The law created the National Wilderness Preservation System and provided permanent protections for 9.1 million acres of roadless and remote forest land across the country.

The goal of the Wilderness Act, now celebrating its 60th birthday, was to set aside a small proportion of public land in America from human intrusion. Some places, the founders said, deserved to ...

The list of recreations seeking to water down the Wilderness Act is growing. Most of these groups say they support wilderness, but at the same time, they want to slice out their own piece of the wi… ...

— Wallace Stegner The goal of the Wilderness Act, now celebrating its 60th birthday, was to set aside a small proportion of public land in America from human intrusion.

This June, the Sustainable Trails Coalition, a mountain biking organization, cheered as Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee introduced a bill (S. 4561) to amend the Wilderness Act and allow mountain bikes, ...

The Wilderness Act was passed into law 60 years ago. We should seize this moment to reinvigorate bipartisan support for land conservation and expand wilderness protection, writes Tom Butler.

On that day 60 years ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Wilderness Act of 1964 into law, officially creating the National Wilderness Preservation System.

The Wilderness Act of 1964 governs use and management of our four wilderness areas in Summit and Eagle counties — Eagles Nest, Ptarmigan Peak, Holy Cross and Flat Tops — and as well as the ...

The law created the National Wilderness Preservation System and provided permanent protections for 9.1 million acres of roadless and remote forest land across the country.

This June, the Sustainable Trails Coalition, a mountain biking organization, cheered as Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee introduced a bill (S. 4561) to amend the Wilderness Act and allow mountain bikes, ...

The goal of the Wilderness Act, now celebrating its 60th birthday, was to set aside a small proportion of public land in America from human intrusion. Some places, the founders said, deserved to ...

The goal of the Wilderness Act, now celebrating its 60th birthday, was to set aside a small proportion of public land in America from human intrusion. Some places, the founders said, deserved to ...