Our Wilderness: Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of America's Wilderness Act

9 X 9

64 pages

PAPERBACK

Doug Scott is policy director of The Campaign for America's Wilderness and has been at the forefront of many of the important wilderness preservation campaigns as a strategist and lobbyist. In the 1980s, Scott was conservation director and, later, associate executive director of the Sierra Club. In 1996 he received the club's highest honor, the John Muir Award.

9781555916411

MAY 2009

“The American wilderness belongs to us all. Preserving it is one of the greatest gifts we can give to our grandchildren and to theirs. Our Wilderness makes the case brilliantly for why we need to preserve our wilderness heritage.”

Barbara Boxes, US Senator

“Inspired by this book…we can get to work on ensuring that more of these last great places on Earth remain wild and pure and free.”

Robert Redford

“If we are to preserve the world’s ecosystems, we must work to preserve the wild places that often define them. This book celebrates decades of our nation’s commitment to wilderness protection.”

William D. Ruckelshaus, first and fifth administrator of the US Environmental Protection Agency