Designating an area as official "wilderness" is the highest level of protection that can be afforded in the United States.

Many Americans wanted to preserve the wilderness for its own sake. Naturalist John Muir wrote several articles defending conservation of forests, "not only as fountains of timber and irrigating ...

Denali National Park and Preserve checks all of the Alaska boxes: unspoiled wilderness, roaming wildlife, massive glaciers ...

Wilderness Gardens Preserve, a 676-acre jewel of county parkland near Pala in north inland San Diego County, encompasses the grounds of an old ranch — the former retreat of Manchester Boddy ...

This wilderness preserve near the Arctic Circle protects the place where two pristine rivers meet in Alaska’s interior. The entire Charley River basin is contained within the park, as well as about ...

The Southwest Florida Water Management District plans to conduct prescribed burns through March at the Green Swamp Wilderness Preserve, which includes the Green Swamp East Tract in Polk ...

Kathy Hochul this winter, all OPDMDs will be allowed to drive into all parts of the Forest Preserve — including wilderness. APA justifies this action by arguing that the Americans with ...

BRUNSWICK PENINSULA, Chile — The rugged shores and icy forests at the tip of the Brunswick Peninsula in southern Chile are soon to be the cornerstone in a long route of national parks and mountain ...

Kristine Tompkins, founder of Tompkins Conservation, hikes up to the Cross of the Seas located in the southernmost point of South America, in Patagonia, Chile, on Nov. 2, 2024. The rugged shores ...