The Forest Service is proposing new regulations and increased monitoring of recreation use on the Flathead Wild and Scenic River System, including the 87 miles that run through Wilderness. However, the agency’s proposed actions fall far short. wildernesswatch.org/protect-wild...

The National Park Service is proposing a new rule that allows for cruel and grossly unethical hunting practices on America’s National Preserves in Alaska, including on over eight million acres of Wilderness. Raise your voice by April 9! >>> wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/ak-hunting-t...

"Sure enough, documents we obtained through the Freedom of Information Act indicate that the Forest Service wasn’t being forthright and that Supervisor Degeest and her colleagues knew significantly more about the proposal than what we were led to believe." wildernesswatch.org/foia-reveals...

"Sure enough, documents we obtained through the Freedom of Information Act indicate that the Forest Service wasn’t being forthright and that Supervisor Degeest and her colleagues knew significantly more about the proposal than what we were led to believe." wildernesswatch.org/foia-reveals...

Wilderness is not a tree farm, so please speak up to keep Wilderness and giant sequoias wild! The deceptively-named "Save Our Sequoias Act" (S. 4103) would do immense and unnecessary damage to the wild groves of giant sequoias in designated Wilderness.

Anti-wilderness Congress members Senator Steve Daines (R-MT) and Representative Troy Downing (R-MT) have reintroduced their bill to slash protections for more than 156 square miles of some of the wildest federal public lands in Montana. Help 🛑 them! wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/montanasport...

Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) wants to gut the Wilderness Act to potentially allow Homeland Security to build roads, land aircraft, and install surveillance technology across America’s ENTIRE 112-million-acre National Wilderness Preservation System. TAKE ACTION! wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/border-bill

The National Park Service is proposing a new rule that allows for cruel and grossly unethical hunting practices on America’s National Preserves in Alaska, including on over eight million acres of Wilderness. Tap for full details and talking points >>> wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/ak-hunting-t...

In October 2025, a judge ruled in our favor and struck down the Forest Service’s approval of a plan by Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks to poison 46 miles of Buffalo Creek in the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness north of Yellowstone National Park. wildernesswatch.substack.com/p/montana-fi...

Whoooooooo wants to raise your voice for Wilderness and its wildlife?!? Tap here to take action >>> wildernesswatch.org/action-alerts/

Here’s an important piece, written in 2022, sharing the unique voices of Cu’pik and Gwich’in people on Wilderness and their relationship to the land, and consideration of Wilderness from an historical lens as well. >>> wildernesswatch.org/images/wild-...

"They will not replace me if I leave. I have to hope that by staying I can be the bridge to the next generation of wilderness rangers. Our Wilderness areas are invaluable and precious." wildernesswatch.org/they-will-no...

Congress is putting some of the cleanest water in the United States at risk! Please CALL YOUR TWO SENATORS at (202) 224-3121 and tell them both to “Vote NO on House Joint Resolution 140!” Details and call script ⬇️ wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/boundary-wat...

Many people think that Wildernesses, those beautiful, wild areas designated by Congress under the 1964 Wilderness Act, are off limits to grazing by cattle and sheep. Unfortunately that is not the case. wildernesswatch.org/its-time-to-...

According to internal U.S. Forest Service documents Wilderness Watch obtained via the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), the Forest Service is considering letting commercial outfitters run chainsaws through Wilderness and the Wilderness Act. >>> wildernesswatch.substack.com/p/foia-revea...

America's Wilderness Study Areas in Montana are under attack—yet again. Urge your members of Congress to oppose the so-called "Montana Sportsmen Conservation Act." wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/montanasport...

Wilderness Watch is the leading national organization whose sole focus is the preservation and proper stewardship of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Learn more about current Wilderness issues we’re working on. >>> wildernesswatch.org/wild-issues/

We're grateful to Our Public Lands Podcast for discussing Wilderness policy with Wilderness Watch's Kevin Proescholdt. We urge all our members and supporters to give the interview a listen and also subscribe to the Our Public Lands Podcast. ourpubliclandspodcast.substack.com/p/70-fightin...

The so-called “Montana Sportsmen Conservation Act” would remove protections for 100,000 acres of America's Wilderness Study Areas in Montana so the wildlands could be logged, roaded, mined, and torn up by off-road vehicles. TAKE ACTION to Keep It Wild! wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/montanasport...

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. www.thewildlifenews.com/2026/03/31/f...

“I find it curious that the Forest Service’s headquarters and leadership will now be placed in a State that continues to challenge the constitutionality and very idea of federal public lands and National Forests." – Dr. Martin Nie, Bolle Center at U of Montana montanafreepress.org/2026/03/31/u...

Trump is moving the headquarters of the U.S. Forest Service, one of the United State's largest federal public land management agencies, to Utah; a state that is suing the government to take control of federal public lands away from the American people. thehill.com/policy/energ...

“The purpose of the Wilderness Act is to preserve the wilderness character of the areas to be included in the wilderness system, not to establish any particular use.” — Howard Zahniser, Wilderness Act author

Many people think that Wildernesses, those beautiful, wild areas designated by Congress under the 1964 Wilderness Act, are off limits to grazing by cattle and sheep. Unfortunately that is not the case. wildernesswatch.org/its-time-to-...

The Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is too wild and too special to be ruined by oil and gas development! We're grateful to over 8,100 of our members and supporters who recently spoke up to help stop oil and gas development. wildernesswatch.org/protect-the-...

The spring issue of our newsletter, the Wilderness Watcher, is hot off the press! Read it to see how we're defending Wilderness and its wildlife in Congress, the courts, and on the ground. We're grateful for the support and actions of our members! >>> wildernesswatch.org/wp-content/u...

