Gwich’in Steering Committee, Wilderness Watch, and allied groups take latest Arctic Refuge leasing program to court
Photo: Porcupine Caribou by Frostnip
Wilderness Watch, allies sue Interior for illegal land swap that threatens Izembek Wilderness
Photo: Kristine Sowl/USFWS
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Wilderness News and Views
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It’s time to protect Wilderness from livestock grazing
Recent reporting has exposed some of the many ongoing problems with livestock grazing on federal public lands. These problems include great resource damage, little oversight or repair of that damage, and the oversized political influence of ranchers and wealthy…
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Domestic sheep grazing and Wilderness are always at odds
Stumbling over the rugged alpine landscape of the High Uintas Wilderness, a bighorn lamb is coughing and struggling, afflicted with pneumonia as the cold skies of winter set in. Here in northeastern Utah, a battle between domestication and wildness…
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Congressional Review Act: A new tool for lawmakers to radically meddle in public land management
Radical? Not me. In a House Natural Resources Committee hearing earlier this year, after one lawmaker finished complaining about “radical environmentalists” a second lawmaker bemusedly opined that no one is just an “environmentalist” anymore; nowadays all environmentalists are radical…
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They will not replace me if I leave: A wilderness ranger’s 2025 season
I’m a quarter mile into my hike when the tears start to fall. I can’t control them these days. I’m at work, wearing my uniform, and I do not want to be crying right now. I briefly contemplate walking…
Wilderness Experienced Stories
“Wilderness Experienced” is our shared stories and musings about recent experiences in our nation’s Wildernesses.
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