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The Wilderness Society is the leading American public-lands conservation organization working to protect wilderness and inspire Americans to care for our wild places. Backed by more than 500,000 members and supporters, TWS has led the effort to permanently protect 110 million acres of wilderness. Since our founding in 1935, TWS has been at the forefront of nearly every major public lands victory and has profoundly improved the way our public lands are managed and enjoyed.

TWS does this by promoting designation of the wildest portions as wilderness, the highest form of land protection in this country, and ensuring careful conservation management of surrounding lands by the federal land management agencies and the American public.

To achieve its long-term goals, TWS has committed itself to building a geographically broad and diverse base of support far beyond the traditional environmental community. In addition to educating and activating an assortment of grassroots constituencies drawn from every demographic group, the organization is dedicated to developing highly effective and strategic alliances with local communities, non-traditional partner groups, and political leaders from across the spectrum who will help move forward a strong land protection agenda.

The Society accomplishes its mission through advocacy on Capitol Hill and with the federal agencies, research and analysis, public education and outreach, and coalition building. Its goals include a better-informed and more actively engaged public; more vigilant legislators and public land managers; more effective laws, regulations and land management practices; an enhanced understanding of the consequences of various land-use strategies and decisions; and increased protection for all wilderness resources.