The Wilderness Society (United States)

The Wilderness Society is an American organization that cares about the preservation of America's wilderness areas. The organization founded in 1935, has more than 300,000 members.

The company was founded in 1935 by January 21, Bob Marshall, Aldo Leopold, Robert Sterling Yard, Benton MacKaye, Ernest Oberholtzer, Harvey Broome, Bernard Frank and Harold C. Anderson in the rooms of the Cosmos Club.

Achievements

The Wilderness Society has successfully focused on the quarter of the land area of ​​the United States, which belongs to all Americans. These include National Parks, Federal Forests, wildlife sanctuaries and regions, which are administered by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. Here, the churches, athletes, farmers, scientists, business people and other citizens be involved depending on the topic relatives. She was able to influence a number of laws:

• Wilderness Act (1964 )
• Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (1968 )
• National Trails System Act (1968 )
• National Forest Management Act (1976 )
• Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (1980 )
• Tongass Timber Reform Act (1990 )
• California Desert Protection Act (1994 )
• National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act (1997)

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The Wilderness Society awards including the Ansel Adams Award, which is named after the photographer Ansel Adams. The highest award is the Robert Marshall Award.