2012, 11:30 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  The proposed Red Shirt Wilderness lies within Buffalo Gap National Grassland—the second-largest National Grassland in the country, encompassing nearly 600,000 acres in southwestern South Dakota.More

   

• Spotlight On: 50th Anniversary of the Wilderness Act

  • Oct 09, 2012, 14:45 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Sept. 3, 2014, may be almost 700 days away, but planning for the celebration of that notable date, the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act, is well under way and has been for at least two years. More

   

• Stand Up and Be Counted

  • Oct 09, 2012, 14:25 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Although it seems much divides Americans today, wilderness protection rises above because it is truly nonpartisan and seeks balanced compromises. What unites us is the idea of leaving a legacy of our natural heritage for our children so they can have the same experiences we have had. If our communities have clean water to drink, healthy air to breathe, recreational opportunities such as hunting and fishing to enjoy, and a high quality-of-life factor that attracts employers and employees alike, so much the better.More

   

• In Congress: Will a ‘Lame Duck’ Be Good for Wilderness?

  • Oct 09, 2012, 14:15 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  The 112th Congress recessed for the 2012 elections in late September. As of now, Congress is scheduled to reconvene for official business Nov. 13 for the remainder of the year. While historically rare, these “lame duck” sessions have become more frequent in recent years, allowing the current Congress to complete unfinished business after a national election.More

   

• Featured Wilderness: A Hike into Tennessee's Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock Wilderness

  • Oct 09, 2012, 14:10 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  The Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock Wilderness stretches across eastern Tennessee into western North Carolina, encompassing 17,394 wooded acres in the Nantahala and Cherokee national forests. This area embodies the rare beauty of old growth, virgin forest—an oasis of ancient trees that escaped the human bladeMore

   

• The San Juan Islands

  • Oct 01, 2012, 15:25 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  The San Juan Islands are an archipelago of 172 islands located off the coast of northwest Washington state outside of Vancouver, BC. The Bureau of Land Management manages nearly 1,000 acres of these islands spread over about 75 sites of beaches, reefs and pristine forests.More

   

• Pew Environment Group Infographics Collection

  • Sep 25, 2012, 12:30 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness, Atlantic Menhaden Campaign, Global Shark Conservation, Global Tuna Conservation, Clean Energy Program, Gulf Surface Longline Campaign

  A collection of infographics created by the Pew Environment Group.More

   

• In Congress: August Work Is Largely Behind the Scenes

  • Sep 14, 2012, 14:40 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  The 112th Congress has passed few bills of any kind and no wilderness legislation.  Although members of both parties have introduced more than two dozen measures in the House and Senate to designate or expand wilderness areas, the House Natural Resources Committee leadership has chosen not to advance any of them.More

   

• Spotlight On: New Book on Wilderness Movement History

  • Sep 14, 2012, 14:35 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

   Since passage of the Wilderness Act in 1964, Congress has extended its strong protection to an additional 100 million acres. Each success story reveals the vital importance of broad grassroots support from local citizen organizations  as well as bipartisan congressional backing for wilderness preservation, which continues to this day.  More

   

• Mike Matz: 'This American Land' TV Series Showcases Diverse Wilderness Advocates

  • Sep 14, 2012, 14:20 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  The second season of the television series “This American Land,” broadcasting on PBS, devotes eight segments to some of these wild treasures. More

   

• Featured Wilderness: Sleeping Bear Dunes - The Most Beautiful Place in America?

  • Sep 14, 2012, 14:15 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore's miles of sand beach, bluffs towering 450 feet, lush forests, clear inland lakes, and unique flora and fauna earned it the title of “Most Beautiful Place in America” last year  from ABC’s “Good Morning America” program.  More

   

• Unfinished Business: A Major Conservation Opportunity for Congress

  • Sep 04, 2012, 11:55 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Woven into this nation’s character and traditions are its vibrant ancient forests, wildflower-carpeted deserts, snow-capped peaks, and jagged redrock canyons. These magnificent wild places are on par with the Serengeti, the Amazon, and the Gobi, and America is an inspiration to other countries to protect natural treasures for future generations.  More

   

• Infographic: Leave it Wild

  • Sep 04, 2012, 10:05 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  The 112th Congress has an opportunity to protect over 2.3 million acres of wilderness before they adjourn and leave a lasting natural legacy for generations to come.More

   

• Signing Ceremony Kicks Off Celebration of 50th Anniversary of Wilderness Act

  • Aug 23, 2012, 09:30 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  The 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act celebration kicked off today as federal land management agency leaders and conservation groups agreed to work together in the months leading up to the actual anniversary—September 2014—to raise awareness of the benefits and values of wilderness.More

   

• Featured Wilderness: Washington's Wild Olympics

  • Aug 09, 2012, 15:15 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  After nearly three years of public involvement and extensive input by local communities, Rep. Norm Dicks (D-WA) and Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) introduced the Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 2012 on June 21.  More

   

• Spotlight On: Common Ground Ad Campaign

  • Aug 09, 2012, 15:15 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  For the past 10 years, the Campaign for America’s Wilderness has worked with local coalitions to build grassroots support for wilderness protection. From business owners to real estate agents, and ranchers to sportsmen, people from all backgrounds have come together to work toward ensuring that their favorite wild places will remain as they are for future generations to enjoy. More

   

• Special Feature: Desert Conference XXVI: Education, Inspiration, and Collaboration for Deserts of the Great Basin and Beyond

  • Aug 09, 2012, 15:15 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  The Oregon Natural Desert Association (ONDA) is excited to announce the return of the Desert Conference this fall, sponsored by the Pew Charitable Trusts and the Sierra Club.  More

   

• Mike Matz: A New Chapter Begins for Conservation Champion Bill Meadows

  • Aug 09, 2012, 15:10 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Too often, we don’t take the time or make the effort to pat someone on the back for a job well done, but I have the opportunity this month to do just that by extolling the good work of a friend and colleague, William H. Meadows, who since 1996 has served as president of The Wilderness Society.  More

   

• In Congress: Pecking Away at a Public Lands Agenda

  • Aug 09, 2012, 15:10 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Although the bird most often associated with July is the bald eagle, action last month by the House Committee on Natural Resources focused on safeguarding the habitat of the critically endangered California condor.  The committee considered two lands bills to help the preservation of this raptor’s historical and rehabilitative range.  More

