Accomplishments
Since our inception in 1989, Wilderness Watch has played an important role in assuring that management agencies abide by the Wilderness Act and other laws that protect the integrity of our wilderness heritage. Here’s a quick look at a few of our accomplishments:
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WW Stops Commercial Logging in Red Rock Lakes Wilderness
In August 2015, Wilderness Watch convinced the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to cancel plans for a commercial logging operation in the Red Rock Lakes Wilderness in Montana. The project had been planned as part of a larger fuels reduction effort at the Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, located in the Centennial Valley…
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Los Vidrios—The illegal road
In 2015, a local Wilderness Watch member, Fred Goodsell, sounded the alarm that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) had designated an illegal vehicle route as an “administrative road” through the Cabeza-Prieta Wilderness in southwest Arizona. The route, known as Los Vidrios, was reportedly created for and used as a smuggling route for many…
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Wolf killing plan in Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness stopped for now
Due to legal pressure applied by Wilderness Watch and other conservation groups, the State of Idaho has abandoned its plans for contract killing of wolves this winter in the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness (FC-RONR) in Idaho. Read more…
Photo: Cumberland Island Wilderness, Georgia by Jessica Howell-Edwards