Wilderness


Anyone who has walked through a clean and quiet forest and slept alone in silence can thank Aldo Leopold, who went on to help found the Wilderness Society, the Gila Wilderness and the Aldo Leopold Wilderness inside the Gila National Forest , the starting point for the modern wilderness conservation movement that has carved out pieces of quiet throughout the nation.

The idea of wilderness has always been a part of the human psyche. To the ancients, the untamed landscape held terror,and for the eons that followed, wilderness was a place to be feared or conquered.

It was in New Mexico 79 years ago that the idea of wilderness took a dramatic turn -- it became a place to be treasured and preserved.
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