Photo

WILDLIFE REFUGES

A system of public lands and waters set aside to conserve America's fish, wildlife and plants.

Campaign UpdatesRSS Feed

The Wild, Wild East

Photo

December 30, 2008 - This feature was first published in the 2008 Wilderness Magazine. To receive the annual magazine and quarterly newsletters from The Wilderness Society, become a member today! Christopher Percy Collier is a Connecticut writer who has authored three regional guidebooks and has had stories published by National Geographic Traveler, Outside, and numerous other magazines. By Christopher Percy Collier more

Could green jobs be the heart of a modern-day Civilian Conservation Corps? Wilderness Society says yes!

Photo

December 11, 2008 - The economy is in deep decline. The environment needs serious help. Could it be time for the nation to revive Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Civilian Conservation Corps with a new 21st Century mission? more

Giving Thanks for Special Places. Join the discussion!

Photo

November 24, 2008 - Our Web team has shared some thoughts about some special wild places that deserve a word of thanks. Read and enjoy. Then leave a place of your own! Click “add new comment” below to share the place that you cherish most. more

Bush’s Last Assault; What the outgoing administration still has planned for our wild lands

Photo

November 14, 2008 - Throughout the past eight years, the Bush administration has treated our country’s wild lands as if they belong to industry. Through a series of short-cut measures and regulations that have cut science and the public out of decision making, the administration has consistently rolled back environmental protections and sharply favored industrial use and exploitation of our wild lands above all other public concerns. And they’re not done yet. more