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Wilderness News and Views
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Forest Service reverses decades-long phase-out policy for cabins in Wilderness in Alaska
In January, the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) approved a policy change for the Tongass National Forest that will disproportionately impact Wilderness. Designated Wilderness makes up about one-third of the 17 million-acre Tongass, which spans the coastal panhandle of Alaska.…
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Comradery in defense of wild places: A recap of the Healthy Public Lands Conference
Over the past two years of grad school, I often sat at my desk learning about the way policy lands in our backyards, just over our fences, and across the public lands that draw many to the West. My…
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Gutting of the Forest Service will cause irreparable damage to wilderness character
The U.S. Forest Service is headed for obsolescence due to recent personnel reductions, proposed budget cuts, and re-organization plans. The ability of the Forest Service to meet its legislatively mandated multiple-use mission to the American public is being systematically…
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Wilderness ranger speaks out about February wave of firings, impacts to Wilderness
NOTE: In February, the Trump administration fired approximately 3,400 U.S. Forest Service employees and 1,000 National Park Service employees, including wilderness rangers and trail crew members across the country. Shortly after termination, some wilderness rangers reached out to Wilderness Watch…
Wilderness Experienced Stories
“Wilderness Experienced” is our shared stories and musings about recent experiences in our nation’s Wildernesses.
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