Wilderness Society

What do wild salmon have to do with selling puffies? More than you’d think, says Alex Lowther, Patagonia’s creative director and producer of the brand’s 2019 documentary film Artifishal. Like Patagonia’s eight other feature-length environmental documentaries, Artifishal serves a ...read more

E-bikes officially won access to National Parks last week, when the National Park Service (NPS) ruled that low-speed models are allowed for now where traditional bikes are allowed. The federal order comes as states and municipal governments grapple with regulating the new form of ...read more

A debate reminiscent of the one that preceded opening access for mountain bikers is playing out right now as e-bikes gain a foothold and federal agencies consider policies. On July 26, more than 50 trail conservancy organizations—such as The Wilderness Society and Colorado ...read more

One-hundred fifty days ago, a conservation and recreation program that protected public lands and water expired—a devastation to the future of public lands. But after months of build up, hope was restored today when the U.S. House passed the Natural Resources Management Act (S. ...read more

President Donald Trump has nominated a former oil and gas lobbyist as Secretary of the Interior, which, according to several outdoor advocacy organizations, doesn't bode well for public lands. Trump appointed David Bernhardt as deputy secretary to Ryan Zinke, and has been ...read more

A group of conservation organizations are trying to prevent sulfide-ore mining at the edge of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northeastern Minnesota. The Wilderness Society, Center for Biological Diversity, and the Izaak Walton League of America, represented by ...read more

Keep up by reading Industry Buzz. Here are today's top headlines: Have a news tip? We've created a new form where you can submit tips and story ideas. National parks in Utah are seeing an uptick in rescues—68 percent from 2014—and men in their 20s are the ones most likely to need ...read more

A Canadian mining firm has staked claim on land that was, until recently, part of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah. The acquisition comes six months after President Donald Trump slashed nearly half of the national monument along with a large part of Bears Ears ...read more

As Stewart “Brandy” Brandborg's children reflect on his life, they recall story after story of him taking them camping in the backcountry, oftentimes on the way back home to Montana after advocating for wilderness conservation in Washington D.C. His son, Dan Brandborg, said that ...read more

Happy Monday! If you read anything today, make it Industry Buzz. Here are the latest headlines: Do you have buzzworthy news tips? Email us at [email protected]. Stewart Brandborg, who led the Wilderness Society during a critical time for the wilderness movement from 1964 to ...read more

In eight days, more than 2 million acres that was formerly within Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments (before President Trump shrank it) will open up to possible mineral and geothermal leasing. Conservation Lands Foundation, The Wilderness Society and ...read more

Republicans voted against a Senate budget amendment Thursday that now opens the possibility of fossil fuel drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in northeastern Alaska. The amendment would have protected the 19.3 million-acre Alaskan Arctic but was voted down 52 to 48. ...read more