We updated our chart of Wilderness legislation pending in Congress. The majority of legislation would weaken protections for Wilderness and its wildlife. Please take a look and then TAKE ACTION to keep Wilderness wild! >>> wildernesswatch.org/congress/ 📸 Bob Wick/BLM

The "extinction caucus" in Congress supports radical legislation to drastically weaken the Endangered Species Act and decrease protections for threatened species—including imperiled species that call Wilderness home. Speak up for wildlife —> wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/oppose_hr189...

Call your senators at 202-224-3121 and tell them to oppose Sen Mike Lee's "Border Lands Conservation Act" (S.2967), which would amend the Wilderness Act to allow DHS to build roads, land aircraft, and install surveillance tech in ALL WILDERNESS areas! www.twincities.com/2025/11/04/b...

Hardy har har! Tis the season!

Here's a remarkable story of private individuals who accepted a limited privilege in Wilderness, acknowledging it would end when certain conditions occur. Now that the end is in sight, some of these individuals apparently want to enlarge that privilege. wildernesswatch.org/forest-servi...

This bill guts the Wilderness Act, allowing Homeland Security to build roads, land aircraft, and deploy tactical infrastructure—including video surveillance systems and motion sensors—across America’s ENTIRE 112 million-acre Wilderness Preservation System. www.startribune.com/tolkkinen-wh...

If Rep Lauren Boebert's so-called “Pet and Livestock Protection Act” becomes law, wolves would no longer find refuge or roam safely in Wilderness areas in places like Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan. Urge your U.S. House Rep to oppose the bill >>> wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/oppose_hr845...

Senator Mike Lee's (R-UT) so-called "Border Lands Conservation Act" would amend the Wilderness Act to allow DHS to build roads, land aircraft, and install surveillance tech in ALL WILDERNESS areas! Call your rep and senators at 202-224-3121 and tell them to oppose the bill!

“Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it.” – Norman Maclean 📸 Bald River Gorge Wilderness

This is the wild Buffalo Creek drainage in the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness north of Yellowstone National Park that the Forest Service wanted to invade with poison and helicopters in order to kill off all aquatic life, amphibians and insects. Details —> wildernesswatch.substack.com/p/wilderness...

The Trump administration has launched fresh attacks on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the Izembek Wilderness, and Gates of the Arctic National Preserve. www.counterpunch.org/2025/11/04/t...

Help protect the Great Bear! Urge your members of Congress to oppose the Grizzly Bear State Management Act of 2025 —> wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/oppose-grizz...

You might call Wilderness cool. Wildlife calls it home. #KeepItWild

Want to help us defend Wilderness? 1. Check out our updated chart of Wilderness legislation pending in Congress. 2. Call your members of Congress at (202) 224-3121 and urge them to protect Wilderness by voting for or against specific legislation. wildernesswatch.org/congress/

"The absence of Inventoried Roadless Areas adjacent to Wilderness would make it much more likely that industrial forest management would take place right up to the wilderness boundary." wildernesswatch.org/why-roadless...

“Judge Molloy’s thoroughly reasoned Order spells out precisely why the agency’s misguided aims are fundamentally at odds with the Wilderness Act. Every manager who oversees Wilderness needs to read and understand it.” – Wilderness Watch montanafreepress.org/2025/10/31/j...

“There are approximately 2.8 million acres of vacant grazing allotments in Wilderness areas. Grazing in Wilderness often leads to the continued existence of structures, motorized use, and killing native predators." – Katie Bilodeau, Wilderness Watch wildernesswatch.substack.com/p/new-trump-...

The Trump administration has launched fresh attacks on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the Izembek Wilderness, and the world-class wildlands near and through Gates of the Arctic National Preserve. >>> wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/arctic-izemb...

We just updated our chart of Wilderness legislation pending in Congress, and suffice it to say, the majority of pending legislation would significantly gut the Wilderness Act and weaken protections for Wilderness and its wildlife around the country. wildernesswatch.org/congress/

This is the wild Buffalo Creek drainage in the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness of Montana just north of Yellowstone National Park that the U.S. Forest Service and Montana FWP wanted to invade with poison and helicopters. Our lawsuit put a 🛑 to it! wildernesswatch.substack.com/p/wilderness...

Sure, Halloween can be spooky. 🎃👻🦇 But it's not nearly as scary as what some members of Congress are trying to do to America's Wilderness and public lands legacy. Don't be tricked....TAKE ACTION! >>> wildernesswatch.org/action-alerts/

We continue to sound the alarm that anti-public lands and anti-Wilderness crusader Senator Mike Lee's (R-UT) border bill threatens America's entire National Wilderness Preservation System, including the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in Minnesota. www.startribune.com/gop-bill-wou...

“The idea that managers can substitute their desired conditions for what nature provides in these wild places threatens to destroy the profound values that set wilderness areas apart." - George Nickas, Wilderness Watch via @dailymontanan.com dailymontanan.com/2025/10/30/f...

The U.S. Forest Service wants to cut down trees and burn over 800,000 acres across 11 Wilderness areas in California's High Sierra, including with the use of helicopters, chainsaws, and drones dropping incendiary devices to set forests ablaze. wildernesswatch.org/torching-the...

Raise your voice to defend wolves and help keep Wilderness wild! Stop Congress from killing Endangered Species Act protections for gray wolves! Click here to howl >>> wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/hr845-wolf-esa

Senator Mike Lee's (R-UT) so-called "Border Lands Conservation Act" would amend the Wilderness Act to allow DHS to build roads, land aircraft, and install surveillance tech in ALL WILDERNESS areas! Call your rep and senators at 202-224-3121 and tell them to oppose the bill!

