Entries by Margosia Jadkowski

Public access to Colorado’s Chicago Basin protected!

January 24, 2025- For most visitors, the hike to Chicago Basin in Colorado’s Weminuche Wilderness starts on the historic Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad as it winds 30 miles through the mountains. From the train stop, the Needle Creek Trail climbs steadily for 6 miles till the valley opens up into the sweeping views […]

California’s Mount Lassic Wilderness now complete with last remaining inholding removed!

January 10, 2025- The Wilderness Land Trust recently acquired the last remaining inholding in northern California’s Mount Lassic Wilderness, completing the wilderness area by removing the lingering threat of development on the 160-acre Bear Creek private inholding property. This is the 18th wilderness area the Trust has completed. The Mount Lassic Wilderness is of significant […]

Winter 2025 Wilderness Book Club Pick

Indian Creek Chronicles by Pete Fromm Our winter Wilderness Book Club pick is a staff favorite: Indian Creek Chronicles by Pete Fromm. Indian Creek Chronicles is an account of seven winter months spent alone in a tent in Idaho’s Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness guarding salmon eggs and coming face to face with the blunt realities of life in […]

2024 by the numbers: Celebrating a year of wilderness wins

December 27, 2024- As 2024 comes to a close, we’re celebrating another year of successful projects protecting the wilderness you love across the country. This year we protected 42 properties totaling 2,073 acres from Alaska to Virginia. With the threat of development removed, they will remain open for wildlife to roam, resilient habitats to thrive, […]

Celebrating 94 acres protected in Idaho’s Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness

December 14, 2024- The Payette Land Trust and Wilderness Land Trust recently partnered to protect a 94-acre private inholding within Idaho’s Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness. At 2.3 million acres, the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness is the largest wilderness area in the lower 48 states and is home to over 180 miles […]

Giving thanks this holiday season

November 27, 2024- As our staff steps away from the office this week to celebrate Thanksgiving with family and friends, we’re taking a moment to reflect on all that we have to give thanks for. We are so grateful for the fulfillment of mission-driven work, the community that makes it all possible, and the wild […]

Celebrating a year of conservation success in our 2023-2024 Annual Report

November 1, 2024- Every fall, after our fiscal year has come to a close, we report back to you, our partners and supporters, in our Annual Report on what we have accomplished together in the previous year. This year we had lots to celebrate as we acquired lands in and around wilderness across the country […]

Exploring the wilderness you love through maps

October 18, 2024- In July we shared with you about our work to create a first of its kind GIS-based national inventory of private properties in and around wilderness. This tool has already been valuable in our work for how it allows us to explore the wild places we work in in a different way. […]