One-hundred-sixty acres of formerly private land in the Ventana Wilderness will now be protected.Earlier this week, the Wilderness Land Trust purchased the Church Creek property in the middle of the ...

The largest contiguous wilderness area in the Lower 48 states just grew by 38 acres. A nonprofit that converts private land in wilderness areas for public use last week turned over a mining claim ...

"Sounds like an awesome life." Family shares video tour of off-grid compound in US wilderness: 'Enjoying the peace and quiet' ...

Payette Land Trust, Wilderness Land Trust bought private property and transferred it to public lands days before the government shutdown ...

INDEX — The Wild Sky Wilderness just got a little bigger. Last week, 345 acres of land in the wilderness were transferred from private to public ownership through the Wilderness Land Trust, a ...

A bill introduced in the U.S. Senate would allow spy equipment, motorized vehicles in the BWCAW and Voyageurs National Park.

Land previously used for mining has been added to the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness. The Wilderness Land Trust transferred the 38-acre Surprise Lode property to public ownership in early ...

Mount Champion and Independence Pass, south of Aspen, is a popular destination for visitors and locals. Much of the mountain’s south and west faces have been privately owned, a news release from The ...

Two brown bears on July 10, 2012 in the Kootznoowoo Wilderness on Admiralty Island in the Tongass National Forest. (Photo courtesy (Don MacDougall/U.S. Forest Service) The vast Tongass National Forest ...

U.S. Rep. Dianna DeGette, D-Colo., knows her wilderness bill has little chance of earning speedy approval, but that didn’t stop her from adding lands to her proposal Friday. DeGette made changes to ...

Private land that could have been prime ground for development of homes, mines or both on the east side of Independence Pass will soon be in public hands thanks to a donation from a familiar face in ...