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Wilderness Watch is the nation's leading organization solely dedicated to defending America's 112 million-acre National Wilderness Preservation System and keeping it wild. Our work is guided by the visionary 1964 Wilderness Act.

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Wilderness Watch @wildernesswatch.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
More than 200 environmental groups, including Wilderness Watch, are calling on US lawmakers to halt a bipartisan permitting reform bill they say would gut protections for endangered species. www.commondreams.org/news/endange...
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200+ Groups Call on Lawmakers to Oppose Permitting Reform That Would Gut Endangered Species Act | Common Dreams
“We don’t have to choose between protecting our most endangered animals and plants and building a clean energy future."
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Wilderness Watch @wildernesswatch.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Cumberland Island National Seashore and Wilderness in southern Georgia is the largest undeveloped barrier island on the eastern seaboard. Take action by October 16 to stop land exchanges on Cumberland Island! wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/no-land-exch...
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No land exchanges on Cumberland Island!
Speak up by October 16 to protect Cumberland Island National Seashore and Wilderness.
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Wilderness Watch @wildernesswatch.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Cumberland Island National Seashore and Wilderness in southern Georgia is the largest undeveloped barrier island on the eastern seaboard. Take action by October 16 to stop land exchanges on Cumberland Island! wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/no-land-exch...
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No land exchanges on Cumberland Island!
Speak up by October 16 to protect Cumberland Island National Seashore and Wilderness.
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Wilderness Watch @wildernesswatch.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
A trio of high-profile wolf hearings will take place in federal court in Missoula, Montana on October 13, starting at 9:30am MDT. Wilderness Watch and our allies are part of the second hearing about our Northern Rocky Mountains wolf-listing petition. wildernesswatch.substack.com/p/trio-of-hi...
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Trio of high-profile wolf hearings happening in Missoula, Montana on October 13
Watch the livestream on Tuesday, October 13 starting at 9:30am MDT
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Wilderness Watch @wildernesswatch.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The environmental group Wilderness Watch was among the most vocal critics of any genetic rescue plan. Its Conservation Director Kevin Proescholdt wrote, “Do we want a manipulated zoo at Isle Royale or a wild Wilderness?” redcanarycollective.org/magazine/une...
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Uneasy Peace
The future remains uncertain after decades-long attempts to manage wolves and moose on Isle Royale
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Wilderness Watch @wildernesswatch.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Nudging toward the weekend be like...
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Wilderness Watch @wildernesswatch.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
🚨🚨🚨 "Wilderness-quality lands that would be opened to development include all of the Lincoln Gulch, Crater Mountain, Specimen Creek and Anaconda Hill roadless areas, half of Nevada Mountain and all of the Lodgepole Creek area in the Monture watershed." dailymontanan.com/2026/10/01/t...
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Commentary: The River Runs Through It Act erodes roadless, wildlife protections • Daily Montanan
A group of 21 conservation organizations say that Rep. Ryan Zinke's final legislation, The River Runs Through It Act, doesn't help some of Montana's most sensitive areas.
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Wilderness Watch @wildernesswatch.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The same guy who wants to sell off your public lands—Senator Mike Lee—wants to gut the Wilderness Act to allow DHS to build roads, land aircraft, and install surveillance technology across the entire National Wilderness Preservation System. ACT NOW! wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/border-bill
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New border bill guts Wilderness Act
America’s entire 112 million-acre Wilderness System could be impacted!
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Wilderness Watch @wildernesswatch.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The overarching legal mandate of the Wilderness Act is to preserve the Wilderness character of each area in the National Wilderness Preservation System. Preserving Wilderness character is the essential key to keeping alive the very meaning of wilderness in America.
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Wilderness Watch @wildernesswatch.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Wilderness Watch is America’s leading organization dedicated to defending the nation’s 112-million-acre National Wilderness Preservation System and keeping it wild. Our work is guided by the visionary 1964 Wilderness Act.
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Wilderness Watch @wildernesswatch.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Bugle if you 💚 Wilderness!
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Wilderness Watch @wildernesswatch.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Let us be abundantly clear: Seeking redress through the courts and speaking up for the wild are lawful and constitutionally protected activities, and civil liberties are essential to functioning democracies. wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/we-wont-stop...
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We won't stop defending Wilderness
Our voices and actions are needed now more than ever.
