Wilderness Watch
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Wilderness Watch is the nation's leading organization solely dedicated to defending America's 112 million-acre National Wilderness Preservation System and keeping it wild. Our work is guided by the visionary 1964 Wilderness Act.
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Federal judge overturns a U.S. Forest Service plan to poison Buffalo Creek in the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness!
Court rules in favor of Wilderness Watch, strikes down agency poisoning plan in Buffalo Creek watershed near Yellowstone National Park.
>>> wildernesswatch.substack.com/p/federal-ju...
Court rules in favor of Wilderness Watch, strikes down agency poisoning plan in Buffalo Creek watershed near Yellowstone National Park.
>>> wildernesswatch.substack.com/p/federal-ju...
Friends of Alaska National Wildlife Refuges, Wilderness Watch, and allied groups sued Interior Department for illegal land swap that threatens Izembek National Wildlife Refuge and Wilderness.
If built, road would essentially cut the Wilderness in two.
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If built, road would essentially cut the Wilderness in two.
wildernesswatch.substack.com/p/groups-sue...
Groups sue Interior for illegal land swap that threatens Izembek National Wildlife Refuge
Road through the Izembek Wilderness would essentially cut the Wilderness in two
wildernesswatch.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Friends of Alaska National Wildlife Refuges, Wilderness Watch, and allied groups sued Interior Department for illegal land swap that threatens Izembek National Wildlife Refuge and Wilderness.
If built, road would essentially cut the Wilderness in two.
wildernesswatch.substack.com/p/groups-sue...
If built, road would essentially cut the Wilderness in two.
wildernesswatch.substack.com/p/groups-sue...
"Becoming a monthly donor is rewarding and easy. Please join me and others by making the same commitment to our shared wild places, assuredly now more important than ever!" – Marty Almquist, Wilderness Watch monthly donor
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Make a commitment to our shared wild places today - Wilderness Watch
By Marty Almquist
wildernesswatch.org
November 12, 2025 at 5:26 PM
"Becoming a monthly donor is rewarding and easy. Please join me and others by making the same commitment to our shared wild places, assuredly now more important than ever!" – Marty Almquist, Wilderness Watch monthly donor
wildernesswatch.org/make-a-commi...
wildernesswatch.org/make-a-commi...
URGENT ACTION NEEDED!
Speak up to keep even more livestock from destroying Wilderness areas!
Call your senators at 202-224-3121 and urge them to vote NO on S.1462, the deceptively-named “Fix Our Forests Act.”
Call script and more details >>> wildernesswatch.substack.com/p/speak-up-t...
Speak up to keep even more livestock from destroying Wilderness areas!
Call your senators at 202-224-3121 and urge them to vote NO on S.1462, the deceptively-named “Fix Our Forests Act.”
Call script and more details >>> wildernesswatch.substack.com/p/speak-up-t...
Speak up to prevent even more livestock from harming Wilderness!
Call your senators at 202-224-3121 and urge them to vote NO on S.1462
wildernesswatch.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:41 PM
URGENT ACTION NEEDED!
Speak up to keep even more livestock from destroying Wilderness areas!
Call your senators at 202-224-3121 and urge them to vote NO on S.1462, the deceptively-named “Fix Our Forests Act.”
Call script and more details >>> wildernesswatch.substack.com/p/speak-up-t...
Speak up to keep even more livestock from destroying Wilderness areas!
Call your senators at 202-224-3121 and urge them to vote NO on S.1462, the deceptively-named “Fix Our Forests Act.”
Call script and more details >>> wildernesswatch.substack.com/p/speak-up-t...
Reposted by Wilderness Watch
Call your senators at (202) 224-3121 and urge them to publicly oppose Senator Lee’s S.2967, which allows DHS to build roads, land aircraft, and install surveillance technology across America’s entire 112 million-acre Wilderness System.
Details —> wildernesswatch.substack.com/p/new-border...
Details —> wildernesswatch.substack.com/p/new-border...
November 11, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Call your senators at (202) 224-3121 and urge them to publicly oppose Senator Lee’s S.2967, which allows DHS to build roads, land aircraft, and install surveillance technology across America’s entire 112 million-acre Wilderness System.
Details —> wildernesswatch.substack.com/p/new-border...
Details —> wildernesswatch.substack.com/p/new-border...
Call your senators at (202) 224-3121 and urge them to publicly oppose Senator Lee’s S.2967, which allows DHS to build roads, land aircraft, and install surveillance technology across America’s entire 112 million-acre Wilderness System.
Details —> wildernesswatch.substack.com/p/new-border...
Details —> wildernesswatch.substack.com/p/new-border...
