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Wilderness Watch is the nation's leading organization solely dedicated to defending America's 112 million-acre National Wilderness Preservation System and keeping it wild. Our work is guided by the visionary 1964 Wilderness Act.
Founded in 1989, Wilderness Watch is the leading national organization whose sole focus is the preservation and proper stewardship of lands and rivers included in the National Wilderness Preservation System. Our work is guided by the 1964 Wilderness Act.
See why we're concerned about the Forest Service’s proposal to amend its Forest Plan in regards to wilderness trail management on the White Mountain National Forest in New Hampshire and Maine.
wildernesswatch.org/protect-trai...
Please raise your voice by March 12 to protect Wilderness and wildlife in the Flathead Wild and Scenic River corridor, 87 miles of which flow through gorges and valleys of the 1.6 million-acre Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex in Montana.
>>> wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/flathead-w-s...
Smile, today is World Wolverine Day!
See what we're doing at Wilderness Watch to help defend wolverines, and the Wilderness home they need to survive and thrive.
>>> wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/wolverine-cr...
We're raising concerns about a proposed U.S. Forest Service industrial logging project on the Flathead National Forest in Montana, which would violate the Wilderness Act and negatively impact the Great Bear Wilderness.
wildernesswatch.org/great-bear-w...
A border bill pending in Congress would potentially allow the Department of Homeland Security to build roads, land aircraft, and install surveillance technology across America’s entire National Wilderness Preservation System.
Please help stop it!
wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/border-bill
Speak up for grizzly bears by urging your members of Congress to oppose the Grizzly Bear State Management Act, which would remove federal ESA protections for grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.
wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/oppose-grizz...
Help block an unnecessary bill in Congress that would weaken the 1964 Wilderness Act and allow for logging, burning, and roads through giant sequoia groves in designated Wildernesses in California.
Tell your Rep "Wilderness is not a tree farm!"
>>> wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/hr2709/index...
The Forest Service is proposing new regulations and increased monitoring of recreation use on the Flathead Wild & Scenic River, including 87 miles that run through Wilderness. However, the agency’s proposed actions fall far short. Speak up by March 12!
wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/flathead-w-s...
The Senate could vote THIS WEEK on bill overturning a mining moratorium in the Boundary Waters Wilderness watershed!
CALL YOUR SENATORS at (202) 224-3121 and tell them to “Vote NO on House Joint Resolution 140!”
Tap here for call script and details >>> wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/boundary-wat...
Will future generations ask the public land managers of today why we torched ecological communities? Will they ask why we forced nature into our false perception of it with little regard for the science underlying its evolution?
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The Bureau of Land Management is considering permitting a cattle ranching company to install more than a mile of permanent fencing in the Worthington Mountain Wilderness in Nevada.
Wilderness Watch is fighting back!
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The U.S. Senate could vote any day to overturn a moratorium on sulfide-ore copper mining on national forest land in the Boundary Waters Wilderness watershed.
CALL YOUR SENATORS and tell them to “Vote NO on House Joint Resolution 140!”
More details: wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/boundary-wat...
Roughly 87 miles of the 219-mile Flathead Wild and Scenic River System runs through the gorges and valleys of one of America’s most celebrated Wilderness areas—the 1.6 million-acre Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex in Montana.
Speak up to #KeepItWild!
> wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/flathead-w-s...
We're raising concerns about the Forest Service’s Granite Moccasin Project, a proposed expedited industrial logging project on the Flathead National Forest in Montana, which would violate the Wilderness Act and negatively impact the Great Bear Wilderness.
wildernesswatch.org/great-bear-w...
Steve Wolper was a great Wilderness advocates, served on our Board, and was a longtime member.
Steve was also an accomplished climber and one of the few willing to stick his neck out to oppose fixed climbing anchors in Wilderness.
Thank you, Steve!
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Sadly, a sign of the times—even in designated Wilderness areas.
Carton by Wilderness Watch's Nicole Cannavaro.
Together with thousands of our members, we are urging the National Park Service to drop this Visitor Use Management Plan, keep the current 300-visitor-per-day limit, and ban motorized or mechanized vehicle use north of the Wilderness’s southern boundary.
wildernesswatch.org/cumberland-i...
The 1.56 million-acre Coastal Plain is one of the wildest places on the planet. Oil and gas exploration and drilling there could destroy a globally significant wildlife refuge.
Help protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Coastal Plain!
>>> wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/2026coastalp...
The Senate could vote THIS WEEK to overturn a moratorium on sulfide-ore copper mining on national forest land in the Boundary Waters Wilderness watershed.
CALL YOUR SENATORS at (202) 224-3121 and tell them to “Vote NO on House Joint Resolution 140!”
wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/boundary-wat...
Anti-wildlife members of Congress are attempting to silence the quintessential call of the Mexican gray wolf across the American Southwest, including in Wilderness.
Speak up for the lobo!
>>> wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/hr4255/index...
Heads up to our Missoula area members and supporters!
This First Friday, March 6th, the Rhino Ross Art Nite at The Rhino bar in downtown Missoula will be benefiting Wilderness Watch!
Tap here for full details: wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/rhino-ross-a...
You can help 🛑 the U.S. Forest Service from torching all 30,000 acres of Wilderness on the Shawnee National Forest, but only if you raise you voice by today's March 2 public comment deadline!
We've made taking action a breeze, just tap below!
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The Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act is a science-based bill that would designate 23 million acres of some of the most ecologically important public lands in Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Oregon, and Washington as Wilderness.
Urge Congress to ACT!
wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/nrepa-2025/i...
Help stop the Forest Service from torching 30,000 acres of Wilderness on the Shawnee National Forest in southern Illinois!
Raise your voice for Wilderness by March 2!
>>> wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/shawnee-burn...
Wilderness Watch and our members are urging the National Park Service to drop this Visitor Use Management Plan, keep the current 300-visitor-per-day limit, and ban motorized or mechanized vehicle use north of the Wilderness’s southern boundary.
wildernesswatch.org/cumberland-i...
Speak up for grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem!
Urge Congress to oppose the Grizzly Bear State Management Act.
>>> wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/oppose-grizz...
📸 Sam Parks
We’d like to invite our Missoula area members and supporters to a special First Friday art event on March 6: Rhino Ross Art Nite at The Rhino bar in downtown Missoula benefiting Wilderness Watch!
Tap here for full details: wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/rhino-ross-a...
Removing Boundary Waters protections by passing H.J. Res. 140 would ignore the American people and prioritize the profits of a foreign mining company over the interest of the American people, our beloved Wilderness, and its wildlife.
ACT NOW >>> wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/boundary-wat...
We're raising concerns about the Forest Service’s proposed expedited industrial logging project on the Flathead National Forest in northwest Montana, which would violate the Wilderness Act and negatively impact the Great Bear Wilderness.
wildernesswatch.org/great-bear-w...