   

• Featured Wilderness: Oregon's Rogue River

  • Jul 11, 2012, 13:00 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Southwestern Oregon’s remarkable Rogue River is the centerpiece of one of the most outstanding and ecologically rich landscapes in the United States. Starting high in the volcano-dotted Cascade Range, the Rogue River winds its way more than 200 miles through the rugged Klamath Mountains to the Pacific Ocean.  More

   

• Mike Matz: Why Wilderness Makes Perfect Sense

  • Jul 11, 2012, 12:20 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Exciting things happened in the last month that cast a shining light on public support for, and the economic benefits of, protecting wilderness. These events reaffirmed the view that these places are important as a legacy for future generations.More

   

• In Congress: A Mostly Rough Month for Wilderness

  • Jul 11, 2012, 12:20 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  June was a busy month in Washington for the Campaign for America’s Wilderness, though not in the way we had hoped. The weather heated up, along with the rhetoric, as Congress debated anti-wilderness and forest management provisions included in H.R. 2578, the somewhat misnamed Conservation and Economic Growth Act.More

   

• Spotlight On: Great Outdoors America Week

  • Jul 11, 2012, 12:10 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  President Obama declared June Great Outdoors Month, saying “America’s natural treasures and unique landscapes have always mirrored the rugged independence and cherished diversity that define our national character."More

   

• House Votes to Put Public Lands at Risk

  • Jun 20, 2012, 10:45 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness, U.S. Forests Campaign

  On June 19, 2012, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to give operational control of all of America’s public lands to one agency: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). H.R. 2578 includes the National Security and Federal Land Protection Act as well as 13 other bills, and would suspend outright 16 environmental laws, including the Endangered Species Act, within 100 miles of U.S. borders with Mexico and Canada.More

   

• House Votes to Log Old Growth Forest, Waive Environmental Laws

  • Jun 19, 2012, 18:25 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness, U.S. Forests Campaign

  Today, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to allow logging in the heart of Alaska’s ancient rainforest and waive fundamental conservation laws, including the Endangered Species Act, within 100 miles of U.S. borders with Mexico and Canada.More

   

• Spotlight On: Border Bill

  • Jun 12, 2012, 13:50 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  The National Security and Federal Lands Protection Act (H.R. 1505) is far-reaching legislation in every sense. Sponsored by Rep. Rob Bishop (R-UT), it grants broad new policing powers to federal border agents and allows them to ignore nearly 40 environmental and biodiversity preservation laws, international agreements, and public processes within a 100-mile band along the nation’s northern and southern borders.More

   

• Featured Wilderness: New Mexico's Columbine Hondo

  • Jun 12, 2012, 11:20 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  High above Taos, NM, just east of town, rise the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, a rugged range doubling as a scenic backdrop and water purifier for the community. Nestled within these mountains is the Columbine Hondo, a high alpine ecosystem home to mule deer, elk, black bear, and mountain lion that is also full of recreational opportunities.More

   

• In Congress: A Spring Blossoming on Wilderness

  • Jun 01, 2012, 12:55 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  April showers did not come to Washington, DC, until early May this year.  As a result, even in light of the mild winter, spring flowers were a little late in arriving.  The same cannot be said about efforts to protect wilderness—with the introduction of one more bill to protect special wild lands.More

   

• Wilderness Is our Common Ground

  • May 24, 2012, 11:45 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Across the United States, people from all backgrounds—from business owners to real estate agents, and ranchers to sportsmen—are working together to ensure that their favorite wild places can remain as they are. Collaborating across party lines and putting aside differences, they have found a common goal that unites them in the work of protecting wilderness.More

   

• In Congress: Bill Aims to Divide Hunters and Conservationists

  • May 07, 2012, 14:15 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Because Congress traditionally breaks for the Easter and Passover holidays, the House and Senate were in session for only half of April.More

   

• Spotlight On: Veterans Protecting 'The Land We Love'

  • May 07, 2012, 14:10 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Veterans of America's armed forces make all kinds of sacrifices to preserve the values that shape our national identity. Some return home intent on continuing their service in unexpected ways—such as advocating for protecting our public lands.More

   

• Featured Wilderness: Los Padres National Forest

  • May 07, 2012, 13:25 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Located near the intersection of the marine coastline, the warm semiarid desert of Southern California, and the cooler, wetter central regions of the state, the Los Padres National Forest forms one of the richest ecosystems in the world—attracting more than 1.8 million visitors a year.More

   

• Mike Matz: Wilderness Storytelling

  • May 07, 2012, 13:15 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Barry Lopez came to town last month and delivered a talk entitled “The Writer and Social Responsibility,” which was as positively delightful as it was intellectually provocative.More

   

• An Earth Day Celebration in Photos

  • Apr 19, 2012, 12:45 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Our ancestors had the forethought to set aside some of these amazing places as national parks, forests, and wilderness areas, and we continue to work to protect even more of them today. We are thankful  for our wild places and would like to celebrate them in photos.More

   

• In Congress: A Lion of a Month for Wilderness Legislation

  • Apr 09, 2012, 06:55 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  After a quiet start, the second session of the 112th Congress sprang to life in March, holding its first three hearings of the year on wilderness legislation—two in the House of Representatives and one in the Senate.More

   

• Featured Wilderness: Rocky Mountain Front

  • Apr 09, 2012, 06:50 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  There is a place in the United States so remote, so wild and untethered by man, so much like it was when the Blackfeet traversed its great expanses, that grizzly bears mark the beginning of each spring by awakening from their slumber to leave their mountain dens and roam the open plains of grass in search of deer and elk exactly as their ancestors have done for millennia.More

   

• Mike Matz: People Like You Make Earth Day Possible

  • Apr 09, 2012, 06:40 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Earth Day lands officially on April 22 in 2012.More

   

• Spotlight On: Earth Day

  • Apr 09, 2012, 06:00 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Earth Day originated in 1970, blossoming from an idea that a small group of us would organize events on a handful of college campuses to raise awareness about environmental issues.More

   

• Extra Feature: Wilderness Photo Roundup

  • Mar 07, 2012, 08:05 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  The mountains are still covered with snow, but desert wildflowers will soon be blooming, and that means spring is right around the corner.More

   