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Wilderness Watch @wildernesswatch.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A big shout out and thank you to thousands of our members who spoke up for a stronger Roadless Rule! Wilderness Watch's comments focused on "action alternatives that would degrade Wilderness." You can check them out by tapping the link below. >>> wildernesswatch.org/wp-content/u...
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Wilderness Watch @wildernesswatch.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Happy Hump Day to all Wilderness and wildlife defenders! We are grateful for your actions and your support!
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Wilderness Watch @wildernesswatch.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Wilderness areas provide wild, intact habitats that threatened and endangered species need to survive...and that's no fish tale!
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Wilderness Watch @wildernesswatch.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
A big thank you to all our members and supporters who have written thousands of letters to decision-makers and contributed to our efforts to protect the Izembek Wilderness and its wildlife over the years—this victory belongs to all of you! wildernesswatch.org/clean-water-...
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Clean Water Act permit suspended for Izembek road construction - Wilderness Watch
The fight to keep the Izembek Wilderness wild continues!
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Wilderness Watch @wildernesswatch.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Here is how we can improve the Roadless Rule. While the following ideas may be controversial, even among some conservationists, protective measures like these are within the purview of administrative action and could greatly strengthen the Roadless Rule. wildernesswatch.substack.com/p/roadless-a...
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Roadless areas are great, we can protect them better
By Katie Bilodeau and Gary Macfarlane
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Wilderness Watch @wildernesswatch.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Because of all the damage and degradation caused by livestock grazing in Wilderness, its relatively tiny contribution to the livestock industries, and the taxpayer subsidies it requires, it is well past time to end all livestock grazing in Wilderness. wildernesswatch.org/its-time-to-...
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It’s time to protect Wilderness from livestock grazing - Wilderness Watch
Recent reporting has exposed some of the many ongoing problems with livestock grazing on federal public lands. These problems include great resource damage, little oversight or repair of that damage, ...
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Western Watersheds Project @westernwatersheds.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Want to know what a public lands rancher can look like? Consider a wealthy businessman who buys an $8.5 million Colorado ranch, grazes cattle on neighboring public land, then spends $200,000 lobbying to make that land his own. www.denverpost.com/2026/09/29/c...
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A private ranch that wants 2,000 acres of federal land in Colorado has spent $200,000 to lobby a congressman
A wealthy ranch owner’s land exchange proposal would privatize thousands of acres of public land in the Roaring Fork Valley. It has rankled locals, who say the deal would sidestep normal processes.
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Wilderness Watch @wildernesswatch.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The public comment period ends today—Tuesday, October 6. Let the U.S. Forest Service know that rather than repeal the 2001 Roadless Rule, it should be strengthened to eliminate loopholes. wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/strengthen-r...
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Strengthen—don't repeal—the Roadless Rule
Speak up by October 6 to protect national forest roadless areas.
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Wilderness Watch @wildernesswatch.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
“I'm not sure why Wilderness Watch was targeted aside from the fact that we have a good track record of successful litigation and broader advocacy to protect designated wilderness." – Dana Johnson, Wilderness Watch missoulian.com/news/state-r...
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Updated: 4 Montana environmental groups under Congressional investigation
In September letters with a list of demands, congress members alleged that "radical environmental groups" were unjustly profiting from taxpayers. Four of the 19 groups now under investigation are in
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Wilderness Watch @wildernesswatch.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Speak up for grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem! Urge Congress to oppose the Grizzly Bear State Management Act. wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/oppose-grizz...
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Speak up for grizzly bears!
Urge Congress to oppose the Grizzly Bear State Management Act.
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Wilderness Watch @wildernesswatch.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Unfortunately, the 2001 Roadless Rule is not nearly protective enough. It contains numerous loopholes that allow some road-building, logging, and other industrial development under certain circumstances. Speak up by Oct 6 for a stronger Roadless Rule! wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/strengthen-r...
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Strengthen—don't repeal—the Roadless Rule
Speak up by October 6 to protect national forest roadless areas.
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Wilderness Watch @wildernesswatch.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Wild and Scenic Rivers Act was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on October 2, 1968. Today, the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System protects over 13,400 miles of rivers and streams in the U.S. 📸 The Wild and Scenic Sheenjek River by Alexis Bonogofsky/USFWS.
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Wilderness Watch @wildernesswatch.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"In an impressive third act, written entirely by the public, you stopped the logging and removal of the survey tree in the Washakie Wilderness—and you saved more than we realized." wildernesswatch.org/you-defended...
