The Wilderness Society
Protecting America’s special wild places from development. Areas include parks, forests, wildlife refuges and other wilderness areas, which belong to all Americans.
Our mission is to deliver to future generations an unspoiled legacy of wild places, with all the precious values they hold: Biological diversity; clean air and water; towering forests, rushing rivers, and sage-sweet, silent deserts.
Since 1935, we have taken our scientific expertise, analysis and bold advocacy to the highest levels to save, protect and restore America's wilderness areas.
Our Programs Include:
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Protecting the last great American wilderness area, the Arctic Wildlife Refuge, from oil and gas drilling;
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Staving off logging and road building on 58 million acres of roadless lands;
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Curbing the abuse of our lands by off-road vehicle users;
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Protecting wild places within the lower 48 states from rampant oil development.