• Spotlight On: Interactive Timeline of American Land Protection

  • Mar 07, 2012, 02:00 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Americans’ passion for protecting public land dates back more than a century.More

   

• In Congress: Another Avenue for Rogue and Devil's Staircase Wilderness

  • Mar 07, 2012, 01:50 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Like a peaceful walk in the wilderness, things in Congress were pretty quiet in February.More

   

• Featured Wilderness: Ute Mountain and Rio Grande Gorge

  • Mar 07, 2012, 01:35 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Just south of the Colorado line, Ute Mountain rises to an elevation of 10,093 feet, dominating the New Mexico landscape.More

   

• Ken Rait: A New Approach to Conserving Western Lands

  • Mar 07, 2012, 01:20 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness, Western Lands Initiative

  Protecting open spaces and wildplaces on America’s public lands for future generations: That is the mission of Pew’s Campaign for America’s Wilderness.More

   

• Spotlight On: State of the Wild

  • Feb 01, 2012, 22:15 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  As the second session of the 112th Congress gets underway, Pew’s Campaign for America’s Wilderness is working with state partners across the country to win passage of 20 bills that together would designate more than 2 million acres of new wilderness across 11 states.More

   

• In Congress: A Quiet Month in Washington, DC

  • Feb 01, 2012, 22:00 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  The second session of the 112th Congress started slowly, with the House of Representatives returning from its holiday recess Jan. 17 for a short workweek, and the Senate reconvening Jan. 23.More

   

• Featured Wilderness: A Winter Walk in Colorado's Proposed Hayes Creek Wilderness Area

  • Feb 01, 2012, 21:45 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  With only a few hours to spend, I was skeptical about getting much of the flavor of the proposed wilderness in Colorado’s Pitkin County. More

   

• Mike Matz: On the Shoulders of Giants

  • Feb 01, 2012, 21:35 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Isaac Newton, one of the fathers of modern science, wrote in 1675, “If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.”More

   

• U.S. Public Lands Protection: A Look Back

  • Jan 30, 2012, 10:25 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Americans' passion for protecting public land dates back more than a century. Explore our interactive timeline of highlights and milestones from the country's land protection history.More

   

• Spotlight On: Mountain Bikes in Wilderness

  • Jan 06, 2012, 14:00 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Americans enjoy our public lands for a wide variety of outdoor activities.More

   

• In Congress: Small Victories

  • Jan 05, 2012, 18:45 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  The departure of the Congress this holiday season was marked by finger pointing and partisanship as House and Senate leaders fought over the fate of a payroll tax reduction that was scheduled to expire on December 31.More

   

• Featured Wilderness: The Remarkable Mallard-Larkins

  • Jan 05, 2012, 18:20 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  North Central Idaho is home to an outstanding natural area known as Mallard-Larkins.More

   

• Mike Matz: Looking Ahead, Our Work Together

  • Jan 05, 2012, 17:35 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  The beginning of a new year offers the chance to take a prospective look at the months ahead.More

   

• Spotlight On: Newsletter Changes

  • Dec 08, 2011, 09:35 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Thanks to all of you who responded to our newsletter survey in the September issue! We listened to your feedback, and are pleased to present a new format for Your Wilderness.More

   

• In Congress: Numerous Wilderness Bills Move in November

  • Dec 08, 2011, 09:20 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  November could have been a real turkey on Capitol Hill, but instead turned out to be mostly gravy, as it was a banner month for action on wilderness legislation.More

   

• Take Action: Help Stop the Great Outdoors Giveaway

  • Dec 08, 2011, 08:30 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  More than 60 million acres of potential wilderness and roadless areas are at risk from one of the most far-reaching anti-wilderness bills ever introduced in Congress.More

   

• Mike Matz: Incremental Steps Forward

  • Dec 08, 2011, 08:20 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Not by leaps and bounds, but incremental steps forward.  That’s how wilderness gets designated by Congress as part of the National Wilderness Preservation System.More

   

• A View from the Eagle's Eye

  • Dec 01, 2011, 11:00 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness, U.S. Forests Campaign, International Boreal Conservation Campaign

  Each year, millions of birds journey from Alaska and the Arctic into the Lower 48 states and back again. In the midst of these epic migrations, one bird soars above the rest: the golden eagle.More

   

• Washington Lawmakers Announce Effort to Protect Olympic Peninsula Forests and Rivers

  • Nov 18, 2011, 13:30 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  The Pew Environment Group welcomes the announcement  this week by Rep. Norm Dicks (D-WA) and Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) that they will work to create new wilderness  areas, safeguard National Preserves, and designate wild and scenic rivers on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula.   More

   

• Spotlight On: Our New Website

  • Nov 03, 2011, 15:35 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  The Campaign for America’s Wilderness website has a new look and a new home.More

   

• Congressional Update: Committee Continues Tug of War Over Public Lands

  • Nov 03, 2011, 15:00 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  While most of the country just “fell back” with the end of Daylight Savings Time over the weekend, the House of Representatives has finally “sprung forward” with the recent consideration of several wilderness proposals.More

   

• Bright Ideas: Tuleyome Photo Booklet

  • Nov 03, 2011, 14:50 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Without having thoroughly explored California’s Berryessa Snow Mountain region, it can be hard to visualize the special place that the volunteer advocacy group Tuleyome is working so hard to preserve.More

   

• Featured Wilderness: The Art of Compromise in Wild Nevada

  • Nov 03, 2011, 14:10 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Nevada is known more for its arid climate, Mojave Desert Joshua trees and sagebrush-covered basins, than coldwater streams and high altitude lakes.More

   

• Take Action: Wilderness Act Seriously Threatened

  • Nov 03, 2011, 14:05 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Over the last month, a bill that would waive the Wilderness Act in the name of border security has gained ground.More

   

• Message from Mike Matz: Sharing the Wilderness Experience

  • Nov 03, 2011, 13:50 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Colorado’s Lizard Head Wilderness in the western San Juan Range gets its colorful name from a mountain rising above the pass between Rico and Telluride that bears a striking resemblance to a reptilian noggin.More

   

• Take Action: The Wilderness Act Shouldn't be Waived

  • Oct 05, 2011, 08:40 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Wilderness is threatened by measures in Congress seeking to waive protections in the name of enhancing border security. This is unnecessary because the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has not asked for it and government studies show good cooperation between DHS and land management agencies along the border.More