November 11, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Call your senators at (202) 224-3121 and urge them to publicly oppose Senator Lee’s S.2967, which allows DHS to build roads, land aircraft, and install surveillance technology across America’s entire 112 million-acre Wilderness System.
Details —> wildernesswatch.substack.com/p/new-border...
Details —> wildernesswatch.substack.com/p/new-border...
Our lawsuit victory will keep poisons and 80 helicopter landings out of the wild Buffalo Creek drainage in the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness north of Yellowstone National Park!
Lean more about our recent landmark victory for wilderness protection!
> wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/buffalo-cree...
Lean more about our recent landmark victory for wilderness protection!
> wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/buffalo-cree...
November 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Our lawsuit victory will keep poisons and 80 helicopter landings out of the wild Buffalo Creek drainage in the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness north of Yellowstone National Park!
Lean more about our recent landmark victory for wilderness protection!
> wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/buffalo-cree...
Lean more about our recent landmark victory for wilderness protection!
> wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/buffalo-cree...
URGENT: Please raise your voice to keep even more livestock from destroying Wilderness areas!
Call your senators at 202-224-3121 and urge them to vote NO on S.1462, the deceptively-named “Fix Our Forests Act.”
Click for call script and more details >>> wildernesswatch.substack.com/p/speak-up-t...
Call your senators at 202-224-3121 and urge them to vote NO on S.1462, the deceptively-named “Fix Our Forests Act.”
Click for call script and more details >>> wildernesswatch.substack.com/p/speak-up-t...
November 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
URGENT: Please raise your voice to keep even more livestock from destroying Wilderness areas!
Call your senators at 202-224-3121 and urge them to vote NO on S.1462, the deceptively-named “Fix Our Forests Act.”
Click for call script and more details >>> wildernesswatch.substack.com/p/speak-up-t...
Call your senators at 202-224-3121 and urge them to vote NO on S.1462, the deceptively-named “Fix Our Forests Act.”
Click for call script and more details >>> wildernesswatch.substack.com/p/speak-up-t...
Call your senators at 202-224-3121 and tell them to oppose Sen Mike Lee's "Border Lands Conservation Act" (S.2967), which would amend the Wilderness Act to allow DHS to build roads, land aircraft, and install surveillance tech in ALL WILDERNESS areas!
—> wildernesswatch.substack.com/p/senator-mi...
—> wildernesswatch.substack.com/p/senator-mi...
November 10, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Call your senators at 202-224-3121 and tell them to oppose Sen Mike Lee's "Border Lands Conservation Act" (S.2967), which would amend the Wilderness Act to allow DHS to build roads, land aircraft, and install surveillance tech in ALL WILDERNESS areas!
—> wildernesswatch.substack.com/p/senator-mi...
—> wildernesswatch.substack.com/p/senator-mi...
Help end livestock damage across 13 million acres of Wilderness!
Urge your U.S. House rep co-sponsor and pass the Voluntary Grazing Permit Retirement Act (H.R.5785).
>>> wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/vgpra-hr5785...
Urge your U.S. House rep co-sponsor and pass the Voluntary Grazing Permit Retirement Act (H.R.5785).
>>> wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/vgpra-hr5785...
Urge Congress to pass the Voluntary Grazing Permit Retirement Act
Raise your voice to protect Wilderness, watersheds, and native wildlife.
wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org
November 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Help end livestock damage across 13 million acres of Wilderness!
Urge your U.S. House rep co-sponsor and pass the Voluntary Grazing Permit Retirement Act (H.R.5785).
>>> wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/vgpra-hr5785...
Urge your U.S. House rep co-sponsor and pass the Voluntary Grazing Permit Retirement Act (H.R.5785).
>>> wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/vgpra-hr5785...
Defend clean water in the Boundary Waters Wilderness!
Urge Congress to pass the Boundary Waters Wilderness Protection and Pollution Prevention Act.
>>> wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/no-mining-in...
Urge Congress to pass the Boundary Waters Wilderness Protection and Pollution Prevention Act.
>>> wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/no-mining-in...
November 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Defend clean water in the Boundary Waters Wilderness!
Urge Congress to pass the Boundary Waters Wilderness Protection and Pollution Prevention Act.
>>> wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/no-mining-in...
Urge Congress to pass the Boundary Waters Wilderness Protection and Pollution Prevention Act.
>>> wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/no-mining-in...
Reposted by Wilderness Watch
Raise your voice to defend wolves and help keep Wilderness wild!
Stop Congress from killing Endangered Species Act protections for gray wolves!
Click here to howl >>> wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/hr845-wolf-esa
Stop Congress from killing Endangered Species Act protections for gray wolves!
Click here to howl >>> wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/hr845-wolf-esa
October 30, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Raise your voice to defend wolves and help keep Wilderness wild!
