In light of the news that chainsaws were approved for use in an Idaho Wilderness, Wyoming Wilderness Association National Forest Wildlands Director Peggie dePasquale wonders if a love of the crosscut saw could help safeguard other Wilderness areas.

On Monday, May 11th, the final rescission of the Public Lands Rule (PLR) was published in the Federal Register’s public inspection. The PLR (officially the Conservation and Landscape Health Rule) was a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) regulation that recognized conservation as an essential component of public lands management. It placed conservation on equal footing with other multiple uses, such as oil and gas drilling, mining, and grazing, of the more than 250 million acres

Two of our staff members made the trip to Cheyenne for the 2026 Legislative Session.

The Wyoming Wilderness Association would like to welcome Ariel Kazunas to the team as our new Communication and Development Director! From a high school stint on a trail crew in the Redwoods of California, to a biology-based college abroad program in Australia and the Great Barrier Reef, to a career as an active travel guide that took her everywhere from the Galapagos in Ecuador, to Patagonia’s Parque Nacional Los Glaciares, Ariel has seen firsthand the power of natural lands

The Wyoming Wilderness Association (WWA) is thrilled to announce its new Executive Director, Aaron Bannon!

A Recap of our 2025 Outings & Stewardship Programs As summer fades and the first snow dusts the mountains, we’re reflecting on an incredible stewardship season and the dedicated community that made it all possible. While this summer looked a little different, we’re grateful to have continued our on-the-ground work to care for Wyoming’s wild places. Staffing cuts across federal agencies presented real challenges for our public lands, reminding us just how vital these partnersh

For Wyoming Wilderness Association (WWA), the Roadless Rule and the Inventoried Roadless Areas (IRAs) that it protects are central to our mission. Lands without roads define the concept of wildlands, and are what drive the work of our organization. What's more, these lands are all of our beloved, wild backyards, and it is going to take all of us to save them.

Sign the petition to prevent mining in our wildlands and national monuments. Roughly 85% of public lands managed by the Bureau of Land...

Three wildernesses, 5 trailheads, 14 monitoring zones, 22 outings, 5 overnights, and over 300 miles traveled on the trail this summer all...

If you submitted a letter to the BLM regarding the Rock Springs Resource Management Plan (RMP) during last year’s public comment period,...

Overview: The BLM clearly listened to comments submitted by concerned citizens such as yourselves. The proposed plan includes new and...

– Carlie Ideker, Associate Director A high-pitched chirp echoed across the alpine meadow, as soon as my boots struck the top of the small...

Those who live close to the land know, if you care for the land, it will care for you and for itself.

Recently I had the pleasure to help the WWA team wrap up some solitude monitoring sites in the Gros Ventre Wilderness on the...

SIGN THE PETITION - ASK LAWMAKERS TO PROTECT WYOMING'S WILDLANDS Pictured above is the Honeycombs WSA. The WPLI bill would strip this...

The Cedar Mountain Wilderness Study Area (WSA) encompasses about 21,500 acres of specially protected BLM lands in Washakie and Hot...

Sheridan, Wyoming – In response to the Wyoming Public Lands Initiative Act of 2023 (S. 1348) passing out of the U.S. Senate Energy and...

The 14,700 acre High Lakes Wilderness Study Area was designated in 1984 by the Wyoming Wilderness Act. Located off of the stunning...

Areas of Critical Environmental Concern: 1.6 million acres of protections across 16 Areas of Critical Environmental Concern, 6 of which...

The Dunoir Special Management Unit (SMU) is a uniquely protected 28,000 acre wildland on the Shoshone National Forest, located in the...