   

• Featured Organization: America's Outdoor Industry: Voices for Protecting Our Wilderness

  • Oct 05, 2011, 08:30 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Among the most powerful voices speaking up for protection of wilderness and roadless lands are the manufacturers and retailers of America’s outdoor recreation industry. This industry is no small voice.More

   

• Congressional Update: Playing Defense in September

  • Oct 05, 2011, 08:20 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Following the August recess, a month when many families across America find a few days to visit and enjoy the nation’s spectacular publicly-owned lands, Congress returned with a bang in September.More

   

• Bright Ideas: Alaska Wilderness League's I am Word Cloud

  • Oct 05, 2011, 08:10 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Why do you love the wilderness? This month’s Bright Idea comes from Alaska Wilderness League, which has been asking that very question.More

   

• Featured Wilderness: Oregon's Sutton Mountain

  • Oct 05, 2011, 07:55 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Over the past few years, this space has featured the new Spring Basin Wilderness, which was approved by Congress in 2009, and the now-pending legislation to protect Cathedral Rock and Horse Heaven.  Today, through the dedicated work of the Oregon Natural Desert Association, yet more land adjacent to Oregon’s iconic John Day River is poised to receive the gold standard of public land protection.More

   

• Message from Mike Matz: Protecting Land Brightens Economic Picture

  • Oct 05, 2011, 07:40 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  With the nation’s unemployment rate still riding above nine percent, much of the talk lately in Washington, DC is about job creation. Some policy makers are making the argument that protecting public land keeps Americans from working at good-paying jobs.More

   

• Protecting Wilderness in Colorado's Rugged San Juan Mountains

  • Sep 30, 2011, 13:25 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Legislation to protect important portions of Colorado’s San Juan Mountains is back before Congress. This week, Sens. Mark Udall and Michael F. Bennet, both Colorado Democrats, introduced the San Juan Mountains Wilderness Act (S. 1635) to protect 61,220 acres of our public lands.  More

   

• Growing America's Wilderness One Step at a Time

  • Sep 22, 2011, 08:50 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  This week, Senator Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) introduced the Beauty Mountain and Agua Tibia Wilderness Act of 2011 (S. 1574), the companion to H.R.41 filed by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.). Together, these bills would protect 21,000 acres in California as wilderness. The legislation marks another step in the continuing work to protect our public lands.More

   

• Wilderness Legislation Introduced in the 112th Congress

  • Sep 19, 2011, 09:00 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  2011-09-19 Jump to a state: California  |  Colorado  |  Idaho  |  Maine  | Michigan  |  Montana  |  Nevada  |  New Mexico  |  Oregon  |  Tennessee  |  Washington   California Beauty Mountain and Agua Tibia Wilderness Act (H.R. 41/S. 1574) On January 5, 2011, Rep. DarMore

   

• Bright Ideas: Sending a Wilderness Message

  • Sep 13, 2011, 17:30 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Last year, we shared a Bright Idea from the Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness (FSPW) about plein air art events. We are happy to report that FSPW has continued to develop innovative projects based around these art events, and they earn this month’s Bright Idea for their wilderness-themed greeting cards.More

   

• Featured Organization: Backcountry Hunters and Anglers: Protecting Wilderness for Tomorrow’s Sportsmen and Women

  • Sep 13, 2011, 17:20 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Approach an empty truck at many trailheads during hunting season and you may see a bumper sticker that reads, “Use the Quads God Gave You.” The truck is empty because the owner is hunting or fishing without the use of an ATV, “quad,” or other vehicle in favor of a quiet, wild and quality backcountry experience. The bumper sticker is courtesy of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers, an organization which seeks to ensure America's hunting and fishing heritage by conserving backcountry, healthy watersheds, native wildlife and wilderness.More

   

• Take Action: Your Letters Needed to Oppose Great Outdoors Giveaway

  • Sep 13, 2011, 15:20 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  The past two months we’ve asked you to take action against The Wilderness and Roadless Area Release Act, which threatens to remove protections for more than 60 million acres of public lands. Many thanks to those of you who wrote your Members of Congress or attended a town hall. Please go one step further this month by writing a letter to the editor voicing your opposition to this legislation. We've made it easy: click here and submit a letter to the editor of your local paper in mere minutes.  Take Action Now! More

   

• Featured Wilderness: The Wasatch Mountains: More Than Just a Backdrop to Salt Lake City

  • Sep 13, 2011, 15:15 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Anyone who has landed or taken off at the Salt Lake City airport on a clear day has seen the dramatic mountain rampart at the eastern edge of the city, rising up sharply 7,000 feet from the valley floor to the highest peaks. In the Ute language, “Wasatch” means "mountain pass" or "low pass over high range.” Confirming that name, from the metropolitan area the high mountain range is cut by a series of canyons which afford road access to world-class ski areas and diverse year-round outdoor recreation.More

   

• Congressional Update: No Rest for Wilderness During August Recess

  • Sep 13, 2011, 15:10 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Members of Congress returned home for the August district work period, giving constituents the opportunity to meet with their senators and representatives about issues and legislation. For wilderness supporters, this meant an opportunity to discuss public lands protection efforts and to warn about some destructive anti-environmental measures currently before Congress, such as H.R. 1581/S. 1087, Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s (R-CA) and Sen. John Barrasso’s (R-WY) Wilderness and Roadless Area Release Act.More

   

• Introduction: Message from Mike Matz: Conservationists and Conservatives Should Celebrate Our Public Lands

  • Sep 13, 2011, 14:50 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  "We have fallen heirs to the most glorious heritage a people ever received, and each one must do his part if we wish to show that the nation is worthy of its good fortune,” declared President Teddy Roosevelt, who achieved greatness in large part because of his commitment to conserve our nation’s wilderness and wildlife resources for future generations.More

   

• Take Action: Attend a Town Hall – Make Your Voice Heard

  • Aug 01, 2011, 17:50 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Members of Congress return to their home districts in August for summer recess, and the town hall meetings many of them host are a great opportunity to make your voice heard on issues important to you. With pending legislation threatening to remove protections for more than 60 million acres of public lands, please attend a town hall meeting in your area and ask your member to oppose The Wilderness and Roadless Area Release Act.More

   

