Additionally, the organization supports policies conserving national forests, limiting oil and natural gas development near wilderness areas, and siting renewable energy resources in areas where they will not affect wildlife.
The group also focuses on informing the public about federal land management policies and lobbying the federal government for conservation and recreation project funding. The organization's is headquartered in Washington, D. The website for The Wilderness Society lists the following mission statement for the organization:.
The Wilderness Society partners with local communities, businesses, and individuals to conserve federal lands and to advocate for identifying and mitigating threats to wilderness and wildlife.
The organization focuses on three objectives:. Howard Zahniser, a former U. Fish and Wildlife Service employee and Wilderness Society member, drafted the first version of the Wilderness Act in The stated purpose of the legislation was to conserve some of the remaining wilderness areas in the United States that were not already federally protected. Hubert Humphrey D - Minn. John Saylor R - Pa.
These groups viewed wilderness areas as new locations for their commercial activities, including logging, pulp manufacturing, grazing, and mining. Federal protection for wilderness areas under the bill could potentially limit or outright prohibit these activities in those areas, according to industry groups.
The bill was also opposed by the U. Forest Service and the U. National Park Service , which argued that the bill might reduce their authority over the federal lands they managed at the time.
A version of the Wilderness Act passed in the U. Senate in , but the legislation faced opposition from the timber, mining, and grazing industries that had a political ally in Rep.
Wayne Aspinall D - Colo. According to Mark Harvey, a professor of history at North Dakota State University, Aspinall, who represented the Western Slope in Colorado, was supportive of agricultural and energy groups and critical of environmental groups, which he viewed as uncompromising.
Aspinall used his chairmanship to block the legislation, and the bill died in committee in Though the Senate passed another version of the Wilderness Act in , it died in the same House committee.
Although The Wilderness Society and other supporters backed the Senate version of the bill as written, they concluded that the bill would not pass without revisions. As a result, conservation groups compromised with industry groups in order to get the bill passed. Industry groups requested that grazing and prospecting continue in wilderness areas grazing and prospecting in wilderness areas have since been prohibited. In exchange for these compromises, the House Interior and Insular Affairs Committee allowed the legislation to go to the House floor for debate.
The House overwhelmingly supported the bill; the Wilderness Act passed in with only a single "No" vote in the House. The Senate previously passed the final bill in by a vote of 73 to In total, the bill was re-written 66 times and was discussed in 18 congressional hearings. Aldo Leopold influenced the development of modern environmental ethics and helped to organize the US Wilderness Society. IUCN has become the global authority on the status of the natural world and the measures needed to safeguard it.
The Wilderness Act of created the legal definition of Wilderness in the United States, and protected 9. France, West Germany, Belgium, Italy and the Netherlands established the European Economic Community, regional organisation aimed to bring about economic integration among its member states. Oulanka National Park in Finland, was the first European audited and designated Wilderness according to the draft working definition of Wilderness in Europe.
European Parliament passes the Wilderness Resolution to define Wilderness to address aspects such as ecosystem services, conservation value, climate change and sustainable use.
The European Wilderness Network is created. The European Wilderness Quality Standard and Audit System based on Wilderness principles, criteria and several hundred indicators is launched and implemented across the European Wilderness Network.
More than 40 Wilderness areas have joined the expanding network with more than Skip to content In March 1, May 25, Sierra Club. January 1, US Forest Service. August 1, Swiss National Park. July 1, The Wilderness Society is a founding member of the Alliance. Places You Love is the biggest ever alliance of environment organisations, representing over 40 groups and 1. Photo: Brodie Emery. Climate Action Network Australia CANA is a diverse network with distributed leadership that links people and organisations working towards a shared vision — to protect people and nature from climate change.
Together, we set common goals and collaborate on solutions. About us. Skip to section Go to: Our story Our people. Are you with us? Become a member Donate now.
Our history. Learn more about our history. Our Board Members, elected by members, working for members. Our people. Structure The Wilderness Society is a public company limited by guarantee, incorporated in Tasmania.
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