Defend America’s Wild

Hundreds of millions of acres of wild public land are under threat under a new Department of the Interior review of policies that protect some of America’s wildest remaining public lands. Take action today!

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Slinkard Wilderness Study Area, California | Bob Wick.

King Range Wilderness, California | Bob Wick

Wilderness and wilderness quality lands protect and sustain clean air, clean water, wildlife habitat, and Indigenous cultural connections. These iconic wild places provide the best opportunities for backcountry recreation like camping, hiking, hunting and fishing, and backpacking.

  • Hikers in desert landscape with cacti

    Backcountry recreation like hiking and camping

    Hells Canyon Wilderness, Arizona | Bureau of Land Management

  • Silhouette of joshua tree with starry sky

    Clean air

    Piper Mountain Wilderness, California | Bob Wick

  • River with mountains

    Local watersheds

    Sutton Mountain Wilderness, Oregon | Bob Wick

  • Javalinas in a river

    Wildlife habitat

    Aravaipa Canyon Wilderness, Arizona | Bob Wick

  • Person fishing on a river

    Hunting and fishing

    Steelhead Falls Wilderness Study Area | Bob Wick

  • Petroglyphs with river in background

    Indigenous cultural and spiritual traditions

    Tunnison Mountain Wilderness Study Area, California | Bob Wick

  • Parent and child on top of a mountain

    Places for the next generation to experience nature

    Handies Peak Wilderness Study Area, Colorado | Bob Wick

  • Tent in desert landscape

    Solitude

    Oregon Buttes Wilderness Study Area, Wyoming | Sam Cox

  • Two people frafting

    Watersports

    Bear Trap Canyon Wilderness, Montana | Bob Wick

  • hiker reading a sign

    History

    North Maricopa Mountains Wilderness, AZ | Bureau of Land Management

  • Dark skies

    Pine Forest Range Wilderness, Nevada | Bob Wick and Rita Ayers

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Honeycombs Wilderness Study Area, Wyoming | Bob Wick

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America’s wilderness and wilderness-quality public lands drive tourism, offer refuge for wildlife, provide public access to nature, and safeguard innumerable stories of human experiences on the land.

Now is the time to act and invite others to help save these critical places that are the backbone of a vibrant future for all of us.  

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