Talking to six young people training to work all summer in the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness reaffirmed my belief in the next generation of wilderness leaders. more

All aboard! Our Virtual OmniBUS Tour ’09 has pulled in to its first stop — the Pasayten Wilderness in Washington. Watch your step as you exit the bus, and keep your eyes trained on the forest for something big and brown. Andrea Imler will lead today’s leg — post a comment when we get back and let her know what thoughts this stop brings to your mind. A tall, spindly sight in the Pasayten Wilderness By Andrea Imler more

After eight years of Bush Administration environmental roll-backs and land hand-outs to industry, the nation finally has a real chance to create better days for wild places. The time for change is here, and with your help we’re leading the charge to make that happen. Since November’s election, our staff and policy experts have been working full-speed ahead with members of the presidential transition team and with members of Congress to prepare them on steps they can quickly take to right many of the environmental wrongs of the past eight years. more