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August 21, 2026- This week, the Trump Administration released a new proposed rule and draft environmental impact statement that would fully rescind the Roadless Area Conservation Rule. The 2001 rule limited road building and commercial timber harvests on 45 million acres of National Forest. Some reporting on this has created confusion about which jurisdictions and […]
August 7, 2026- We are excited to announce that Maura Sullivan has joined the Trust staff as our new Director of Major Gifts. “I’m thrilled to welcome Maura Sullivan to The Wilderness Land Trust as our Director of Major Gifts. Maura brings with her more than two decades of conservation fundraising experience and a proven […]
July 27, 2026- Periodically, the Trust sends out letters to landowners of private inholdings within designated wilderness areas introducing ourselves and letting them know that if they are ever interested in selling, we’d love to work with them. This, along with partners bringing projects to us and landowners hearing about our work from neighbors or […]
July 10, 2026- Three years ago, The Wilderness Land Trust purchased a 160-acre parcel in California’s Ventana Wilderness from the San Francisco Zen Center. Previously part of their Tassajara Mountain Zen Center, the Church Creek property overlooks the ridges and valleys of the interior coastal range. Last week we completed the transfer of the property […]
May 29, 2026- There are so many reasons to love wilderness: from the adventures and moments of solitude it provides us, to the room it gives wildlife to roam, to the clean air and water we depend on. And, there are just as many ways to show your love for it! Wilderness touches all of […]
June 26, 2026- Right now, somewhere in the West, a wildfire is burning and fire managers are studying maps, calculating risk, and making decisions that will shape a landscape for the next century. When that fire burns near one of the 3,000 private properties that sit in the middle of designated wilderness, how those decisions […]
June 12, 2026- The Wilderness Land Trust recently acquired Eastern Rebel Boy, a 6.7-acre property within the Red Cloud Peak Wilderness Study Area of southwest Colorado. Like so many of the small properties we work to protect, there is inherent value in removing every opportunity for development within our wild places, no matter the size. […]
The Aspen Times celebrates the Phase 1 transfer of Champion Mine South to public ownership. May 29, 2026
May 15, 2026- The Trust recently completed the transfer of 194 acres on the slopes of Mount Champion, just outside the Mount Massive Wilderness, to the San Isabel National Forest in Colorado. The Champion Mine South property, which stretches from the North Fork of Lake Creek almost to the summit of Mount Champion, includes remnants […]
May 1, 2026- The Wilderness Land Trust has been awarded accreditation by the Land Trust Accreditation Commission through a comprehensive third-party evaluation. The accreditation process verifies that we have demonstrated fiscal accountability, strong organizational leadership, sound transactions, and lasting stewardship. The Trust first received accreditation in 2008, joining the more than 470 accredited land trusts across the […]