Stop Congress from killing Endangered Species Act protections for gray wolves!
Click here to howl >>> wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/hr845-wolf-esa
Stop Congress from killing Endangered Species Act protections for gray wolves!
Click here to howl >>> wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/hr845-wolf-esa
Reposted by Wilderness Watch
The deceptively named “Fix Our Forests Act” threatens Wilderness with more livestock grazing and manager-ignited fires!
Tell your senators to vote NO!
wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/fix-our-fore...
Tell your senators to vote NO!
wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/fix-our-fore...
Tell your senators to oppose the “Fix Our Forests Act”
“Fix Our Forests Act” threatens Wilderness with more livestock grazing and manager-ignited fires.
wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org
October 30, 2025 at 2:47 PM
The deceptively named “Fix Our Forests Act” threatens Wilderness with more livestock grazing and manager-ignited fires!
Tell your senators to vote NO!
wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/fix-our-fore...
Tell your senators to vote NO!
wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/fix-our-fore...
Reposted by Wilderness Watch
"The absence of Inventoried Roadless Areas adjacent to Wilderness would make it much more likely that industrial forest management would take place right up to the wilderness boundary."
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Why roadless areas matter for Wilderness preservation - Wilderness Watch
We should all be deeply concerned about the most recent challenge to the integrity of America’s national forests—the proposed repeal of the 2001 U.S. Forest Service Roadless Area Conservation Rule. Th...
wildernesswatch.org
November 3, 2025 at 5:10 PM
"The absence of Inventoried Roadless Areas adjacent to Wilderness would make it much more likely that industrial forest management would take place right up to the wilderness boundary."
wildernesswatch.org/why-roadless...
wildernesswatch.org/why-roadless...
Reposted by Wilderness Watch
This is the wild Buffalo Creek drainage in the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness north of Yellowstone National Park that the Forest Service wanted to invade with poison and helicopters in order to kill off all aquatic life, amphibians and insects.
Details —> wildernesswatch.substack.com/p/wilderness...
Details —> wildernesswatch.substack.com/p/wilderness...
Wilderness Watch stops poisoning plan in Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness
"This is one of the most important rulings for protecting the integrity of the Wilderness Act in the law’s 60-year history."
wildernesswatch.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:49 PM
This is the wild Buffalo Creek drainage in the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness north of Yellowstone National Park that the Forest Service wanted to invade with poison and helicopters in order to kill off all aquatic life, amphibians and insects.
Details —> wildernesswatch.substack.com/p/wilderness...
Details —> wildernesswatch.substack.com/p/wilderness...
Reposted by Wilderness Watch
If Rep Lauren Boebert's so-called “Pet and Livestock Protection Act” becomes law, wolves would no longer find refuge or roam safely in Wilderness areas in places like Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan.
Urge your U.S. House Rep to oppose the bill >>> wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/oppose_hr845...
Urge your U.S. House Rep to oppose the bill >>> wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/oppose_hr845...
November 4, 2025 at 8:37 PM
If Rep Lauren Boebert's so-called “Pet and Livestock Protection Act” becomes law, wolves would no longer find refuge or roam safely in Wilderness areas in places like Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan.
Urge your U.S. House Rep to oppose the bill >>> wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/oppose_hr845...
Urge your U.S. House Rep to oppose the bill >>> wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/oppose_hr845...
We updated our chart of Wilderness legislation pending in Congress.
The majority of legislation would weaken protections for Wilderness and its wildlife.
Please take a look and then TAKE ACTION to keep Wilderness wild!
>>> wildernesswatch.org/congress/
📸 Bob Wick/BLM
The majority of legislation would weaken protections for Wilderness and its wildlife.
Please take a look and then TAKE ACTION to keep Wilderness wild!
>>> wildernesswatch.org/congress/
📸 Bob Wick/BLM
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
We updated our chart of Wilderness legislation pending in Congress.
The majority of legislation would weaken protections for Wilderness and its wildlife.
Please take a look and then TAKE ACTION to keep Wilderness wild!
>>> wildernesswatch.org/congress/
📸 Bob Wick/BLM
The majority of legislation would weaken protections for Wilderness and its wildlife.
Please take a look and then TAKE ACTION to keep Wilderness wild!
>>> wildernesswatch.org/congress/
📸 Bob Wick/BLM
The "extinction caucus" in Congress supports radical legislation to drastically weaken the Endangered Species Act and decrease protections for threatened species—including imperiled species that call Wilderness home.
Speak up for wildlife —> wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/oppose_hr189...
Speak up for wildlife —> wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/oppose_hr189...
November 6, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The "extinction caucus" in Congress supports radical legislation to drastically weaken the Endangered Species Act and decrease protections for threatened species—including imperiled species that call Wilderness home.
