Last year, hiking columnist Susan Anderson visited Yosemite and were lucky to get a chance to hike the John Muir trail.

a pivotal bill establishing the National Wilderness Preservation System. In the 1960s, landscapes across the country, like that of northeastern Minnesota, were identified as vulnerable — facing ...

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, I was a young, hard-driving member of the Montana Wilderness Association Council, and I ...

Federal protections arrived 40 years ago for the Salmo-Priest Wilderness, more than 41,000 acres of wild country in ...

Johnson signed The Wilderness Act, creating the National Wilderness Preservation System which now embraces 111 million acres. That’s 4% of the United States. Ironically, 4% is also the total ...

The horseshoe-shaped area covers more than 41,000 acres of wild country in Washington’s far northeastern corner, where ...

The Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests, in partnership with the Wilderness Land Trust (WLT), announce the acquisition of approximately 203 acres of private land, known as inholdings ...

officially creating the National Wilderness Preservation System. With the stroke of a pen, nine Wilderness areas in Oregon were designated, along with many more across the U.S. I was fortunate ...

Critics seeks greater regulation of garnet mine operation near state wilderness area; public invited to comment on Barton ...

It’s a fear that is hardwired into our very DNA. This wilderness horror is also the setting of a lot of subpar, golden-era slashers such as the aptly titled Don’t Go in the Woods. What is it ...

Last month marked the 60th anniversary of the Wilderness Act, a pivotal bill establishing the National Wilderness ...

SALMO-PRIEST WILDERNESS – Sullivan Creek Road begins east of Metaline Falls and follows its eponymous creek for miles. When the road turns north, the climbing starts. It winds high into the ...