Keeping Wilderness Wild

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.

Take Action

Raise your voice for Wilderness.

Sandwich Range Wilderness and Inventoried Roadless Area, White Mountain National Forest, New Hampshire by Zack Porter, Standing Trees
Strengthen—don’t repeal—the Roadless Rule
Take Action
Giant sequoias by Bob Wick/BLM
Keep Wilderness and giant sequoias wild
Take Action
Hoodoo Mountain Wilderness Study Area by BLM
Take action: Wildlands under attack in Montana
Take Action

What We’re Working On

See how we’re defending America’s National Wilderness Preservation System.

Wilderness News and Views

  • Washakie Wilderness by Howie Wolke

    You defended the Washakie Wilderness!

    In an impressive third act, written entirely by the public, you stopped the logging and removal of the survey tree in the Washakie Wilderness—and you saved more than we realized.

  • Washakie Wilderness by Howie Wolke

    If a tree falls in the Wilderness, will we hear (about) it?

    The U.S. Forest Service has approved a tree-cutting project in the Washakie Wilderness in Wyoming behind closed doors. Does it promote a wilderness ethic? Certainly not. Will it violate the Wilderness Act? Most likely. Will the public know the…

  • Wilderness Watch is in D.C. this week and we need your backup

    Wilderness Watch staff are in Washington, D.C. to educate and urge members of Congress to take action to protect Wilderness—and we could use your help!

  • Webinar: Chainsaws and the Wilderness Act

    This webinar about “Chainsaws and the Wilderness Act” was recorded on June 11, 2026. It was co-hosted by Wilderness Watch and Great Old Broads for Wilderness.

Lochsa River, Idaho by Leon Werdinger