A national communications, education, and science dissemination program about wilderness.
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Looking for volunteer opportunities this summer in Vegas? We just posted two day projects in the Spring Mountains to remove invasive mullein on July 20 & Aug 10. Mullein's deep taproots destabilize soil, increasing erosion & disrupting nutrient cycles: nevadawilderness.org/souther…
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Happy #NationalPublicLandsDay!
@WildMontana celebrated today with @BMarshallWild
(another conservation org doing great work maintaining trails on #publiclands) by clearing and brushing a half-mile of trail in the #GreatBearWilderness.
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57 years ago today, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Wilderness Act, which describes wilderness as a place "untrammeled by man, where man himself is a visitor who does not remain.” ow.ly/easi50FKC7X
📷: Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge
By Peter Pearsall/@USFWS
ALT A panoramic view of several small islands in the Pacific Ocean just off the Oregon Coast
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Welcome to #FatBearWeek 2020! Today’s first matchup is between the dominant doge, bear 856, and big-bootied bear 151 Walker. In this arena, can 151 Walker flaunt his fatness or will 856 once again prove that overbearing obesity wins the day?
Vote Here: fatbearweek.org
ALT Bear 151 Walker's body comparison images from summer to fall.
ALT Bear 856's body comparison images from summer to fall.
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Today marks the 56th anniversary of the #WildernessAct, which helps to protect more than 60 NPS wilderness areas, from Alaska to Florida. What does wilderness mean to you?
Learn more at ow.ly/oKgN50BeXKQ
📸Wildflower "garden"in Death Valley Wilderness
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The #WildernessAct was signed 56 years ago today. DYK? – Baker Cemetery in wilderness at Illinois’ Crab Orchard Wildlife Refuge has 11 gravesites dating from 1865 to 1911. Designated wilderness preserves cultural & natural resources go.usa.gov/xfvxu
📷: Neil Vincent/@USFWS
ALT Several old grave headstones in an opening in a forest
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The #WildernessAct was signed 56 years ago today. DYK? – The Florida National Scenic Trail traverses the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge wilderness along historic Tallahassee-St. Marks railroad former track bed. Bobcats are common there.
📷: Judy Lyle/@USFWS volunteer
ALT A bobcat clawing its way up bark-covered tree
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The #WildernessAct was signed 56 years ago tomorrow. DYK? – The 1.35-million-acre wilderness at Alaska’s Kenai National Wildlife Refuge protects the Harding Icefield. 30+ glaciers flow from it, providing precious freshwater on which spawning salmon rely.
📷: Berkley Bedell/@USFWS
ALT Mountain peaks protruding through a glacial field of ice and snow
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The #WildernessAct was signed 56 years ago this week. DYK? – The numerous tree islands within the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge wilderness begin as small peat clumps pushed up by methane released from underlying peat. More on wilderness: go.usa.gov/xfvxu
📷: @USFWS
ALT An expanse of swamp
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The #WildernessAct was signed 56 years ago this week. DYK? – A road once bisected the wilderness at New Jersey’s Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge. @USFWS had to remove the road before Congress would designate the wilderness. The road is now a trail.
📷: Brett Billings/@USFWS
ALT 3 hikers on forest trail
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The #WildernessAct was signed 56 years ago this week. DYK? – In 1907, 15 bison from a NYC zoo were shipped by rail to Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma & reintroduced to the plains & mountains. Today, 600+ bison roam across refuge wilderness.
📷: Quinton Smith/@USFWS
ALT 2 bison on prairie with mountain in background
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Happy Valentine’s Day! Please enjoy these sweet scenes of public lands lovers across the country. Thanks to everyone who shared their love story
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Fifty years ago, in 1968, Congress created the National Wild & Scenic Rivers System, which now protects 12,700 miles of over 200 rivers in 40 states! Learn more about this wild, #cleanwater legacy here: wildernesswatch.org/wild-and… #KeepItWild
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Ever wonder how 'untrammeled' became a key descriptor in the 1964 #Wilderness Act? We got you covered: bit.ly/2fHD0Gi #KeepItWild
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90 minutes outdoors can have an incredibly powerful effect on your psyche, study shows bit.ly/2ziZQgJ
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#OTD in 1962 Rachel Carson published "Silent Spring," forever changing the way we see #nature and the environment. #ShePersisted #KeepItWild
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"Study #nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.” -Frank Lloyd Wright #findyourpark
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"The love of wilderness is more than a hunger for what is always beyond reach; it's also an expression of loyalty to the earth." - Ed Abbey
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Recent snowfall has us thinking about the things we love about winter. First up: the leap and plunge of a hunting fox.
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Today, we strap up our boots, hone our skills and open our ears. Our work is more important than ever. #wildworkshop #publiclands