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May 31, 2025- Join us in welcoming Stu Smith to our board of directors! You may recognize Stu as the retired GIS professional who has volunteered his time over the past few years to help create our first of its kind GIS-based inventory of private wilderness inholdings and edgeholdings. Stu has not only brought his professional […]
May 16, 2025- When most people turn on their taps at home, they are unaware of the journey the clean water flowing from it has taken to reach them. Whether pumped from deep in the ground, collected from streams and rivers into reservoirs, or traversing hundreds of miles through complex networks of aqueduct and pipes, […]
May 2, 2025- This week our spring newsletter is hitting mailboxes across the country. In it we celebrate how our recent work is benefiting public access, connected landscapes, and protected watersheds in some of your favorite wilderness areas; get into the weeds with the anatomy of a Trust project; talk about how our work is […]
April 18, 2025- Unless you’re a wilderness practitioner or researcher, you probably haven’t been keeping up with the debate playing out in the pages of the International Journal of Wilderness about the intersection of virtual reality and wilderness. Through a series of articles, Keely Fisher, a researcher at Ohio State University, and writer Paul Keeling explore how […]
April 4, 2025- We are thrilled to welcome Liz Seger to our staff as our new Director of Philanthropy. Liz lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and brings outstanding experience and expertise in fundraising, as well as a love for wild places, to the Trust. She holds a B.A. in Russian History and Religious Studies from […]
March 21, 2025- You may have noticed this seal of accreditation on our website or outreach materials in the past. Awarded by the Land Trust Accreditation Commission, an independent program of the Land Trust Alliance, it is given to land trusts meeting the highest national standards for excellence and conservation permanence, demonstrating sound finances, ethical […]
March 7, 2025- In southwest Colorado, the Uncompahgre Wilderness meets the American Flats, Handies Peak, and Red Cloud Peak Wilderness Study Areas in the high peaks and sweeping vistas of the San Juan Mountains. Remnants of the area’s rich mining history scatter the mountainsides, including the Alpine Loop Scenic Byway— 63 miles of old mining roads […]
February 7, 2025- The Wilderness Land Trust is excited to welcome Jordan Jimmie to our Board of Directors! Jordan is a proud Diné (Navajo) raised in Flagstaff, Arizona. Near his childhood home, he grew up exploring Coconino National Forest with friends, which cultivated a reverence for our environment and a yearning for adventure. Jordan witnessed […]
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 […]
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 […]
