"On September 3, 1964, humanity’s unrelenting quest to tame, civilize, industrialize, and obliterate wild nature crashed into the Wilderness Act, signed into law by President Johnson on that momentous day." Learn more as the Wilderness Act turns 60 >>> wildernesswatch.org/wilderness-at-…

Help make today's #WildlifeWednesday a #WildernessWednesday! Urge your senators to co-sponsor and pass the Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act. >>> wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/nrepa_senate/i… 📸 Sam Parks

We launched a BRAND NEW website this week! Check it out >>> wildernesswatch.org

Join Wilderness Watch at Imagine Nation Brewing (1151 W Broadway Street in Missoula) TONIGHT from 5-8 pm for the 60 Pale Ale Release Party in celebration of the 60th Anniversary of the Wilderness Act!

The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness needs your help again! Urge your Rep to oppose House Concurrent Resolution 34 and H.R. 3195, and co-sponsor and pass H.R. 668. >>> wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/bwcaw-mining/i… Together, we will keep the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness wild!

Without restraint, Wilderness dies. Half of the approximately 40 wilderness-related bills introduced to the current Congress create special interest exceptions in proposed Wildernesses or amend the Wilderness Act. Read on >>> wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/no_diamonds_fo…

Wow! We had a great time celebrating the Wilderness Act's 60th Anniversary Thursday evening at Imagine Nation Brewing with the release of "60!" Thanks to Imagine Nation and all our members and fellow Wilderness advocates who showed up. Cheers to the Wilderness Act! 🍻

Golden hour at Craters of the Moon Wilderness in Idaho! 🔥🔥🔥 📸 Allen Pecorino

Incredibly, private livestock are currently authorized to graze over 25 percent of the 52 million acres of protected Wilderness in the lower 48 states. Help end livestock damage to Wilderness! >>> wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/vgpra_2024

“I still support the idea of wilderness even if I can’t go there. I think it provides a lot of benefits for us as people, but also it is this sense of humility that I think we need as a species.” – Gary MacFarlane spokesman.com/stories/2024/s…

We just launched a brand new website and we think it's 🔥! Check it out —> wildernesswatch.org

Wilderness Watch's legislative director Katie Bilodeau is on Capitol Hill today with John Muir Project lobbying Congress in support of the Wilderness Act and clean Wilderness bills that protect the integrity of America's National Wilderness Preservation System. #KeepWildernessWild

Wilderness Watch's Katie Bilodeau is lobbying on Capitol Hill today with John Muir Project. You can help Katie defend the Wilderness Act and our National Wilderness Preservation System by calling your members of Congress at (202) 224-3121 and urging them to #KeepWildernessWild!

The 595,364 acre Joshua Tree Wilderness within Joshua Tree National Park in California provides an extra level of protection to imperiled Joshua trees, which are threatened by development and climate change. #KeepItWild 📸 Allen Pecorino

Nothing protects America's last remaining ancient, old-growth forests better than Wilderness designation! npr.org/sections/the-p…

Help reclaim the wild in the Mount Timpanogos Wilderness along the Wasatch Front in Utah. Speak up by September 13 to #KeepWildernessWild! >>> wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/mount-timpanog…

Cheers to Wilderness! 🍻 If you're in the Missoula area, head over to Imagine Nation Brewing (1151 W Broadway St) to try "60" pale ale, a new brew in collaboration with Wilderness Watch celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the Wilderness Act.

The Wilderness Act just turned 60, and to celebrate Wilderness Watch is organizing a grassroots gathering of Wilderness advocates this coming weekend—September 13-15—at the Wilderness Gateway Campground in Idaho. Get all the details here —> wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/wilderness-act…

The dusky grouse is a large chickenlike bird found in the Rocky Mountains with a small head and a long, dark tail tipped in gray. Males have a yellow eyebrow that turns red during courtship. Reddish bare neck patches are visible when displaying. h/t Cornell Lab