• Bright Ideas: A Music Partnership to Benefit Your Organization

  • Aug 01, 2011, 17:40 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Does music play an important role in your life? Has a song ever moved you to make a change or try something new? This month’s bright idea comes from the Southern Appalachian Forest Coalition, where Jeff Hunter, the Tennessee Wild campaign coordinator, says he first got involved in conservation when he stopped by a Rainforest Action Network booth at a Grateful Dead concert.More

   

• Featured Organization: Pacific Rivers Council

  • Aug 01, 2011, 17:35 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  As a member of the Wild Rogue Alliance, the Pacific Rivers Council (PRC) has joined other conservation groups, including Pew, whitewater rafters, anglers, kayakers, businesses, students, families and individuals to form a coalition aimed at preserving the spectacular wild lands of the lower Rogue River as a legacy for future generations. PRC is working with our partners to establish 93 miles of Wild and Scenic River protection and 58,000 acres of new wilderness in the Zane Grey section of the Rogue. They are developing a suite of non-regulatory measures, such as fixing erosion problems from the expansive road network, to maximize ecological and economic benefits to aquatic resources. PRC is also engaged in several policy fronts on federal lands and water management that have large implications for the Rogue.More

   

• Introduction: Message from Mike Matz: Will the Western Arctic Continue to Thrive As of Old?

  • Aug 01, 2011, 17:30 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  In the Inupiat language, Utukok means “old” or “ancient.” Floating the Utukok River in far northwestern Alaska, as I did this summer with some compatriots from the outdoor industry, one certainly gets the sense that this place has weathered the ages unfettered, with only the forces of nature shaping the primordial. When you are in a place like this—all too rare these days—it’s something magical.More

   

• Congressional Update: Wilderness Worth Defending

  • Aug 01, 2011, 17:20 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  The great wilderness advocate, author and philosopher Edward Abbey once said that the idea of wilderness needs no defense, only more defenders. He was right, of course, but on July 26, in a small hearing room on Capitol Hill, wilderness got a little of both.More

   

• Featured Wilderness: A Look Back: Big Jacks Creek Wilderness, Southwest Idaho

  • Aug 01, 2011, 17:00 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  While I have the great fortune to work on public land issues and travel to the West and Midwest on occasion, my visits don’t always allow for much time in areas being proposed for wilderness or other designations like national recreation areas, national conservation areas and special management areas. The views from the plane and the rental cars are always spectacular, but by the time I’ve finished several days of meetings, I can’t always take the extra days to explore the surrounding landscapes I’ve been admiring from afar.More

   

• Damaging Legislation Threatens U.S. Wild Lands

  • Jul 26, 2011, 10:50 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness, U.S. Forests Campaign

  New legislation would remove protections on more than 60 million acres of public lands, an area the size of Wyoming. H.R. 1581, the Wilderness and Roadless Area Release Act, would undo decades of public lands protections, opening up some of the country’s most spectacular landscapes to new industrial activity and exploitation.More

   

• Maps: Public Lands at Risk from H.R.1581

  • Jul 26, 2011, 10:45 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness, U.S. Forests Campaign

  View maps of the lands threatened by H.R. 1581, the Wilderness and Roadless Area Release Act.More

   

• Wilderness Legislation in 112th Congress

  • May 31, 2011, 17:15 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Wilderness legislation introduced so far in the 112th Congress.More

   

• Capitol Hill Update: Lands Legislation Hearing

  • May 11, 2011, 12:43 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks held its first hearing on lands legislation in the 112th Congress on May 11. Senators heard testimony on more than 20 public lands bills, including two measures to designate over 35,000 acres of wilderness in Michigan and California.  More

   

• Upper Bald River Wilderness Would Complete Entire Watershed

  • May 02, 2011, 11:20 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Native forest in the eastern United States is a rare treat in the wilderness world. While logged in the past, the Upper Bald River Wilderness Study Area (WSA) in Tennessee’s Cherokee National Forest provides hikers an opportunity to experience remnants of old-growth hardwood forests largely as they existed before European settlement.More

   

• Twelve Bills to Help Save 1.5 Million Acres of “Original” Earth

  • Apr 21, 2011, 10:55 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Today, just five percent of U.S. land is permanently protected as wilderness. Find out what Pew and its partners are doing to ensure more areas remain wild.More

   

• Protecting the Devil's Staircase

  • Apr 07, 2011, 13:00 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Oregon’s Coast Range, which runs south from the Washington border, is home to what many consider the single most remote location in the entire state.More

   

• Success Story: Preserving America's Wildest Lands

  • Feb 22, 2011, 15:10 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

   The Omnibus Public Land Management Act protects 2.1 million acres of wilderness.More

   

• Your Wilderness Newsletter

  • Feb 16, 2011, 12:06 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Each monthly issue includes the latest wilderness news, including featured wilderness areas, profiles of local groups, activist heroes, and the status of wilderness legislation in Congress.More

   

• The National Wilderness Preservation System

  • Feb 15, 2011, 16:50 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  "In order to assure that an increasing population, accompanied by expanding settlement and growing mechanization, does not occupy and modify all areas within the United States...leaving no lands designated for preservation and protection in their natural condition...it is hereby declared the policy of the Congress to secure for the American people of present and future generations the benefits of an enduring resource of wilderness." -The Wilderness Act, Sept. 3, 1964More

   

• Southern Environmental Law Center

  • Jan 07, 2011, 11:25 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  For nearly a quarter-century, the Southern Environmental Law Center has been at the front of efforts to protect the natural resources of the South.More

   

• Wilderness Success Stories

  • Jan 01, 2011, 22:25 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Since 2002, the Campaign for America’s Wilderness has worked with Congress to designate 158 new or expanded wilderness areas—adding nearly 5 million acres—to the National Wilderness Preservation System.More

   

• Wyoming Wilderness Campaigns

  • Jan 01, 2011, 18:15 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Wyoming has 18,367,513 acres of BLM lands and 8,693,600 acres of National Forests. The last wilderness areas designated in Wyoming were in 1984: Absaroka-Beartooth, Cloud Peak, Encampment River, Gros Ventre, Huston Park, Jedediah Smith, Platte River, Popo Agie, and Winegar Hole.More

   

• Washington Wilderness Campaigns

  • Jan 01, 2011, 18:10 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Washington has 419,255 acres of BLM lands and 9,273,265 acres of National Forests. The last wilderness area designated in Washington was in 2008: Wild Sky.More

