The American Wilderness Coalition was established in January 2001 to support the efforts of wilderness advocates and organizations nationwide that are working to protect America's last remaining wild places. Many of the efforts underway today are aimed at working with Congress to pass laws to protect these special areas as "Wilderness" - a congressional designation that permanently protects parcels of our public land in their natural condition. Today, there are 643 Wilderness Areas protected on more than 105 million acres of public land across the United States. There are designated Wilderness Areas in all but six of our 50 states. Together, these Wilderness Areas make up our National Wilderness Preservation System.

The American Wilderness Coalition seeks to expand and protect our National Wilderness Preservation System by providing additive resources and advocacy assistance to the many individuals and organizations involved in campaigns to protect additional Wilderness Areas today. There are active wilderness campaigns in every western state as well as several in the East including efforts in New England, the Mid-Atlantic and the Southern Appalachians.

Board of Directors

Rick Johnson, Secretary, Idaho Conservation League*
William Meadows, Treasurer, The Wilderness Society*
Becky Rom, Friends of the Boundary Waters, Alaska Wilderness League, The Wilderness Society*
Cindy Shogan, Vice-Chair, Alaska Wilderness League*
Melyssa Watson, Chair, Wilderness Support Center, The Wilderness Society*
Larry Young, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance*
Carl Zichella, Sierra Club, California*
Dan Ritzman, Alaska Coalition*

* For Identification Purposes Only

Disclaimer
The American Wilderness Coalition provides links to many organizations, although a link does not denote endorsement of these organizations or their Web site content. Furthermore, the American Wilderness Coalition is not accountable for the web policies of those sites.

Privacy Policy
The American Wilderness Coalition collects information submitted by browsers to our site for our internal usage. The American Wilderness Coalition does not disclose this information with any third party.

The American Wilderness Coalition also maintains a database of email activists to which we send alerts about opportunities to protect wild places. These lists may be shared with other non-profit organizations with similar goals who are also seeking to protect wilderness. Such sharing will be done on a case-by-case single use basis. It will never be used for commercial purpose. Every email alert sent will contain an option to allow recipients to have their name removed from the database.

Copyright Policy
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For questions or comments about any materials on our website, please contact the American Wilderness Coalition at [email protected].