The Mexican gray wolf, or lobo, is the smallest subspecies of gray wolf and also one of the most endangered carnivores in the world. But Congress is attempting to silence the quintessential call of the lobo across the American Southwest! ACT NOW! wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/hr4255/index...

We've raised 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...

🚨 Freedom of Information Act reveals U.S. Forest Service considering nationwide chainsaw use in Wilderness. According to FOIA documents, Forest Service may let commercial outfitters run chainsaws through Wilderness and the Wilderness Act. —> wildernesswatch.substack.com/p/foia-revea...

The U.S. Senate could vote THIS WEEK on a bill overturning the 20-year mining moratorium in the Boundary Waters Wilderness watershed! Please CALL YOUR TWO SENATORS TODAY at 202-224-3121 and tell them to “Vote NO on House Joint Resolution 140!”

Freedom of Information Act reveals U.S. Forest Service considering nationwide chainsaw use in Wilderness. According to FOIA documents, Forest Service considering letting commercial outfitters run chainsaws through Wilderness and the Wilderness Act. wildernesswatch.substack.com/p/foia-revea...

The spring issue of our newsletter, the Wilderness Watcher, is hot off the press! Read it to see how we're defending Wilderness and its wildlife in Congress, the courts, and on the ground. >>> wildernesswatch.org/wp-content/u...

As rangeland health on federal public lands declines, the Bureau of Land Management simply stops monitoring because science-based public lands management falls victim to Trump budget cuts. Learn more via @peer.org. peer.org/as-rangeland...

Heads up! The U.S. Senate could vote THIS WEEK on a bill overturning the 20-year mining moratorium in the Boundary Waters Wilderness watershed! Please CALL YOUR TWO SENATORS TODAY at 202-224-3121 and tell them to “Vote NO on House Joint Resolution 140!”

Get to know the Congressional Review Act (CRA) and see how it's being used by some members of Congress to radically meddle in federal public land management to the benefit of the resource exploitation industry. wildernesswatch.org/congressiona...

Wilderness Watch is America’s leading organization dedicated to defending the nation’s 112-million-acre National Wilderness Preservation System and keeping it wild. Our work is guided by the visionary 1964 Wilderness Act.

Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) wants to gut the Wilderness Act to potentially allow Homeland Security to build roads, land aircraft, and install surveillance technology across America’s entire 112-million-acre National Wilderness Preservation System. ACT NOW! wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/border-bill

The spring issue of our newsletter, the Wilderness Watcher, is hot off the press! Read it to see how we're Wilderness and its wildlife in Congress, the courts, and on the ground. >>> wildernesswatch.org/wp-content/u...

The U.S. Senate could vote THIS WEEK on a bill overturning the 20-year mining moratorium in the Boundary Waters Wilderness watershed! Even if you've already called, please CALL YOUR TWO SENATORS TODAY at 202-224-3121 and tell them to “Vote NO on House Joint Resolution 140!”

The Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act is wilderness legislation as it should be—with no special provisions that chip away at the Wilderness Act or weaken the protections Wilderness and wildlife need. Urge Congress to pass NREPA! wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/nrepa-2025/i...

Together with our allies, we've sued the Interior Department and King Cove Corporation for signing a land exchange agreement with the sole purpose of facilitating the construction of a 13-mile road through the Izembek Wilderness in Alaska. wildernesswatch.org/wilderness-w...

URGENT! The U.S. Senate could vote THIS WEEK on a bill overturning the 20-year mining moratorium in the Boundary Waters Wilderness watershed! Even if you've already called, please CALL YOUR TWO SENATORS TODAY and tell them to “Vote NO on House Joint Resolution 140!”

Urge your representative to co-sponsor and pass the Voluntary Grazing Permit Retirement Act (H.R. 5785) to help end livestock damage to Wilderness and the native wildlife that need Wilderness habitats for survival. wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/vgpra-hr5785...

The "extinction caucus" in Congress wants to gut the Endangered Species Act (ESA) even as the world faces a biodiversity and extinction crisis! Act now to defend endangered species protections. Urge your representative to oppose H.R. 1897. >>> wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/oppose_hr189...

A special thank you to over 8,100 of our members and supporters who contacted the BLM during the agency’s “Call for Nominations and Comments for the 2026 Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Lease Sale.” Tap below to read our comments that we submitted with our allies. wildernesswatch.org/protect-the-...

"So we started poaching some [non-motorized] trails that were off-limits to e-bikes: no one really noticed one electric [motorized] bicycle in the middle of our pack, and besides, there's not much enforcement." Remember, some mtn bikers want to potentially open all Wilderness areas to bicycles.

Congress is attempting to silence the quintessential call of the lobo across the American Southwest, including in iconic Wilderness areas like the Gila, Blue Range, Aldo Leopold, Bear Wallow, Escudilla, Mount Baldy, Apache Kid, and Withington. SPEAK UP: wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/hr4255/index...

"A recent piece by a U.S. Forest Service fire researcher supporting manipulating designated Wilderness areas showed a profound misunderstanding about Wilderness, its history, its stewardship policies, and the Wilderness Act itself." – Wilderness Watch missoulacurrent.com/wild-wildern...

ICYMI: Wilderness Watch and our allies helped defeated a proposal to increase wolf killing in the Bob Marshall Wilderness in Montana. While we’re glad this bad proposal was defeated, we support eending wolf hunting and trapping in Wilderness, period. wildernesswatch.org/proposal-to-...

We hate to sound like a broken record, but.... The U.S. Senate could vote THIS WEEK on bill overturning a 20-year mining moratorium in the Boundary Waters Wilderness watershed! CALL YOUR TWO SENATORS TODAY and tell them to “Vote NO on House Joint Resolution 140!”