Speak up for wildlife —> wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/oppose_hr189...
Speak up for wildlife —> wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/oppose_hr189...
Call your senators at 202-224-3121 and tell them to oppose Sen Mike Lee's "Border Lands Conservation Act" (S.2967), which would amend the Wilderness Act to allow DHS to build roads, land aircraft, and install surveillance tech in ALL WILDERNESS areas!
www.twincities.com/2025/11/04/b...
www.twincities.com/2025/11/04/b...
Bill would allow roads, vehicles in Boundary Waters for border enforcement
It would allow federal immigration enforcement officials to use motorized vehicles and build roads, surveillance equipment, fences and structures in the Boundary Waters.
www.twincities.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Call your senators at 202-224-3121 and tell them to oppose Sen Mike Lee's "Border Lands Conservation Act" (S.2967), which would amend the Wilderness Act to allow DHS to build roads, land aircraft, and install surveillance tech in ALL WILDERNESS areas!
www.twincities.com/2025/11/04/b...
www.twincities.com/2025/11/04/b...
Hardy har har!
Tis the season!
Tis the season!
November 5, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Hardy har har!
Tis the season!
Tis the season!
Here's a remarkable story of private individuals who accepted a limited privilege in Wilderness, acknowledging it would end when certain conditions occur.
Now that the end is in sight, some of these individuals apparently want to enlarge that privilege.
wildernesswatch.org/forest-servi...
Now that the end is in sight, some of these individuals apparently want to enlarge that privilege.
wildernesswatch.org/forest-servi...
Forest Service reverses decades-long phase-out policy for cabins in Wilderness in Alaska - Wilderness Watch
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 th...
wildernesswatch.org
November 5, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Here's a remarkable story of private individuals who accepted a limited privilege in Wilderness, acknowledging it would end when certain conditions occur.
Now that the end is in sight, some of these individuals apparently want to enlarge that privilege.
wildernesswatch.org/forest-servi...
Now that the end is in sight, some of these individuals apparently want to enlarge that privilege.
wildernesswatch.org/forest-servi...
This bill guts the Wilderness Act, allowing Homeland Security to build roads, land aircraft, and deploy tactical infrastructure—including video surveillance systems and motion sensors—across America’s ENTIRE 112 million-acre Wilderness Preservation System.
www.startribune.com/tolkkinen-wh...
www.startribune.com/tolkkinen-wh...
Tolkkinen: Why worry about traffickers destroying Boundary Waters when Stauber is willing to do it himself?
A bill introduced in the U.S. Senate would allow spy equipment, motorized vehicles in the BWCAW and Voyageurs National Park.
www.startribune.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:03 PM
This bill guts the Wilderness Act, allowing Homeland Security to build roads, land aircraft, and deploy tactical infrastructure—including video surveillance systems and motion sensors—across America’s ENTIRE 112 million-acre Wilderness Preservation System.
www.startribune.com/tolkkinen-wh...
www.startribune.com/tolkkinen-wh...
If Rep Lauren Boebert's so-called “Pet and Livestock Protection Act” becomes law, wolves would no longer find refuge or roam safely in Wilderness areas in places like Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan.
Urge your U.S. House Rep to oppose the bill >>> wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/oppose_hr845...
Urge your U.S. House Rep to oppose the bill >>> wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/oppose_hr845...
November 4, 2025 at 8:37 PM
If Rep Lauren Boebert's so-called “Pet and Livestock Protection Act” becomes law, wolves would no longer find refuge or roam safely in Wilderness areas in places like Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan.
Urge your U.S. House Rep to oppose the bill >>> wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/oppose_hr845...
Urge your U.S. House Rep to oppose the bill >>> wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/oppose_hr845...
Senator Mike Lee's (R-UT) so-called "Border Lands Conservation Act" would amend the Wilderness Act to allow DHS to build roads, land aircraft, and install surveillance tech in ALL WILDERNESS areas!
Call your rep and senators at 202-224-3121 and tell them to oppose the bill!
Call your rep and senators at 202-224-3121 and tell them to oppose the bill!
November 4, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Senator Mike Lee's (R-UT) so-called "Border Lands Conservation Act" would amend the Wilderness Act to allow DHS to build roads, land aircraft, and install surveillance tech in ALL WILDERNESS areas!
Call your rep and senators at 202-224-3121 and tell them to oppose the bill!
Call your rep and senators at 202-224-3121 and tell them to oppose the bill!
“Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it.” – Norman Maclean
📸 Bald River Gorge Wilderness
📸 Bald River Gorge Wilderness
November 4, 2025 at 5:59 PM
“Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it.” – Norman Maclean
📸 Bald River Gorge Wilderness
📸 Bald River Gorge Wilderness