The Wilderness Society

08/14/2026

The administration is messing with Texas, y'all.

Big Bend National Park belongs to all of us. That's why it's so alarming to see bulldozers tearing up one of America's most iconic public lands with no respect for land protections or public input.

Big Bend and neighboring Big Bend Ranch State Park protect more than a million acres of desert, river and canyon landscapes along the Rio Grande. These lands support wildlife, local communities, outdoor recreation and cultural resources and sites that stretch back generations.

Current construction threatens to fragment habitat, disrupt wildlife and alter an iconic landscape.

Protecting Big Bend means protecting wildlife, supporting local communities and ensuring future generations have the freedom to explore, connect with and enjoy this extraordinary landscape.

08/14/2026

Meet Nick, our Wyoming Conservation Manager.

"These photos are of my wife and boys in the places we’ve been fortunate to explore together across Wyoming and Utah. From finding elk antlers in a Wyoming Wilderness Study Area and looking for pronghorn on BLM land, to hiking the Oregon Buttes, cooling off in the Dirty Devil River, taking a family pack trip in the Shoshone National Forest with the help of llamas, these public lands have given my family incredible opportunities to spend time together outdoors. These protected lands also provide the wildlife we love to see, the undisturbed habitat needed in the winter and spring to survive.”

Public lands give us the freedom to explore, connect, and make memories that last a lifetime—and they should be protected for the next generation, too.

Let’s hand ’em down, not over to those who wish to sell them off and open them to reckless development.

Take the pledge to protect the places that make it all possible 🌎 https://bit.ly/4eLoCcq

📍 Wyoming's Red Desert, Oregon Buttes WSA, Bridger-Teton National Forest, Shoshone National Forest, and BLM lands in Wyoming and Utah

📸 Nick Dobric, Sara Domek

08/12/2026

Why is Alaska's Teshekpuk caribou herd unique, and why does protecting its habitat matter?

In Alaska's Western Arctic, The Wilderness Society President Tracy Stone-Manning - TWS sits down with Senior Ecologist Tim Fullman to discuss decades of research on the Teshekpuk caribou herd and how understanding caribou behavior can help guide conservation efforts that protect wildlife, support Alaska Native communities and others who rely on healthy caribou herds, and ensure these incredible migrations continue for future generations.

08/12/2026

A little reminder that protecting public lands never goes out of style. ✨

From roadless forests to national monuments, these places belong to all of us. Protecting them means protecting our freedom to explore, supporting healthy wildlife habitat and safeguarding these landscapes for future generations.

08/12/2026

📸 Less than a month left to show us what wild places mean to you and win a share of $8,000 in prizes!

The 2026 Wilderness Photo Contest is more than a photo contest, it's a chance to celebrate the places that give us the freedom to explore, connect with nature and create memories that last a lifetime. America's public lands provide clean water, wildlife habitat, outdoor recreation opportunities and so much more.

Help us make the case, in photographs, that these places belong to all of us—and that it's our job to hand them down, not over.

Submit your best images of America's public lands by August 31.

Enter today: https://photocontest.wilderness.org/

This photo contest is supported by Flickr

08/11/2026

🚨 Only 3 days left to take action! 🚨

In the latest phase of its attack on public lands, the administration has launched a “review” of wilderness management policies that aims to pave the way for development and resource extraction in some of the last unspoiled places in the country.

These wild places protect clean air and water, sustain wildlife and give us the freedom to explore. Future generations deserve the same chance.

Learn more, explore our interactive map and take action TODAY! https://bit.ly/4wjAg3C

08/10/2026

In February of 2025, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum told Tribal leaders that national monuments were not the target.

Now, as you know, the administration has slashed Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante by 90% and moved to dismantle Tribal co-stewardship agreements that have guided these sacred landscapes for years.

Tribal Nations and Indigenous peoples have cared for these lands since time immemorial. Breaking these promises threatens cultural resources, wildlife habitat, clean air and water, and the freedom we all share to experience these places.

Take action: https://bit.ly/4heCCwR

Stand wiith Bears Ears Coalition and Grand Staircase Coalition

08/10/2026

Public lands like Bears Ears give Americans the freedom to hike, hunt, fish and explore. Protecting these places does not restrict that freedom. It preserves it.

New reporting from Maxine Joselow at The New York Times reveals that administration officials were briefed on recreational access and opportunities at Bears Ears before claiming the monument was virtually inaccessible.

Bears Ears belongs to every American. Safeguarding it protects public access, irreplaceable cultural heritage and a remarkable landscape that future generations deserve the freedom to experience.

President Trump said recreation in Bears Ears National Monument was virtually impossible. Documents reviewed by The New York Times show officials knew otherwise.

08/09/2026

Some of the best moments in life happen on public lands.

Time on the land for our colleague Gabriel means sharing stories across generations, from his grandpa to his dad to his kids.

Public lands give us the freedom to explore, connect, and make memories that last a lifetime—and they should be protected for the next generation, too.

Let’s hand ’em down, not over to those who wish to sell them off and open them to reckless development 🦚💚💙

Take the pledge 🌎 https://bit.ly/4eLoCcq

08/09/2026

In the weeks since Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante were drastically reduced, the administration has wasted no time removing the signs that mark these places on the landscape.

Our friends at the Center for Western Priorities documented some of these removals last week.

As Axie Navas, Director of Designation Campaigns at The Wilderness Society, put it: "These monuments exist because Tribal Nations and communities across Utah fought to protect places that belong to all of us. Removing that history from a roadside sign doesn't erase our responsibility to pass these lands down intact, so future generations have the same freedom to experience them as we do today."

You can remove a sign, but you can't erase what these places mean. Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante remain sacred ancestral homelands, beloved public lands where people hike, hunt, fish, camp and explore, and landscapes worth protecting for future generations.

Urge Congress to push back and tell the administration to immediately restore protections for Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante. Click the link in our bio to send a message today.