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You defended the Washakie Wilderness! - Wilderness Watch
In an impressive third act, written entirely by the public, you stopped the logging and removal of the survey tree in the Washakie Wilderness—and you saved more than we realized.
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Wilderness Watch @wildernesswatch.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Because many roadless areas abut designated Wildernesses, they also protect and enhance the value of those Wildernesses by keeping road-building and other industrial development farther away from Wilderness. wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/strengthen-r...
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Strengthen—don't repeal—the Roadless Rule
Speak up by October 6 to protect national forest roadless areas.
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Wilderness Watch @wildernesswatch.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"Wilderness-quality lands that would be opened to development include all of the Lincoln Gulch, Crater Mountain, Specimen Creek and Anaconda Hill roadless areas, half of Nevada Mountain and all of the Lodgepole Creek area in the Monture watershed." dailymontanan.com/2026/10/01/t...
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Commentary: The River Runs Through It Act erodes roadless, wildlife protections • Daily Montanan
A group of 21 conservation organizations say that Rep. Ryan Zinke's final legislation, The River Runs Through It Act, doesn't help some of Montana's most sensitive areas.
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Wilderness Watch @wildernesswatch.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Our favorite color is October.
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Wilderness Watch @wildernesswatch.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"The dream of a fully and permanently protected Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, begun over a century ago and legitimized by William Jardine’s 1926 policy decision, remains within our grasp. Let’s work to make that dream a reality." wildernesswatch.org/a-century-of...
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A Century of Wilderness for the Boundary Waters - Wilderness Watch
One hundred years ago, on September 17, 1926, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture William Jardine provided the first wilderness designation for the area later re-named as the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wild...
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Wilderness Watch @wildernesswatch.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Here is how we can improve the Roadless Rule. While the following ideas may be controversial, even among some conservationists, protective measures like these are within the purview of administrative action and could greatly strengthen the Roadless Rule." www.counterpunch.org/2026/09/25/r...
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Roadless Areas are Great, But We Can Protect Them Better
In the coming days many in the environmental community will remind us why our roadless areas are great. And they are. While the National Wilderness
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Wilderness Watch @wildernesswatch.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"Here is how we can improve the Roadless Rule. While the following ideas may be controversial, even among some conservationists, protective measures like these are within the purview of administrative action and could greatly strengthen the Roadless Rule." missoulacurrent.com/wilderness-a...
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Viewpoint: Roadless areas are great; we can better protect them
Katie Bilodeau and Gary Macfarlane write, Even the status quo loses our roadless wildlands inventory with degradation by a thousand cuts. Demand a better alternative that closes the industrial logging...
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Wilderness Watch @wildernesswatch.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It's the time of the year when monarch butterflies in the northern parts of the United States start migrating south. America's National Wilderness Preservation System provides important wild habitat for these imperiled insects. 📸 Tom Koerner/USFWS
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Wilderness Watch @wildernesswatch.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Honestly, we're not sure if this is sunrise or sunset. But either way, it's a beautiful photo of the Big Island Lake Wilderness in Michigan! 📸 Jim Gries/USFS
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Wilderness Watch @wildernesswatch.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
We love this quote from Rich Holschuh of the Atowi Project. Atowi is an Elnu Abenaki community initiative to affirm Native relationships to the Land, raise Indigenous voices, and foster inclusion with understanding. >> www.atowi.org
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Wilderness Watch @wildernesswatch.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
One often overlooked and very important benefit is that roadless areas are critical to the preservation of wilderness character, including the “qualities” and “values” in wilderness. dailymontanan.com/2026/09/23/w...
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Why roadless areas matter for wilderness preservation • Daily Montanan
Roadless rules are there to protect wilderness areas and to keep them truly wild, for animals and humans, says columnist Suzanne Cable.
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Wilderness Watch @wildernesswatch.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
One often overlooked and very important benefit is that roadless areas are critical to the preservation of wilderness character, including the “qualities” and “values” in wilderness. dailymontanan.com/2026/09/23/w...
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Why roadless areas matter for wilderness preservation • Daily Montanan
Roadless rules are there to protect wilderness areas and to keep them truly wild, for animals and humans, says columnist Suzanne Cable.
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Wilderness Watch @wildernesswatch.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Help end livestock damage to Wilderness! Urge your Rep to co-sponsor and pass the Voluntary Grazing Permit Retirement Act (HR 5785). wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/vgpra-hr5785...
