Wilderness Watch

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_hr1897/…

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. wildernesswatch.org/protect-the-ar…

"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 mountain bikers want to open Wilderness 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.h…

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!”

"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." via @MissoulaCurrent missoulacurrent.com/wild-wildernes…

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 ending wolf hunting and trapping in Wilderness, period. wildernesswatch.org/proposal-to-in…

PIELC Panel: How Disinformation about Giant Sequoias and Fire is Threatening Protected Areas Nationally @johnmuirproject/note/p-190941885?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=4n4176" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">substack.com/@johnmuirproje…

On Saturday, March 14 Wilderness Watch's Mason Parker will be speaking on a PIELC panel titled, "How disinformation about giant sequoias and fire is threatening protected areas nationally." The panel kicks off at 8:30am in room EMU 145 of the Erb Memorial Union.

We're excited to back in Eugene at the University of Oregon for the 44th annual Public Interest Environmental Law Conference (PIELC). If you're at PIELC, or in the area, swing by our information table and say hello!

A recent article advocating for the manipulation of Wilderness showed a profound misunderstanding about Wilderness, its history, its stewardship policies, and the Wilderness Act itself, says Wilderness Watch's Kevin Proescholdt. via @NatCounterPunch counterpunch.org/2026/03/13/for…

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-traill…

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-water…

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-r…

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.h…

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-grizzly…

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

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-r…