The 150 million plus acres are home to thousands of species of birds, fish, and wildlife – nearly 21 million acres of these incredible landscapes are permanently protected from degradation and destruction in the National Wilderness Preservation System.
Two important Wilderness bills are making their way through the U.S. Senate.
Legislation currently being re-introduced by Republican Senators from Tennessee, Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker, could add the first new Wilderness to Tennessee in 25 years.
A group of us from The Wilderness Society got up hours before dawn last Friday to witness one of Nature’s great mating rituals—the greater sage grouse courtship dance.
Congress’ Great Outdoors Giveaway continued this week with the Aug. 2 passage of a debt-ceiling deal that will make it significantly more difficult for the government to invest in conservation funding over the next ten years.
America's public lands are instrumental in protecting and connecting our wild areas to the communities they sustain. In order to assure that the benefits and opportunities our public lands provide are a key component of America's Great Outdoors, The Wilderness Society recommends that the Obama Administration identify 10 diverse landscapes across the country as pilot projects for fully implementing this bold and critical Intiative.
With passage of the Wilderness Act of 1964 (P.L. 88-577; 16 USC 1131-1136), the United States charted a course new in the history of nations — to preserve some of the country's last remaining wild places in order to protect their natural processes and values from development. Today, thanks to the wisdom, foresight, and perseverance of many dedicated individuals, current and future generations will enjoy an enduring wilderness — in reality and in spirit.
A world–renowned conservationist and author spoke in Duluth Wednesday about how her fight to save animals in Africa can be applied in the Northland and across America.
Amy Vedder, with the Wilderness Society, worked for years to gather science and work with people to prove that mountain gorillas benefit the environment and humans.
Now that she's back in the U.S., she wants to help preserve our wildlife and wilderness using the same approach.
