Wilderness

The California/Nevada Wilderness Committee focuses on supporting wilderness, wilderness management, and wild lands in California and Nevada. We also lend support to other campaigns around the country in their efforts to protect wilderness, wild lands, public lands, underrepresented populations, and even urban areas.

Here are a few of the campaigns we have supported.

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The 30x30 Global Movement

30 by 30 is a global movement seeking to conserve 30 percent of lands and coastal waters by the year 2030—hence, “30 by 30”. Biologists tell us we’re in a global crisis for biodiversity, as countless species of animals and plants could be extinct...
Sierra peak above Valentine Lake.

Wilderness Act 60th Anniversary

On September 3, 2023, we hail the 59th anniversary of President Lyndon Johnson’s signing the Wilderness Act that established America’s National Wilderness Preservation System. The sixtieth anniversary is just ahead! Wait a minute: Didn’t we just...