This is a great editorial from Taos News on keeping wilderness areas open and undisturbed by the hand of man.

Editorial: Keeping our wilderness areas wild and scenic – Taosnews.com

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 Editorial: Keeping our wilderness areas wild and scenicTaosnews.comNew Mexico was the first state to have a formally designated wilderness area when it preserved the then-750000-acre Gila Wilderness in 1924. Since then, the state has lagged behind We …

Being a big Gila Wilderness fan, the first Wilderness Area designated under the Wilderness Act, this sentiment rings true!  Keep our wild places wild!

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Here’s the latest buzz on wilderness bills, protection, and threats from around the U.S.

Wild places threatened under plan – Gloucester County Times – NJ.com

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Wild places threatened under planGloucester County Times – NJ.comNot only would this bill “release” half of all the wilderness study areas to oil and gas leasing, it would roll back protections for more than 58 million acres of roadless national fore …

Burbank Canyon could become Wilderness area – Reno Gazette Journal

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Burbank Canyon could become Wilderness areaReno Gazette Journal”Wilderness”–a term that generated huge public sentiment in Lyon and Mineral counties a couple of years ago–has arisen in neighboring Douglas County in the form of the Douglas County Co …

Help Wilderness in Montana | Scotchman Peaks Wilderness

www.scotchmanpeaks.org12/10/11

Our friends at the Montana Wilderness Association have asked for your help today. With a final push, the Forest Jobs and Recreation Act could pass into law this month! Please call Rep. Denny Rehberg’s office and ask him to …

Wilderness bill for scenic Nevada range introduced | The Associated …

washingtonexaminer.com11/7/11

With a rural county’s blessing, Nevada’s congressional delegation has introduced legislation to protect 26000 acres of a scenic mountain range north of Winnemucca as a federal wilderness area.

Lay of the Land: Wilderness Bills on the Move in Senate

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Cherokee National Forest (Image via Flickr: R. Neal) Great news for wilderness advocates—after a two-year lull in action, wilderness legislation is on the move in both chambers of Congress. Last month we reported on the …