Plains west of Ute Mountain, New Mexico. Photo by New Mexico Wilderness Alliance.

This year, Congress went home without passing critical legislation to protect America’s wild places - including 21 wilderness and wildland designation bills, full funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund and comprehensive climate change legislation. Read more

Big Sur cove in California. Photo by Jon Sullivan.

September is National Wilderness Month and to honor the occasion, The Wilderness Society has pulled together an urgent campaign to get Congress to pass protections for nearly 4 million acres of iconic wild places throughout the country. More than 20 different Wilderness and wildlands protection proposals are working their way through Congress — many after years of works to get them there — but we must rally to make sure they make it past the finish line.Read more

Recreationists, young people, local citizens and conservationists all came out to support Utah’s public lands on August 3rd in Salt Lake City as part of America’s Great Outdoors. The listening session -- hosted by Department of the Interior Secretary Ken Salazar; White House Council on Environmental Quality Chairwoman Nancy Sutley; and Bureau of Land Management Director Bob Abbey -- was attended by roughly 300 people who spoke about their conservation ideas for Utah. Read more