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Urge Congress to pass the Voluntary Grazing Permit Retirement Act
Raise your voice to protect Wilderness, watersheds, and native wildlife.
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Wilderness Watch @wildernesswatch.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The Mexican gray wolf, or lobo, is the smallest subspecies of gray wolf and also one of the most endangered carnivores in the world. Lobos are also an integral part of Wilderness and the ecology of the American Southwest. Speak up for the lobo! >>> wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/hr4255/index...
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Raise your voice for endangered lobos
Congress is attempting to silence the call of the lobo across the American Southwest.
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Wilderness Watch @wildernesswatch.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"Roadless areas provide a de facto buffer to protect Wilderness from the impacts of industrial forest management and other resource extraction occurring on nearby National Forest System lands." More >>> wildernesswatch.substack.com/p/why-roadle...
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Why roadless areas matter for Wilderness preservation
By Suzanne Cable, Wilderness Watch board member
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Wilderness Watch @wildernesswatch.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Happy fall, y'all! 📸 Leon Werdinger
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Wilderness Watch @wildernesswatch.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Our latest newsletter is hot off the press! See how we're defending Wilderness and its wildlife in Congress, the courts, and on the ground with your help. >>> wildernesswatch.org/wp-content/u...
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Wilderness Watch @wildernesswatch.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Wilderness Watch is America’s leading organization dedicated to defending the nation’s 112-million-acre National Wilderness Preservation System and keeping it wild. Our work is guided by the visionary 1964 Wilderness Act.
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Wilderness Watch @wildernesswatch.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"In an impressive third act, written entirely by the public, you stopped the logging and removal of the survey tree in the Washakie Wilderness—and you saved more than we realized." Wilderness Watch's Katie Bilodeau has the full scoop! wildernesswatch.org/you-defended...
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You defended the Washakie Wilderness! - Wilderness Watch
In an impressive third act, written entirely by the public, you stopped the logging and removal of the survey tree in the Washakie Wilderness—and you saved more than we realized.
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Wilderness Watch @wildernesswatch.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Let us be abundantly clear: Seeking redress through the courts and speaking up for the wild are lawful and constitutionally protected activities, and civil liberties are essential to functioning democracies. wildernesswatch.substack.com/p/we-wont-st...
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We won't stop defending Wilderness
Our voices and actions are needed now more than ever. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌
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Wilderness Watch @wildernesswatch.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
In many Wilderness areas across the United States, the moose rut usually peaks at the end of September.
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Wilderness Watch @wildernesswatch.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Roadless areas are critical to the preservation of wilderness character, including the “qualities” and “values” in Wilderness. wildernesswatch.substack.com/p/why-roadle...
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Why roadless areas matter for Wilderness preservation
By Suzanne Cable, Wilderness Watch board member
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Wilderness Watch @wildernesswatch.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"The dream of a fully and permanently protected Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, begun over a century ago...remains within our grasp. Let’s work to make that dream a reality." – Kevin Proescholdt, Wilderness Watch www.startribune.com/walz-bwca-mi...
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Opinion | A century later, there’s more to protect the Boundary Waters from than mining
From addressing motorboat traffic to visitation levels and motorized portages, there is more we can do to fulfill the dream of fully protected BWCA, Kevin Proescholdt writes.
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Wilderness Watch @wildernesswatch.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Some good news for the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and its watershed! The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has canceled a mineral lease that was held by the mining company Twin Metals. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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Minnesota DNR ends Twin Metals lease for land near Boundary Waters
James Coleman, a University of Minnesota professor with expertise in energy law, explains the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources decision to cancel a Twin Metals mineral lease for a site locate...
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Wilderness Watch @wildernesswatch.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
National forest roadless areas provide secure habitat for native wildlife, protect clean water, and ecause many roadless areas abut designated Wildernesses, they also protect and enhance the value of those Wilderness areas. Take action by October 6 >>> wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/strengthen-r...
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Wilderness Watch @wildernesswatch.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
"BLM is trying to rig the rules so it can turn a blind eye to profiteers looting Wilderness and disregard its legal mandates to protect areas, vegetation, and wildlife on all of our public lands.” – Katie Bilodeau wildernesswatch.org/blm-is-tryin...
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BLM is trying to rig the rules and turning a blind eye to profiteers looting Wilderness - Wilderness Watch
The Bureau of Land Management received more than 105,000 public comments on its proposed overhaul of federal grazing regulations governing approximately 155 million acres of public land during spring ...
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