Wilderness Act of 1964:
To establish a National Wilderness Preservation System for the permanent good of the whole people, and for other purposes. Section 2. (a) In order to assure that an increasing population, accompanied by expanding settlement and growing mechanization, does not occupy and modify, all areas within the United States and its possessions, leaving no land designated for preservation and protection in their natural condition, it is hereby declared to be the policy of the Congress to secure for the American people of present and future generations the benefits of an enduring resource of wilderness. For this purpose there is hereby established a National Wilderness Preservation System to be composed of federally owned areas designated by congress as such manner as will leave them unimpaired for future use and enjoyment as wilderness: and no Federal lands shall be designated as “wilderness areas” except as provided for in this Act or by a subsequent Act. (Howard Zahniser)
Embassies of Wilderness:
Bureau of Land Management
www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/prog/blm_special_
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
www.fws.gov/refuges/whm/wilderness.html
U.S. Forest Service
www.fs.fed.us/recreation/programs/cda/
National Park Service
Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute
790 East Beckwith Ave.
Missoula, MT 59801
The Aldo Leopold Foundation
P.O. Box 77
Baraboo, WI 53913
608.355.0279
Arthur Carhart National Wilderness
Training Center
James E. Todd Building
32 Campus Dr.
Missoula, MT 59812
National Forest Foundation
Building 27, Ste. 3
Fort Missoula Rd.
Missoula, MT 59804
The National Wilderness Stewardship Alliance
PO Box 5293
Reno, NV 89513
The Wilderness Institute
College of Forestry and Conservation
The University of Montana
32 Campus Dr.
Missoula, MT 59812
The Wilderness Society
1615 M St. NW
Washington, DC 20036
Society for Wilderness Stewardship
PO Box 2667
Bellingham, WA 98277
Alaska Conservation Foundation
911 W 8th Ave., Ste. 300
Anchorage, AK 99501
Alaska Wilderness League
122 C St. NW, Ste. 240
Washington, DC 20001
Sitka Conservation Society
PO Box 6533
Sitka, AK 99835
The Murie Center
1 Murie Ranch Rd.
Moose, WY 83012
Greater Yellowstone Coalition
215 S. Wallace Ave.
Bozeman, MT 59715
Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance
685 S. Cache St.
Jackson, WY 83001
New Mexico Wilderness Alliance
142 Truman St. NE
Albuquerque, NM 87108
Selway-Bitterroot Frank Church Foundation
PO Box 8103
Missoula, MT 59807
Southern Appalachian Wilderness Stewards
243 Ironsburg Rd.
Tellico Plains, TN 37385
Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance
425 East 100 South
Salt Lake City, UT 84111
Arizona Wilderness Coalition
Main Office:
P.O. Box 40340
Tucson, AZ 85717
520.326.4300
The Wild Foundation
717 Poplar Avenue
Boulder, CO 80304