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The Wilderness Society delivers to future generations an unspoiled
legacy of wild places, with all the precious values they hold:
Biological diversity; clean air and water; towering forests, rushing
rivers, and sage-sweet, silent deserts.
We bring to bear our scientific expertise, analysis and bold advocacy
at the highest levels to save, protect and restore America's
wilderness areas.
Our Program Includes:
-Protecting the last great American wilderness area, the Arctic Wildlife
-Refuge, from oil and gas drilling;
-Staving off logging and road building on 58 million acres of roadless lands;
-Curbing the abuse of our lands by off-road vehicle users;
-Protecting wild places within the lower 48 states from rampant oil development.
Website: "http://www.wilderness.org/"
[Summary provided by the Wilderness Society.]
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