April 15, 2020 – It’s time for the U.S. Forest Service to put a stop to the state of Idaho’s relentless quest to kill as many wolves as it can on our public lands in Idaho, including in Wildernesses. Since being stripped of Endangered Species Act protections and having their “management” turned over to the […]
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Dr. Franz Camenzind: Why Wilderness? Because it’s irreplaceable
Nov. 15, 2018 – A lot is being said about wilderness these days: some misrepresentations and a lot of confusion as to what wilderness is—legally and ecologically. First, the 1964 Wilderness Act is the best land protection law our nation has. As a speaker at the 3rd World Wilderness Conference said: “Wilderness is nature in […]
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Wilderness Watch: National Park Service’s inhumane plan to capture and exile mainland wolves to Isle Royale
Sept. 24, 2018 – The National Park Service has decided to move ahead with its ill-advised plan for heavy-handed manipulation of the Isle Royale Wilderness in Michigan. The Park Service is beginning to plan for its initial capture of six wolves from other places in the region, which will then be released on Isle Royale, […]
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Conservation organizations strongly object to anti-Wilderness provisions in NRA-backed SHARE Act
MISSOULA, MT, Sept. 12, 2017 – Today, 23 conservation, Wilderness and wildlife organizations from across America voiced their strong opposition to the NRA-backed “Sportsmen’s Heritage and Recreational Enhancement (SHARE) Act of 2017,” which they described as nothing more than a thinly disguised measure to gut the 1964 Wilderness Act and the protections afforded to every […]
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Analysis: Sportsmen’s Heritage and Recreational Enhancement (SHARE) Act Guts the Wilderness Act
MISSOULA, MT August 30, 2017 – A new analysis (http://bit.ly/2vlQShz) by Wilderness Watch calls the discussion draft of the “Sportsmen’s Heritage and Recreational Enhancement (SHARE) Act of 2017” nothing more than a thinly disguised measure to gut the 1964 Wilderness Act and the protections afforded to every unit of America’s 110 million-acre National Wilderness Preservation […]