The Wilderness Land Trust

09/01/2026

Thanks to The Conservation Alliance for supporting our work in Colorado, and to TCA member companies Bergreen Photography and Wild Idea Media for recommending us!

08/27/2026

A black bear joined Trust supporters in the Roaring Fork Valley of Colorado yesterday to hear about our work protecting local wilderness areas.

08/14/2026

For Connie Myers protecting wilderness is all about having wild places to connect with who we are as human beings.

08/07/2026

“I’m thrilled to welcome Maura Sullivan to The Wilderness Land Trust as our Director of Major Gifts. Maura brings with her more than two decades of conservation fundraising experience and a proven record of building the kind of trusted, long-term donor relationships on which transformational giving depends. Her gift for translating conservation impact into meaningful opportunities for our supporters will be essential as we grow the philanthropic partnerships necessary to make wilderness whole and healthy,” says Anders Reynolds, President.

Based in Golden, Colorado, her experience in conservation fundraising includes development roles at The Nature Conservancy, Cheetah Conservation Fund, The Wilderness Society, Conservation Colorado, River Network, and the University of Colorado Boulder.

07/17/2026

07/10/2026

Protecting habitat and public access in California’s Ventana Wilderness.

07/06/2026

The Trust stewards each property we protect during the time we own it. This can mean projects to improve habitat for threatened species, restoring water sources like natural springs, and in many cases making the property wilderness ready before transferring it to public ownership. On the Needle Creek property, which we added to Colorado’s Weminuche Wilderness last summer, we removed remnants of an old hunting camp with the help of our partners at San Juan National Forest. Because it is located within the designated wilderness, this means hauling it all out with our own two (and luckily in this case four) feet.

06/24/2026

When Congress designates a wilderness area, private landowners whose property is inside the boundary keep their land. These private parcels surrounded by wilderness are called inholdings.

Today, more than 275,000 acres of private inholdings remain inside designated wilderness across the US. They can be developed with roads, mines, and resorts — in the heart of some of America’s most spectacular landscapes.

We work with willing sellers to remove these inholdings, unifying protection across the landscape and completing wilderness areas.