Wilderness Act of 1964:

To establish a National Wilderness Preservation System for the permanent good of the whole people, and for other purposes. Section 2. (a) In order to assure that an increasing population, accompanied by expanding settlement and growing mechanization, does not occupy and modify, all areas within the United States and its possessions, leaving no land designated for preservation and protection in their natural condition, it is hereby declared to be the policy of the Congress to secure for the American people of present and future generations the benefits of an enduring resource of wilderness. For this purpose there is hereby established a National Wilderness Preservation System to be composed of federally owned areas designated by congress as such manner as will leave them unimpaired for future use and enjoyment as wilderness: and no Federal lands shall be designated as “wilderness areas” except as provided for in this Act or by a subsequent Act. (Howard Zahniser)

Embassies of Wilderness:

 

Bureau of Land Management

www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/prog/blm_special_

areas/NLCS/Wilderness.html

 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

www.fws.gov/refuges/whm/wilderness.html

 

U.S. Forest Service

www.fs.fed.us/recreation/programs/cda/

wilderness.shtml

 

National Park Service

wilderness.nps.gov

 

Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute

790 East Beckwith Ave.

Missoula, MT 59801

www.leopold.wilderness.net

 

The Aldo Leopold Foundation

P.O. Box 77

Baraboo, WI  53913

608.355.0279

www.aldoleopold.org

 

Arthur Carhart National Wilderness

Training Center

James E. Todd Building

32 Campus Dr.

Missoula, MT 59812

carhart.wilderness.net

 

National Forest Foundation

Building 27, Ste. 3

Fort Missoula Rd.

Missoula, MT 59804

www.nationalforests.org

 

The National Wilderness Stewardship Alliance

PO Box 5293

Reno, NV 89513

www.wildernessalliance.org

 

The Wilderness Institute

College of Forestry and Conservation

The University of Montana

32 Campus Dr.

Missoula, MT 59812

www.cfc.umt.edu/Wi

 

The Wilderness Society

1615 M St. NW

Washington, DC 20036

www.wilderness.org

 

Society for Wilderness Stewardship

PO Box 2667

Bellingham, WA 98277

wildernessstewardship.org

 

Alaska Conservation Foundation

911 W 8th Ave., Ste. 300

Anchorage, AK 99501

alaskaconservation.org

 

Alaska Wilderness League

122 C St. NW, Ste. 240

Washington, DC 20001

www.alaskawild.org

 

 Sitka Conservation Society

PO Box 6533

Sitka, AK 99835

sitkawild.org

 

The Murie Center

1 Murie Ranch Rd.

Moose, WY 83012

www.muriecenter.org

 

Greater Yellowstone Coalition

215 S. Wallace Ave.

Bozeman, MT 59715

www.greateryellowstone.org

 

Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance

685 S. Cache St.

Jackson, WY 83001

www.jhalliance.org

 

New Mexico Wilderness Alliance

142 Truman St. NE

Albuquerque, NM 87108

www.nmwild.org

 

Selway-Bitterroot Frank Church Foundation

PO Box 8103

Missoula, MT 59807

www.selwaybitterroot.org

 

Southern Appalachian Wilderness Stewards

243 Ironsburg Rd.

Tellico Plains, TN 37385

www.trailcrews.org

 

Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance

425 East 100 South

Salt Lake City, UT 84111

www.suwa.org

 

Arizona Wilderness Coalition

Main Office:

P.O. Box 40340

Tucson, AZ  85717

520.326.4300

www.azwild.org

 

The Wild Foundation

717 Poplar Avenue

Boulder, CO  80304

www.wild.org