Mike Anderson, J.D.
Senior Resource Analyst
Pacific Northwest Regional Office
Office: 206-624-6430 x 227 Email
Mike has been with The Wilderness Society since 1985. His main focus is national forest management and policy, ranging from roadless area conservation to watershed restoration. He also helps coordinate all of The Wilderness Society's litigation activities.
He earned a B.A. from Yale University and received a law degree from the University of Oregon School of Law.
Mike enjoys backpacking, bread baking, and tennis (in 2007, he was ranked number 2 in the Pacific Northwest Men's 55 Senior Singles Division). He has a daughter Emily who attends Stanford University and a son Corey who plays trumpet in his high school jazz band.
Recent Publications
Recently Published on Wilderness.org:
A Decade of National Forest Roadless Area Conservation: Background Paper
Roadless Area Conservation Policy Chronology
Legal Status of the Roadless Area Conservation Rule
Testimony of Michael Anderson on Watershed Restoration in Washington State
Lakeview Stewardship Group Success Story
Letter to Senators from TWS and Partners asking Congress to appropriate funds to Legacy Roads Remediation Initiative
Roadless forests win! Court reinstates most of national rule opposed by Bush, timber lobby
Forests in our children’s generation; Our 21st Century vision
NFMA Forest Planning Rule Comment Letter
Lungs of the Earth: The Top 10 carbon storing national forests in America
Congressman Norm Dicks: A clean water champ for the Skokomish
The Roadless Rule: A Tenth Anniversary Assessment
Protected roadless forests celebrate anniversary, but threats loom
Forest victory - Roadless Rule upheld in Wyoming
Roadless area conservation rule- Order vacating permanent injunction
Roadless rule becomes law of the land
Analysis of Federal Forests County Revenue, Schools, and Jobs Act of 2012
Forest Service Planning Rule

