Hand Public Lands Down, Not Over

As America marks 250 years, let’s protect the lands we all share—not put them up for sale. Make your gift today to keep these places in public hands for future generations.

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Mason Cummings

Soren Jespersen

Together we can protect public lands, now and forever.

Each day thousands of acres of wild places are lost to mining, drilling, logging and other development. But we don't have to give it all away. Together, we can save our wildest lands for future generations.

Twilight in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington

Nearly 112 million acres of wilderness protected

Miles Morgan

From coast to coast, we protect the public lands that hold our freedom, our memories and our future.

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Mason Cummings, TWS

There is just one hope of repulsing the tyrannical ambition of civilization to conquer every niche on the whole earth. That hope is the organization of spirited people who will fight for the freedom of the wilderness.

Bob Marshall Founder of The Wilderness Society

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