James Peak Wilderness, Colorado

Protecting Western Wilderness

The Wilderness Land Trust works across the country to complete designated and proposed wilderness.  We have worked on projects from Massachusetts to Washington, Florida to California.  The Trust currently has active programs in Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming.  We’ve added properties ranging in size from five acres to 2,450 acres to 82 federal wilderness areas and areas proposed for wilderness designation.  

There are many reasons to preserve wilderness. In our 20 year history, we’ve acquired wilderness properties that were threatened with exclusive resort development, road construction, mining, logging and oil and gas drilling.  We’ve purchased land in order to provide access to wilderness areas previously closed to the public. And we’ve acquired parcels in order to provide intact habitat and unbroken migration corridors for wildlife, including endangered species.