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HISTORICAL FACTS: The wilderness society | History Defined

In 1956, Howard Zahniser began drafting America’s wilderness law; after 66 drafts and eight years of campaigning, he died months before it protected 9.1 million acres

Howard Zahniser's dedication to environmental protection led him to draft the Wilderness Act, a landmark legislation ensuring lands are safeguarded for future generations. After facing considerable challenges, including opposition and the need for multiple revisions, Zahniser successfully navigated sixty-six drafts and conducted eighteen hearings. The Act, signed in 1964, initially…

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Trump plans to move Forest Service headquarters to Utah and shutter research sites

The Trump administration says it will be moving U.S. Forest Service headquarters from the nation's capital to Utah as part of a broad overhaul

The Independent UK

Australia has dedicated more than 20% of its land to conservation but not where it matters most

On paper, Australia is a conservation success story.

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Bunnings accused of ‘greenwashing’ timber amid concerns about supplier’s illegal logging

The Wilderness Society lodges complaint with consumer watchdog over hardware and garden chain’s sale of timber sourced from NSW Forestry Corporation

The Guardian - AU

Queensland’s forests are still being bulldozed — and new parks alone won’t save them

The Queensland government celebrated the creation of new national parks this year, with Premier David Crisafulli saying it is time to “get serious” and be “ambitious” in protecting nature.

The Conversation

Trump Green Lights Ambler Road Project, But We're Not Getting More Off-Road Trails

If you thought Trump green-lighting the Ambler Road project would open up more of Alaska to off-roading, you're sadly mistaken.

RideApart

Government required to create plan to protect greater glider in major legal win for Wilderness Society

Murray Watt agrees recovery plans for greater glider, ghost bat, lungfish and sandhill dunnart were not made by successive governments

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Here's the 200 Million Acres of Public Land the Government Opened Up for Mining

The Trump Administration's efforts to sell and lease public lands to extractive industries like mining for mineral and gas deposits is heating up, as the Department of the Interior has released what lands are available.

RideApart

What’s at risk for Arctic wildlife if Trump expands oil drilling in the fragile National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska

The largest tract of public land in the United States is a wild expanse of tundra and wetlands stretching across nearly 23 million acres of northern Alaska. It’s called the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska, but despite its industrial-sounding name, the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, or NPR-A, is much more than…

The Conversation

Here's Every Off-Road Trail We'll Lose To the 250 Million Acre Public Lands Sale

The Wilderness Society has put together an interactive map showing you exactly the 250 million acres of public land the Senate is proposing to sell. We can stop this.

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Threatened species: court asked to compel Australian ministers to create recovery plans

The Wilderness Society launches legal action in hope of helping animals on brink of extinction

The Guardian - AU

Maps reveal parts of protected Tasmanian native forest that could be opened to logging, environmentalists say

Mapping based on documents released under right-to-information laws show proposed areas include habitats for 37 threatened species

The Guardian - AU

How badly do Tasmanians want to protect nature? The state election may provide answers

The major parties have been all but silent on the environment this campaign, while the Greens say more nature should be protected

The Guardian - AU

Controversial new Tasmanian AFL stadium could add $226m a year to economy, report finds

But a parliamentary committee says there has been no evidence to bolster the key assumptions underpinning the business case

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The massacre of Tasmania’s forests could be stopped at any time. Where are Australia’s leaders?

The tallest flowering trees on Earth reduced to stumps and a fernery maybe millions of years old razed to the ground – and this butchery is condoned

The Guardian - AU

‘National disgrace’: protest after tree estimated to be hundreds of years old cut down in Tasmania

Sustainable Timber Tasmania said the giant tree pictured on the truck had been assessed and felled ‘for safety reasons’

The Guardian - AU

Labor’s nature repair market must ban offsets and will need initial funding injection, scientists say

Members of threatened species scientific committee say allowing environmental offsets would undermine the scheme

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Saving the Franklin River

Decades before any climate change blockades, young people put their bodies on the line to save a wild river. Here's what we can learn from them today.

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