Wyoming Wilderness Association
Working to protect Wyoming’s public wild lands
to ensure a future of wild places for people and wildlife


   Bighorn Basin - Honeycombs hike 2008                 Bighorn National Forest, Rock Creek                     Shoshone National Forest - Wood
                                                                                 Recommended Wilderness                                              Roadless Area

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Our Wild History & Mission

The Wyoming Wilderness Association was first created in 1979 by a group of wilderness advocates and outdoors people who envisioned the Wyoming Wilderness Act. In 1984, the passage of the Wyoming Wilderness Act brought to all Americans the permanent protection of an additional 1.1 million acres of ecologically diverse, wild country. Currently the whole wilderness system in Wyoming is roughly three million acres. Five million acres of spectacular wild land still remain unprotected and vulnerable to development. Not one acre of new wilderness has been protected in Wyoming for 25 years!

With the rebirth of the Wyoming Wilderness Association in 2003, we now have the opportunity to protect additional wild watersheds, intact ecosystems, old growth forests, important wildlife habitat, and wildlife migration corridors - wild landscapes that truly deserve lasting protection as Wilderness. Liz Howell founded the organization with bylaws, Governing Council and our 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status. As of 2009, WWA's membership has grown to over 500 members.

The WWA worked hard in the 1970's and 80's to educate and train activists for the ultimate passage of the Wyoming Wilderness Act of 1984. Still today, the Wyoming Wilderness Association is working to protect our public wild lands to ensure a future of wild places for people and wildlife.

State Staff (Sheridan Office)

Liz Howell
Executive Director
PO Box 6588
Sheridan, WY 82801
Office (307) 672-2751
Fax (307) 672-2752
liz@wildwyo.org

 

 

 

Kat MacDonald
Office and Finance Associate
kat@wildwyo.org

 

 

 

 

 

Sara Domek
Wildlands Organizer
sara@wildwyo.org

 

 

 

 

Kendra Kallevig Childers
Buffalo Community Organizer
kendra@wildwyo.org

Jackson Hole Staff

Nancy Shea
Jackson Hole Rep
P.O. Box 848
Jackson, WY 83001
(307) 733-2920
nancy@wildwyo.org

Wyoming Wilderness Association 2009
Executive Committee

Barry Reiswig, President
Retired USF & WS
Cody, WY

Al Sammons, Vice President

Backcountry Horsemen

Riverton, WY

 

  

Benj Sinclair, Secretary
Natural Sciences Instructor
Wildlife Guide - Teton Science School
Jackson, WY

Judy Lund, Treasurer
Rancher/Businesswoman
Casper, WY

2010 Governing Council Members

Taylor Crosby
 Bookbinder
Sheridan, WY

Laney Hicks
Artist/Rancher
Crowheart, WY

Richard (Dick) Inberg
Land Surveyor, Engineer
Riverton, WY

   

Bart Koehler
TWS, Wilderness Support Center
Juneau, Alaska

Bryon Lee
Organizing for America - Wyoming Organizer
Sheridan, WY

Debra Patla
Biologist
Moran, WY

   

Margi Schroth

Owner, HF Bar Ranch

Saddlestring, WY