Mapping Glacier’s Wildest Places
A new storytelling tool helps both park managers and visitors understand the value of park wilderness.
- By Kim O'Connell - August 1st, 2024 1:24am
Wilderness
112th Congress Took Backward Steps When It Came To Designating Wilderness In National Park System
Not only did the 112th Congress fail to pass any legislation creating additional wilderness in the National Park System, but it turns out the body actually cut some official wilderness out of the system.
June 30 is Deadline for Comments on Death Valley Wilderness Stewardship Plan
If you’d like to comment on wilderness resource values and management alternatives in the largest named wilderness in the continental U.S., you’ve still got time, but you’d better hurry. The deadline for public input on the Death Valley Wilderness Stewardship Plan has been extended to June 30.
- By Bob Janiskee - June 18th, 2009 10:25am
Wilderness for Glacier National Park – An Idea Whose Time Is Coming?
Glacier National Park includes just over a million acres of superlative Rocky Mountain terrain, and the park offers an interesting combination of front-country access and backcountry solitude in what has been called "the core of the Crown of the Continent ecosystem." Glacier will celebrate its centennial on May 11, 2010, and some supporters are saying it's time to finally formalize wilderness designation for key portions of the park.
- By Jim Burnett - December 3rd, 2008 7:32pm
Prime Location and Varied Habitat Help Make Point Reyes National Seashore a Biodiversity Treasure Trove
Point Reyes National Seashore plays a vital role in maintaining healthy biodiversity. A prime location and key physical factors have combined to make the park, which marks its 46th anniversary September 13, one of the six most biologically significant areas of the U.S. The variety of life found there is astonishing.
- By Bob Janiskee - September 13th, 2008 11:28am
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