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Our victory for Idaho’s Salmon-Challis National Forest

February 16, 2011 By Brad Brooks

Earlier this month, a magistrate judge in Idaho issued an important decision on a lawsuit filed by The Wilderness Society and our partners over destructive off-road vehicle use on the Salmon-Challis National Forest in Idaho. The judge agreed with us that the Forest Service had violated environmental laws in developing its plan to designate where motor vehicles were allowed to travel. This decision was the culmination of several years of work on behalf of TWS and our partners to halt unauthorized and inappropriate motorized recreation. Region: Idaho Read more

Overrun by vehicles: Why Cape Hatteras’ birds and sea turtles need a break

May 6, 2010 By Andrea Imler

Tire prints on Cape Hatteras beach in North Carolina. Photo by Walker Golder.

Stretching over 64 miles of the Outer Banks of North Carolina from Bodie Island to Ocracoke Island, Cape Hatteras National Seashore has a rich history as our nation’s first National Seashore. Once known as the “Graveyard of the Atlantic,” the Seashore is famous for its tumultuous storms and currents that wreaked havoc on ships. Read more

Motors in wilderness lands? Time to correct a policy loophole

April 14, 2010 By Vera Smith

A jeep stuck in a Tahoe National Forest meadow. Photo by Laura Clarke, Courtesy USFS.

Our National Forests are as diverse in nature as they are in geography. Some offer the most pristine settings in the nation, while others sit close to urban centers, and everything in between. There are 36 million acres of designated Wilderness lands in our national forests — including places as iconic as the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness in Idaho and the Maroon Bells Snowmass Wilderness in Colorado. These places are wild and remote, and will always be that way because they are formally designated as Wilderness by Congress. Read more

Be Proud! See what you achieved for the Wild in 2009

December 9, 2009 By Laura Bailey

Bristlecone pine protected by the Eastern Sierra and Northern San Gabriel Wild Heritage Act. Photo by John Dittli.

In 2009 you helped us begin to tear down the destructive environmental legacy of the Bush administration. Our members and supporters sent more than 1 million letters to decision makers, while our staff worked closely with the incoming administration and Congress. Read more

Gov report shows problems from unmanaged Off-Road Vehicles

August 19, 2009 By Josh Hicks

ATV rider.

A new government report released July 30 found that dirtbikes, ATVs, and other off-road vehicles are damaging our national forests and other western public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management and that increased enforcement is desperately needed. Read more

Rejecting Utah drilling is a good start to fixing larger problem

February 5, 2009 By

Arches National Park.

It’s a good day when you can be reasonably assured that a trip to the Windows or Delicate Arch at Arches National Park won’t be tarnished by the thought that most of the public land surrounding the park is in the hands of the oil and gas industry. Read more

Bush’s Final Days: The last-minute environmental roll-backs you should know about

December 19, 2008 By Drew Bush

Grand Canyon National Park at risk to Uranium mining, Arizona.

In November, we told you about sweeping environmental roll-backs the Bush administration is rushing through in its final months in office. Since then, and just as expected, the news has not been good. In the short weeks since the presidential election, the administration has finalized numerous land management plans, regulations and policy changes that could severely damage our wild lands for decades to come. Read more