   

• West Virginia Wilderness Campaigns

  • Jan 01, 2011, 18:10 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  West Virginia has 1,021,921 acres of National Forests. The last wilderness areas designated in West Virginia were in the Omnibus Law signed by President Obama in March 2009: Big Draft, Cranberry Additions, Dolly Sods Additions, Otter Creek Additions, Roaring Plains West, and Spice RunMore

   

• Utah Wilderness Campaigns

  • Jan 01, 2011, 18:05 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Utah has 22,857,973 acres of BLM lands and 8,137,938 acres of National Forests. The last wilderness areas designated in Utah were in the Omnibus Law signed by President Obama in March 2009: Beartrap Canyon, Blackridge, Canaan Mountain, Cottonwood Canyon, Cottonwood Forest, Cougar Canyon, Deep Creek North, Deep Creek, Doc's Pass, Goose Creek, LaVerkin Creek, Red Butte, Red Mountain, Slaughter Creek, Taylor Creek, and ZionMore

   

• Tennessee Wilderness Campaigns

  • Jan 01, 2011, 18:00 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Tennessee has 707,387 acres of National Forest.  The last wilderness areas designated in Tennessee were in 1986: Big Laurel Branch Wilderness, Little Frog Mountain Wilderness, Pond Mountain Wilderness, Sampson Mountain Wilderness, Unaka Mountain Wilderness.More

   

• South Dakota Wilderness Campaigns

  • Jan 01, 2011, 17:55 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  South Dakota has 274,437 acres of BLM lands and 2,014,005 acres of National Forests. The last wilderness designated in South Dakota was in 1980, Black Elk.More

   

• Pennsylvania Wilderness Campaigns

  • Jan 01, 2011, 17:50 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Pennsylvania has 513,184 acres of National Forests. The last wilderness areas designated in Pennsylvania were in 1984: Allegheny Islands and Hickory Creek.More

   

• Oregon Wilderness Campaigns

  • Jan 01, 2011, 17:45 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Oregon has 16,135,800 acres of BLM lands and 15,661,278 acres of National Forests. The last wilderness areas designated in Oregon were in the Omnibus Law signed by President Obama in March 2009: Badger Creek Additions, Badland, Bull of the Woods Additions, Clackamas, Copper Salmon, Lower White River, Mark O. Hatfield Additions, Mount Hood Additions, Roaring River, Salmon-Huckleberry Additions, Spring Basin, and Soda MountainMore

   

• New Mexico Wilderness Campaigns

  • Jan 01, 2011, 17:40 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  New Mexico has 13,377,963 acres of BLM lands and 9,227,380 acres of National Forests. The last wilderness designated in New Mexico was in the Omnibus Law signed by President Obama in March 2009, the Sabinoso Wilderness.More

   

• Nevada Wilderness Campaigns

  • Jan 01, 2011, 17:35 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Nevada has 47,816,927 acres of BLM lands and 5,836,348 acres of National Forests. The last wilderness areas designated in Nevada were in 2006: Bald Mountain, Becky Peak, Bristlecone, Goshute Canyon, Government Peak, High Schells, Highland Ridge, Mount Grafton, Red Mountain, Shellback, South Egan Range, and White Pine Range.More

   

• Montana Wilderness Campaigns

  • Jan 01, 2011, 17:30 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Montana has 7,968,942 acres of BLM lands and 16,932,702 acres of National Forests. The last wilderness designated in Montana was in 1983, the Lee Metcalf Wilderness.More

   

• Idaho Wilderness Campaigns

  • Jan 01, 2011, 17:25 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Idaho has 11,613,300 acres of BLM lands, 20,715,205 acres of National Forest. The last wilderness areas designated in Idaho were in the Omnibus Law signed by President Obama in March 2009: Big Jacks Creek, Bruneau-Jarbridge Rivers, Little Jacks Creek, North Fork, Owyhee River, and Pole Creek.More

   

• Colorado Wilderness Campaign

  • Jan 01, 2011, 17:15 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Colorado has 8,350,005 acres of BLM lands and 14,498,801 acres of National Forests. The last wilderness areas designated in Colorado were in the Omnibus Law signed by President Obama in March 2009: Dominguez Canyon Wilderness, and 249,339 acres in the Rocky Mountain National ParkMore

   

• California Wilderness Campaigns

  • Jan 01, 2011, 17:05 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  California has 15,229,528 acres of BLM lands and 20,754,825 acres of National Forests. The last wilderness areas designated in California were in the Omnibus Law signed by President Obama in March 2009: Agua Tibia Additions, Ansel Adams Additions, Beauty Mountain, Cahuilla Mountain, Chuckwalla Mountains Additions, Granite Mountain, Hoover Additions, John Krebs, John Muir Additions, Joshua Tree Natl. Park Additions, Magic Mountain, Orocopia Mountains Additions, Owens River Headwaters, Palen/McCoy Additions, Pinto Mountains, Pleasant View Ridge, Santa Rosa Additions, Sequoia-Kings Canyon Additions, South Fork San Jacinto, and White MountainsMore

   

• Arizona Wilderness Campaigns

  • Jan 01, 2011, 16:50 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Arizona has 12,216,961 acres of BLM lands and 11,262,527 acres of National Forests. The last wilderness areas designated in Arizona were in 1990: Arrastra Mountain, Aubrey Peak, Baboquivari Peak, Big Horn Mountain, Cabeza Prieta.More

   

• Alaska Wilderness Campaigns

  • Jan 01, 2011, 14:20 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Alaska has 83,543,566 acres of BLM lands and 21,973,662 acres of National Forests. The last wilderness areas designated in Alaska were in 1990: Chuck River, Karta River, Kuiu, Pleasant/Lemusurier/Inian Islands, and South Etolin.More

   

• The 'Devil's Staircase'

  • Jan 01, 2011, 11:45 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Wassen Creek, in the heart of the Oregon Coast Range, abounds with wild salmon. The creek runs within a lush old-growth forest inhabited by spotted owls, elk, black bear, mountain lions, otters and other wildlife.More

   

• New Mexico Wildlife Federation: Protecting New Mexico's Enchanting Wilderness

  • Dec 01, 2010, 16:05 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  The New Mexico Wildlife Federation is a partner of the Campaign for America's Wilderness, working with us to win permanent protection for the Organ Mountains, the Rio Grande Area and Columbine Hondo.  More