The deceptively named “Fix Our Forests Act” threatens Wilderness with more livestock grazing and manager-ignited fires! Tell your senators to vote NO! wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/fix-our-fore...

“This is one of the most important rulings for protecting the integrity of the Wilderness Act in the law’s 60-year history,” Wilderness Watch executive director George Nickas stated. billingsgazette.com/news/state-r...

Happy National Cat Day!

On October 23, the Trump administration launched fresh attacks on three iconic wildlands in Alaska, places that Wilderness Watch, our members and supporters, and our conservation allies have fought to safeguard for decades. wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/arctic-izemb...

The "extinction caucus" in Congress is supporting radical legislation to drastically weaken the Endangered Species Act and decrease protections for threatened and endangered species—including imperiled species that call Wilderness home. TAKE ACTION >>> wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/oppose_hr189...

Wilderness Watch has tracked growing wilderness administration problems in the Enchantments and the Alpine Lakes Wilderness for decades—including the Forest Service's long, ongoing failure to safeguard the Alpine Lakes Wilderness by limiting use levels. www.buzzsprout.com/2322587/epis...

"To many of us our time spent in Wilderness is essential to our being. But Wilderness is valuable for many reasons, including for its own sake; it doesn’t derive its value from us." wildernesswatch.substack.com/p/wilderness...

Millions of acres of Wilderness and wild forest in the Sierras the “Range of Light" are under threat of reckless tree cutting and incineration at the hands of those tasked with guarding them. >>> www.thewildlifenews.com/2025/10/28/t...

Sen Mike Lee wants to amend the Wilderness Act to allow DHS to build roads, land aircraft, and install surveillance tech in ALL WILDERNESS nationwide! Call your rep & senators at 202-224-3121 and tell them to oppose the Border Lands Conservation Act! wildernesswatch.substack.com/p/senator-mi...

“This is one of the most important rulings for protecting the integrity of the Wilderness Act in the law’s 60-year history,” said Wilderness Watch executive director, George Nickas. Full details >>> wildernesswatch.substack.com/p/federal-ju...

“Minnesota’s million-acre Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness could be damaged almost beyond recognition if Lee’s bill passes,” said Kevin Proescholdt, Wilderness Watch’s conservation director and a former Boundary Waters Wilderness guide. paddleandportage.com/2025/10/23/a...

Anti-public lands, anti-Wilderness crusader, Senator Mike Lee (R-UT), has introduced a bill that guts the Wilderness Act, potentially allowing the DHS to build roads, land aircraft, and install surveillance technology across America’s entire 112 million-acre National Wilderness Preservation System.

“This is one of the most important rulings for protecting the integrity of the Wilderness Act in the law’s 60-year history,” Wilderness Watch Executive Director George Nickas said in a statement. courthousenews.com/judge-says-n...

Check out fall newsletter to see what we've been doing—with your advocacy and generous support—to defend America's National Wilderness Preservation System. >>> wildernesswatch.org/wp-content/u...

“Most Americans are shocked to learn that domestic livestock are allowed to graze over 25 percent of our 52 million acres of Wilderness areas in the Lower 48 for literally just pennies a day." – Katie Bilodeau, Wilderness Watch wildernesswatch.substack.com/p/wilderness...

New "border bill" from Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) would open America's ENTIRE Wilderness System to road construction, motor vehicles, aircraft landings, and deployment of tactical infrastructure, including video surveillance systems and motion sensors. >>> wildernesswatch.substack.com/p/senator-mi...

Federal judge overturns a U.S. Forest Service plan to poison Buffalo Creek in the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness! Court rules in favor of Wilderness Watch, strikes down agency poisoning plan in Buffalo Creek watershed near Yellowstone National Park. >>> wildernesswatch.substack.com/p/federal-ju...

New "border bill" from Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) would open America's ENTIRE Wilderness System to road construction, motor vehicles, aircraft landings, and deployment of tactical infrastructure, including video surveillance systems and motion sensors. >>> wildernesswatch.substack.com/p/senator-mi...

“This is one of the most important rulings for protecting the integrity of the Wilderness Act in the law’s 60-year history,” said Wilderness Watch executive director, George Nickas.

Federal judge overturns a U.S. Forest Service plan to poison Buffalo Creek in the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness! Court rules in favor of Wilderness Watch, strikes down agency poisoning plan in Buffalo Creek watershed near Yellowstone National Park. >>> wildernesswatch.substack.com/p/federal-ju...

“Most Americans are shocked to learn that domestic livestock are allowed to graze over 25 percent of our 52 million acres of Wilderness areas in the Lower 48 for literally just pennies a day." – Katie Bilodeau, Wilderness Watch wildernesswatch.substack.com/p/wilderness...

Jerome was active with Wilderness Watch for nearly three decades. He helped establish our Georgia Chapter and served two terms on our board of directors. Jerome was a great friend to Wilderness and Wilderness Watch. We'll miss him. missoulacurrent.com/obituary-jer...

Senator Mike Lee's Border Bill would open entire Wilderness System to road construction, motor vehicles, aircraft landings, and deployment of tactical infrastructure and technology, including video surveillance systems and motion sensors Details >>> wildernesswatch.substack.com/p/senator-mi...

We applaud Representative Adam Smith (D-WA) for introducing the Voluntary Grazing Permit Retirement Act (VGPRA). Most Americans are shocked to learn that domestic livestock graze over 25% of our 52 million acres of Wilderness areas in the Lower 48. adamsmith.house.gov/news/press-r...