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The Idea of Wilderness

by wilderness | Aug 12, 2014 | history of wilderness, let's celebrate wilderness, wilderness, Wilderness Act, Wilderness50

Available Summer Adventures

by wilderness | Jun 13, 2014 | 2014 trips, backpacking, camping, hiking, history of wilderness, Idaho, Leave No Trace, Montana, restoration, wilderness

There are still spaces remaining on WV service projects in several outstanding wild places. Here are a few of the places that have spots available to give something back:Mission Mountains Wilderness, Montana, July 19 – 26Photo by Tammy Rinaldi, WV Service...

Wilderness: Our Enduring American Legacy

by wilderness | Jun 5, 2014 | history of wilderness, let's celebrate wilderness, The Wilderness Society, wilderness, Wilderness50

Hiking in the John Muir WildernessA new publication from The Wilderness Society celebrates the role of wilderness in shaping our national character, highlights the significance of wilderness in America and calls on Congress to protect more wild places.”Changes...

Let’s Celebrate Wilderness! 4

by wilderness | Feb 5, 2014 | history of wilderness, let's celebrate wilderness, The Wilderness Society, wilderness, Wilderness Act

Howard ZahniserThe founders of the Wilderness Society knew that the the early wilderness areas didn’t have adequate protections as it was relatively easy to reverse the administrative acts that created them. They knew that it would take stronger legal action on...

Let’s Celebrate Wilderness! 3

by wilderness | Jan 29, 2014 | Aldo Leopold, history of wilderness, let's celebrate wilderness, Sand Country Almanac, The Wilderness Society, wilderness, Wilderness Act

Aldo Leopold was the first to use the word wilderness to describe the areas he wanted to be preserved in the National Forests. He worked in the Forest Service where he was tasked with killing predators hated by local ranchers. He came to respect these animals and...

Let’s Celebrate Wilderness! 2

by wilderness | Jan 17, 2014 | grand canyon, history of wilderness, John Muir, let's celebrate wilderness, Theodore Roosevelt, wilderness, Wilderness Act, Wilderness50, Yellowstone

Thomas Moran’s “Tower Creek, Yellowstone”In 1872, Yellowstone was designated a “public park or pleasuring ground for the benefit and enjoyment of the American people.” Note that the National Park Service wasn’t created until...

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