   

• A Hands-on Approach to Protecting Wild Lands

  • Oct 07, 2010, 11:35 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Many of us spend a great deal of our waking hours advocating for wilderness protection, but how often do we get out and actually get our hands dirty taking care of the wild land that we spend so much time trying to protect? Wilderness stewardship is one bright idea that is wildly urgent, according to Jeff Hunter, field organizer with Tennessee Wild, and wilderness trail advocate Bill Hodge.  More

   

• Tennessee Wild: Working to Protect the Cherokee National Forest

  • Mar 29, 2010, 11:35 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Located in Eastern Tennessee, the Cherokee National Forest stretches from Chattanooga to Bristol and along the North Carolina border. The 640,000-acre forest is the largest tract of public land in the state, and lies in the heart of the Southern Appalachian mountain range.More

   

• Map of Designated Wilderness

  • Oct 30, 2009, 12:00 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  View our designated wilderness map.More

   

• 'Living on Earth' Features Wilderness Bills

  • Aug 15, 2008, 14:40 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Correspondent Jeff Young from Public Radio International's "Living on Earth" takes a hike with wilderness advocate Mark Miller in one of the special places in southwestern Virginia that may be protected as wilderness this year.More

   

• Introduction to Wilderness

  • Oct 16, 2007, 16:25 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Wilderness is, on its most basic level, land that has not been previously developed or inhabited by humans. The Wilderness Act of 1964 sets forth the legal definition of wilderness as “an area where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man, where man himself is a visitor who does not remain.”More

   

• The Enduring Wilderness: Protecting Our Natural Heritage through the Wilderness Act

  • Oct 16, 2007, 11:50 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  An up-to-the-minute look at how America has preserved nearly 106 million acres of diverse wilderness areas in 44 states by statutory law ... and how much more will be preserved.More

   

Compilations

• Your Wilderness -- June 2013

  • Jun 10, 2013, 09:30 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  In this monthly issue of Your Wilderness includes the latest wilderness news, including common ground in Idaho, an active month in Congress, and a profile of Montana's Snowcrest Range. More

   

• Bills Introduced to Protect Nevada's Piece of the Grand Canyon

  • Jun 06, 2013, 14:45 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Nevada Senator Harry Reid and Congressman Steven Horsford introduced legislation today to protect an area between the Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument in Arizona and Lake Mead National Recreation Area, just south of Mesquite, Nevada. More

   

• Your Wilderness -- May 2013

  • May 14, 2013, 14:00 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  In this monthly issue of Your Wilderness includes the latest wilderness news, including a look at the Sonoran Desert, protecting Montana's HiLand region, and New Wilderness Legislation.More

   

• Your Wilderness -- April 2013

  • Apr 10, 2013, 13:00 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  In this monthly issue of Your Wilderness includes the latest wilderness news, including five new National Monuments, a profile of a conservation trail-blazer, and an opportunity in California.More

   

• Your Wilderness -- March 2013

  • Mar 12, 2013, 11:40 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  In this monthly issue of Your Wilderness includes the latest wilderness news, including a featured wilderness area in Colorado, a profile of the nominee for secratary of the interior, and the status of wilderness legislation in Congress.More

   

• Your Wilderness - February 2013

  • Feb 06, 2013, 15:20 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Each monthly issue of Your Wilderness includes the latest wilderness news, including featured wilderness areas, profiles of local groups, and the status of wilderness legislation in Congress.More

   

• Your Wilderness - January 2013

  • Jan 15, 2013, 16:15 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Each monthly issue of Your Wilderness includes the latest wilderness news, including featured wilderness areas, profiles of local groups, and the status of wilderness legislation in Congress.More

   

• Your Wilderness - November 2012

  • Nov 07, 2012, 15:10 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  We’re on the final push. With the campaigning over, Congress returns and attempts to take care of unfinished business. The 112th Congress left a lot of important matters hanging when it recessed for the elections, one of which is taking up an omnibus public lands package that includes bipartisan bills to protect wilderness in states from Tennessee and Michigan to New Mexico and Washington.More

   

• Your Wilderness - October 2012

  • Oct 09, 2012, 14:40 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Each monthly issue of Your Wilderness includes the latest wilderness news, including featured wilderness areas, profiles of local groups, and the status of wilderness legislation in Congress.More

   

• Your Wilderness - September 2012

  • Sep 14, 2012, 14:45 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Each monthly issue of Your Wilderness includes the latest wilderness news, including featured wilderness areas, profiles of local groups, and the status of wilderness legislation in Congress.More

   

• Your Wilderness - August 2012

  • Aug 09, 2012, 15:15 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Each monthly issue of Your Wilderness includes the latest wilderness news, including featured wilderness areas, profiles of local groups, and the status of wilderness legislation in Congress.More

   

• Your Wilderness - July 2012

  • Jul 11, 2012, 12:30 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Each monthly issue of Your Wilderness includes the latest wilderness news, including featured wilderness areas, profiles of local groups, and the status of wilderness legislation in Congress.More

   

• Your Wilderness - June 2012

  • Jun 01, 2012, 14:05 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Each monthly issue of Your Wilderness includes the latest wilderness news, including featured wilderness areas, profiles of local groups, and the status of wilderness legislation in Congress.  More

   

• Your Wilderness -- May 2012

  • May 07, 2012, 14:40 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Each monthly issue of Your Wilderness includes the latest wilderness news, including featured wilderness areas, profiles of local groups, and the status of wilderness legislation in Congress.More

   

• Your Wilderness -- April 2012

  • Apr 09, 2012, 06:05 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Each monthly issue of Your Wilderness includes the latest wilderness news, including featured wilderness areas, profiles of local groups, and the status of wilderness legislation in Congress.More

   

• Your Wilderness -- March 2012

  • Mar 07, 2012, 02:30 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Each monthly issue of Your Wilderness includes the latest wilderness news, including featured wilderness areas, profiles of local groups, and the status of wilderness legislation in Congress.More

   

• Your Wilderness -- February 2012

  • Feb 02, 2012, 18:25 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Each monthly issue of Your Wilderness includes the latest wilderness news, including featured wilderness areas, profiles of local groups, and the status of wilderness legislation in Congress.More

   

