Entries by Margosia Jadkowski

Fossil Ridge Wilderness grows with Trust’s 5th Colorado transfer this year

October 4, 2024- This week the Trust completed the transfer of our 183-acre Cross Mountain project in Colorado’s Fossil Ridge Wilderness to public ownership. The transfer comes on the heels of two other successful projects in Gunnison National Forest this year: the 10-acre Straeder Lode just outside the Raggeds Wilderness, and 10-acre Copper Glance Lode in […]

Fall 2024 Wilderness Book Club Pick

Trace: Memory, History, Race and the American Landscape by Lauret Savoy This fall’s Wilderness Book Club pick is Trace: Memory, History, Race and the American Landscape by Lauret Savoy. Connection to place is an important cornerstone in wilderness conservation. But for many, our personal and collective connection to place is complicated by our histories. Sand […]

Public access protected as Collegiate Peaks Wilderness Grows

September 19, 2024- This week another gap in Colorado’s Collegiate Peaks Wilderness was mended as The Wilderness Land Trust transferred the 19-acre Panama Principal Lode to be added to the wilderness area. With the transfer completed, the threat of development has been removed from the property, and the wilderness area has been made more whole. […]

Cleaning up Washington’s Wild Sky Wilderness

September 4, 2024- After the Trust acquires a private property in or around wilderness, we work with our agency partners to assess whether any restoration work is needed prior to transferring it to public ownership. Our goal is to restore the property to its wilderness character, improve habitat, and mitigate any public safety concerns on the […]

Viewsheds protected in Colorado’s Raggeds Wilderness

August 23, 2024- The Trust recently transferred a small property just outside Colorado’s Raggeds Wilderness to public ownership to be added to the National Forest.Straeder Lode is just over 10 acres of steep, rugged mountainside on the slopes above Baxter Basin. A popular hiking route from Crested Butte, Baxter Basin and Daisy Pass offer incredible […]

Come along to the recently protected Spring Canyon project

August 9, 2024- With this year marking the centennial of the Gila Wilderness, America’s first wilderness, we’re thrilled to share that last week the Trust completed our purchase of the 40-acre Spring Canyon inholding. As one of only five remaining inholdings left in the Gila, this acquisition brings us one step closer to completing the wilderness […]

Wilderness and the lungs of the planet

July 26, 2024- Increasingly, summer in the West has become synonymous with wildfire season. As of this week, 89 large wildfires are active in the US and have burned 1,611,409 acres. But the impacts of those fires reach far beyond the communities directly affected by them, as smoke blankets much of the country, reaching through the Midwest […]