Sadly, sometimes we also "wonder if we have enough reverence for life to conceded to wilderness the right to live on."
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Wilderness Watch
Профиль VivelyWilderness 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.
On July 24, Wilderness Watch and allied groups filed a motion requesting that the court stop all road building activities in the Izembek Wilderness and National Wildlife Refuge while our recently filed lawsuit makes its way through court. wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/izembek-inju...
Emergency legal action filed defend Izembek WildernessLawsuit aims to stop road building in Izembek Wilderness and National Wildlife Refuge.wildernesswatch.salsalabs.orgEarlier this year, Wilderness Watch and our allies filed a complaint against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to secure the critical habitat—including in Wilderness—that threatened wolverines deserve and desperately need to fend off extinction. wildernesswatch.org/threatened-w...
Threatened wolverines need critical habitat designated - Wilderness WatchNo critter exemplifies our nation’s wilderness heritage more than the tenacious and beautiful wolverine. Wolverines are among the most wilderness-dependent mammals in the lower 48 states, persisting o...wildernesswatch.orgEarlier this year, Wilderness Watch and our allies filed a complaint against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to secure the critical habitat—including in Wilderness—that threatened wolverines deserve and desperately need to fend off extinction. wildernesswatch.org/threatened-w...
Threatened wolverines need critical habitat designated - Wilderness WatchNo critter exemplifies our nation’s wilderness heritage more than the tenacious and beautiful wolverine. Wolverines are among the most wilderness-dependent mammals in the lower 48 states, persisting o...wildernesswatch.orgThe National Park Service has failed to keep the promise of a wild Cumberland Island. The National Park Service's proposed new Visitor Use Management Plan for Cumberland Island National Seashore and Wilderness prioritizes recreation over wildness. wildernesswatch.org/cumberland-i...
Cumberland Island deserves better - Wilderness WatchCumberland Island National Seashore and Wilderness in southern Georgia—with its massive live oak maritime forests, saltwater marshes, and spectacular white sand beach is the largest undeveloped barrie...wildernesswatch.org“At least 50% of all Bureau-administered Wilderness acres are grazed by livestock. If enacted, these regulations would expand grazing at great cost to wilderness character and hide the consequences from the public." - Katie Bilodeau, Wilderness Watch wildernesswatch.org/blm-is-tryin...
BLM is trying to rig the rules and turning a blind eye to profiteers looting Wilderness - Wilderness WatchAs the public comment period closes today, the Bureau of Land Management has received more than 105,000 public comments on its proposed overhaul of federal grazing regulations governing approximately ...wildernesswatch.orgThe outstanding wilderness and wildlife values of Izembek must be protected from the planned road construction until the merits of our lawsuit can be heard. These values are of national and international significance and should not be tossed aside. wildernesswatch.substack.com/p/emergency-...
Emergency legal action aims to stop road building in Izembek Wilderness and National Wildlife RefugeLawsuit challenges Army Corps for violating the Clean Water Act when issuing permitwildernesswatch.substack.comThere are hundreds of fewer wolves in Montana than previously thought....because the state of Montana overestimated the wolf population for decades. This is what "state management" of wolves looks like, in addition to allowing unethical "hunting" methods. dailyinterlake.com/news/2026/ju...
State overestimated wolf population for decades, according to annual wolf reportThere are hundreds of fewer wolves in Montana than previously thought, according to the 2025 Wolf Report released by Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks earlier this month.dailyinterlake.comWe support the Voluntary Grazing Permit Retirement Act (H.R. 5785) as it offers a solution toward ending livestock damage in Wilderness. This bill will work to bolster protection of public lands and Wilderness areas fairly and permanently. wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/vgpra-hr5785...
Urge Congress to pass the Voluntary Grazing Permit Retirement ActRaise your voice to protect Wilderness, watersheds, and native wildlife.wildernesswatch.salsalabs.orgIn good news for the Mission Mountains Wilderness in Montana, this spring the Forest Service withdrew its controversial "Mid-Swan Landscape Restoration and WUI Project" final environmental impact statement and draft record of decision. Details >>> wildernesswatch.substack.com/p/some-good-...
Some good news for the Mission Mountains Wilderness in MontanaU.S. Forest Service drops controversial burn and habitat manipulation plan in the Wildernesswildernesswatch.substack.com"A recent opinion article by a U.S. Forest Service research fellow supporting manipulating designated Wilderness areas showed a profound misunderstanding about Wilderness, its history, its stewardship policies, and the Wilderness Act itself." wildernesswatch.org/for-wilderne...
For Wilderness to remain wild, it must remain unmanipulated - Wilderness WatchA recent piece by a U.S. Forest Service research fellow supporting manipulating designated Wilderness areas showed a profound misunderstanding about Wilderness, its history, its stewardship policies, ...wildernesswatch.org“Killing native species to appease the livestock industry violates the Wilderness Act,” said Dan Brister of Wilderness Watch. “In Wilderness, Congress mandated that the Forest Service protect nature—not industry profits.” wildernesswatch.substack.com/p/new-lawsui...
New lawsuit challenges wildlife killing by federal agents inside WildernessUSDA’s Wildlife Services authorizes federally-subsidized “predator control” across millions of acres of public lands nationwidewildernesswatch.substack.com“If enacted, these regulations would expand grazing at great cost to wilderness character and hide the consequences from the public." – Katie Bilodeau, Legal Director and Policy Analyst for Wilderness Watch wildernesswatch.org/blm-is-tryin...
BLM is trying to rig the rules and turning a blind eye to profiteers looting Wilderness - Wilderness WatchAs the public comment period closes today, the Bureau of Land Management has received more than 105,000 public comments on its proposed overhaul of federal grazing regulations governing approximately ...wildernesswatch.org