Entries by Margosia Jadkowski

Private inholdings protected in Maroon Bells-Snowmass and Weminuche Wilderness Areas, a win for recreationists

December 3, 2025- The Wilderness Land Trust has recently protected three private properties within Colorado wilderness: the 20-acre Busher Claim in the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness, the 30-acre Needle Creek property, and the 31-acre Great Western Lode in the Weminuche Wilderness The properties were previously privately owned, and at risk of development. Nationwide there are over […]

Join us in welcoming Kay McConagha to our board of directors!

November 28, 2025- Please join us in welcoming Kay McConagha to our board of directors! Kay is an accomplished financial and operational leader with more than 40 years of experience guiding mission-driven organizations toward sustainable growth and long-term impact. As COO/CFO of Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Foundation, she brings a deep commitment to responsible financial stewardship, strategic […]

Why continue to invest in public lands?

October 31, 2025- Since January, we have seen a steady stream of efforts to weaken protections for public lands, from proposals to sell off large swaths of land, to executive orders and administrative rule changes altering how they are managed. In the face of these challenges, we have received variations of the same question from […]

Annie Creek added to Idaho’s Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness

October 17, 2025- The Payette Land Trust and Wilderness Land Trust partnered to purchase a 94-acre private inholding within Idaho’s Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness in August 2024, safeguarding Annie Creek from development. This property was recently transferred into public ownership, adding it to the designated wilderness area. The Annie Creek property is located near […]

960 acres protected in California’s Bodie Hills

October 3, 2025- Where the high peaks of the eastern Sierra and Yosemite National Park meet the sagebrush steppe, the Bodie Hills of California remain one of the state’s most ecologically intact landscapes with some of its highest biodiversity. Here The Wilderness Land Trust recently acquired a 960-acre property adjoining the Granite Mountain Wilderness area, removing […]

Trail access protected in Colorado’s Weminuche Wilderness

September 19, 2025- Earlier this summer the Trust transferred our 30-acre Needle Creek property, adding it to the Weminuche Wilderness. Last week we built off that momentum, transferring our 31-acre Great Western Lode properties to also be added to the Weminuche, once again growing Colorado’s largest wilderness area. The Great Western Lode project is made […]

Protecting bat habitat in the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness

September 5, 2025- Given that many of the private wilderness inholdings that we work to protect are old mining claims, it’s not uncommon to find open mine shafts or adits, the horizontal passages used to access underground mines, on them. When we do, it is important to close them off before the property becomes public lands […]