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August 11, 2023 This week The Wilderness Land Trust completed the transfer of the 38-acre Surprise Lode property, adding it to Idaho’s Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness. This project builds off the adjacent Painter Mine property we transferred in 2017. Earlier this summer we visited the Surprise Lode property with our USFS partners […]
July 28, 2023- An hour’s drive northwest of Santa Fe, New Mexico, the small town of Abiquiu— population 150— is best known as the home of artist Georgia O’Keeffe and the landscapes she painted. For locals, and those who have visited, it’s also known for another attraction: Bode’s Mercantile. Mention Abiquiu in conversation and chances […]
July 14, 2023 We often share that our work to remove private inholdings in wilderness reduces management issues on our public lands, but what exactly does that mean? When public land managers must account for a patchwork of ownership, and protection, within a landscape, they are left trying to manage for all those different kinds […]
June 30, 2023- Field season is in full swing for our Lands Staff as they visit our project sites in wilderness areas across the west. As we work to acquire or transfer properties our staff conduct several site visits to assess property values, the wilderness character of the property, whether any restoration work is necessary, […]
The Rogue Valley Times celebrates the recent transfer to public ownership of a private inholding in the Kalmiopsis Wilderness of Oregon. June 27, 2023
June 16, 2023 This spring our volunteer Board of Directors elected Sarah Chase Shaw to lead the organization as Board Chair. Sarah grew up in Flagstaff, Arizona with millions of acres of public lands in her backyard. She spent weekends hiking in the Grand Canyon or trailing steers on the ranch. “The ability to walk […]
The Everett Herald celebrates the recent transfer to public ownership of a private inholding in the Wild Sky Wilderness of Washington. June 5, 2023
June 2, 2023- Looking out across the landscape, the Kalmiopsis Wilderness of southwest Oregon feels rugged and harsh, and since the entire wilderness area burned in the 2002 Biscuit Fire, it is a stark portrait of the ongoing change of natural processes. With one of the most complex geological areas in the country, full of […]
June 19, 2023- This week the Trust transferred the 345-acre Evergreen property to public ownership, adding it to Washington’s Wild Sky Wilderness. The Evergreen property was the largest remaining private inholding left in the Wild Sky Wilderness, and with its transfer, we are one step closer to unifying protection across the landscape and conserving critical […]
June 5, 2023- You’ve likely heard us refer to climate resilience in relation to our work protecting lands in and around wilderness areas from development. Generally speaking, climate resilience is the ability to anticipate and respond to events, trends, and disturbances related to the changing climate. Climate resilience is something that can be built: we […]
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