Wilderness Campaign News

Great Refuges Within Reach: Affordable trips close to home

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 21:51:18 +0000

With gas prices creeping higher and the economy at a low ebb, planning a summer vacation close to home is on the minds of many American families. Luckily, if your idea of a great getaway is to experience the best of our nation’s treasured wild lands, the National Wildlife Refuge System will allow you to stay close to home.

America’s Hidden Treasures: Discover the National Landscape Conservation System

Fri, 15 May 2009 17:39:12 +0000

The sky above the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument in Montana was big and blue and the scene sublime as Kevin Mack hiked along a stretch of the Wild and Scenic Missouri River.

“This area preserves remarkable scenery and important history,” Mack reminisces. “It contains bluffs and badlands, wilderness, nearly 150 miles of the Upper Missouri National Wild and Scenic River, and the premier segment of the Lewis and Clark Historic Trail. Along this trail, you can see things as Captains Lewis and Clark did on their epic journey over 200 years ago.”

A conservation-minded President? A look at Obama’s first 100 days in office

Tue, 05 May 2009 15:48:40 +0000

Following eight years of unbalanced, exploitative policies toward wildlands, the opening days of President Barack Obama’s administration appear to be a promising start in a new era of wildlands and wildlife protection.

In his first 100 days, President Obama reversed or put on hold a number of misguided Bush administration policies, signaling a more balanced use of public lands. He also put muscle behind campaign promises to reinstate science in federal decision making and to advance a clean energy future.

Salazar should deny Road through Wilderness at Izembek National Wildlife Refuge

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:45:59 +0000

Now that Congress has passed the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (P.L. 111-11), federally protected Wilderness in the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge is in great peril. The bill would allow internationally significant Wilderness lands to be removed from federal protection in order to construct an unnecessary road between the Alaskan communities of King Cove and Cold Bay.