• Your Wilderness -- January 2012

  • Jan 10, 2012, 13:50 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Each monthly issue of Your Wilderness includes the latest wilderness news, including featured wilderness areas, profiles of local groups, and the status of wilderness legislation in Congress.More

   

• Your Wilderness -- December 2011

  • Dec 08, 2011, 10:05 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Each monthly issue of Your Wilderness includes the latest wilderness news, including featured wilderness areas, profiles of local groups, and the status of wilderness legislation in Congress.More

   

• Your Wilderness -- November 2011

  • Nov 03, 2011, 17:30 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Each monthly issue of Your Wilderness includes the latest wilderness news, including featured wilderness areas, profiles of local groups, and the status of wilderness legislation in Congress.More

   

• Your Wilderness -- October 2011

  • Oct 05, 2011, 14:20 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Each monthly issue of Your Wilderness includes the latest wilderness news, including featured wilderness areas, profiles of local groups, and the status of wilderness legislation in Congress.More

   

• Your Wilderness -- September 2011

  • Sep 13, 2011, 17:35 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Each monthly issue of Your Wilderness includes the latest wilderness news, including featured wilderness areas, profiles of local groups, and the status of wilderness legislation in Congress.More

   

• Your Wilderness -- August 2011

  • Aug 01, 2011, 13:40 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Each monthly issue of Your Wilderness includes the latest wilderness news, including featured wilderness areas, profiles of local groups, and the status of wilderness legislation in Congress.More

   

• State and Local Wilderness Organizations

  • Feb 01, 2011, 00:15 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  View a list of state and local wilderness organizations.More

   

• Wilderness Campaigns & Partners

  • Jan 01, 2011, 18:35 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Click on the state name to jump to a detailed campaign page. Wilderness is a value that is best protected from the ground up. The Campaign for America’s Wilderness at the Pew Environment GroupMore

   

• Successes of the Pew Environment Group

  • Jan 01, 2011, 12:00 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness, Global Ocean Legacy, Conserving New England Fish, Global Campaign to End Illegal Fishing, Global Ocean Legacy - Chagos, Global Ocean Legacy - Coral Sea, Global Ocean Legacy - Marianas, International Boreal Conservation Campaign, Oceans North: Protecting Life in the Arctic

  Read about our successes, from the designation of the world’s largest no-take marine reserve in the Indian Ocean to the signing of the world’s largest conservation agreement in the Canadian boreal forest.More

   

Videos

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  New Mexico's Rio Grande Gorge Named a National Monument

  • Mar 25, 2013, 12:30 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  On Monday March 25, President Obama designated five new national monuments, including one in northern New Mexico that encompasses more than 200,000 acres of spectacular wild lands.More

   
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  Montana's Forests: Ask Congress to Protect Them Today

  • Dec 20, 2012, 14:30 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  The Forest Jobs and Recreation Act will protect nearly 700,000 acres of wilderness across the Beaverhead-Deerlodge, Lolo and Kootenai National Forests, including the East and West Pioneers, the Sapphires, Lost Cabin and Lima Peaks, and additions to the Lee Metcalf, Anaconda-Pintlar, and North Fork Blackfoot Monture Creek Wilderness areas. More

   
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  New Mexico's Rio Grande Gorge: Ask Congress and the President to Protect it Today

  • Dec 14, 2012, 14:15 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Rio Grande del Norte National Conservation Area Establishment Act will designate about 13,500 acres of the Ute Mountain area as the Cerro del Yuta Wilderness, and 8,000 acres as the Rio San Antonio wilderness.More

   
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  Tennessee's Cherokee National Forest: Ask Congress to Protect It Today

  • Dec 12, 2012, 14:25 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Located in Eastern Tennessee, the Cherokee National Forest stretches from Chattanooga to Bristol and along the North Carolina border.More

   
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  Pew & This American Land - Sonoran Desert

  • Nov 08, 2012, 11:10 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  In Arizona, the Sonoran Desert Heritage conservation proposal seeks to protect public land in western Maricopa County, near Phoenix.More

   
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  Pew & This American Land - Rio Grande del Norte

  • Nov 08, 2012, 09:55 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  New Mexico's Rio Grande del Norte is a beautifully diverse landscape, home to migratory birds, elk and deer. More

   
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  Pew & This American Land - Boulder-White Clouds

  • Nov 08, 2012, 09:50 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Central Idaho's pristine Boulder-White Clouds Mountains draw tourists and locals passionate about fishing, hiking, and dirt and mountain biking. More

   
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  Pew & This American Land - Gold Butte

  • Aug 17, 2012, 15:55 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Explore a little known piece of the Mojave Desert, rich in petroglyphs, ancient cultural sites and early pioneer history, in this episode of "This American Life," produced in partnership with The Pew Charitable Trusts.More

   
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  Pew & This American Land - Tennessee Wilderness

  • Aug 17, 2012, 15:50 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Get to know this corner of the southern Appalachian forest, and advocates including an artist, a woodworker and campaign leader Jeff Hunter, in this episode of "This American Land," produced in partnership with The Pew Charitable Trusts.More

   
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  Pew & This American Land - California Desert

  • Aug 17, 2012, 11:35 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  The desert around California's Death Valley is rich with Joshua trees, junipers and wildlife. But mining and other industrial development threaten this fragile environment, which is why many want to see Congress protect some special places as wilderness, national park and national monument, and set aside other areas for off-highway vehicle use.More

   
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  A View From the Eagle's Eye

  • Dec 02, 2011, 12:05 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness, U.S. Forests Campaign, International Boreal Conservation Campaign

  Each year, millions of birds journey from Alaska and the Arctic into the Lower 48 states and back again. In the midst of these epic migrations, one bird soars above the rest: the golden eagle.More

   
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  Wilderness Week 2010

  • Nov 18, 2010, 10:50 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  The last week in September, more than 120 wilderness advocates from across the country-teachers, hunters and anglers, small business owners, outfitters, conservationists and other everyday Americans-traveled to DC to meet with their Senators and Representatives to make the case for permanently protecting wilderness areas in about a dozen states. Here in their own words, some share why public lands protection is so important.More

   

Image Galleries

• Wilderness Bills Introduced in 112th Congress

  • Apr 20, 2011, 12:22 EST
  • Campaign for America's Wilderness

  Wilderness Bills Introduced in 112th CongressMore