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Restoring public lands to their full splendor; Protecting them in the face of unprecedented threats.

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Alaska logger finds better ways to do business

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August 12, 2009 - Pacific Log & Lumber has been harvesting timber from the Tongass National Forest for 30 years. But owner Steve Seley is ready to try something new. After observing for himself the long-term damage clear-cutting can do, hearing the concerns of The Wilderness Society and other conservation groups in progressive roundtable meetings and seeing the science to back it up, Seley is taking steps to try to put sustainable timber management into practice. more

Fire-funding reform bill would ease budget strain

August 10, 2009 - A recent Senate hearing on the skyrocketing costs of wildfire suppression has underscored the importance of moving forward on the FLAME Act, a bill that would relieve budgetary pressure on federal land management agencies. more

What’s killing the whitebark pine forests?

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July 30, 2009 - On a hot summer day last week, a group of forest scientists and managers hiked up a cool Idaho mountain ridge to look at trees in trouble. Whitebark pines are hardy, gnarly and long-lived trees at high elevations across the Pacific Crest, western Canada and the Northern Rockies of Idaho, Wyoming and Montana. While these trees have long withstood wind, snows and freezing temperatures for millennium, on slopes from 5,000 to over 12,000 feet — today, a combination of conditions puts the species at risk. more

How our science is helping save the Tongass National Forest

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July 28, 2009 - Yesterday, The Wilderness Society celebrated a small but meaningful victory in our ongoing efforts to protect America’s largest national forest — the Tongass National Forest. more