This bar graph breaks down the number of acres designated as Wilderness by each Congress since the Wilderness Act was enacted in 1964 through the end of the 110th Congress in 2008.
The Wilderness Society Wilderness Support Center's Associate Director Michael Carroll met with Rep. Grivjalva (D-AZ) in Washington and asked him where his land ethic comes from and talked through what's to come with Tumacácori and his other public lands priorities for the 111th Congress.
See the letters The Wilderness Society drafted to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, signed by 22 leading renewable energy companies, conservation, and other organizations, that asked our leaders to consider priorities when drafting new energy transmission legislation.