WILDERNESS LETTER, 1960

Wallace Stegner was a writer, historian, and most importantly (in my opinion) an environmentalist.  In 1960 he wrote the Wilderness Letter to the Outdoor Recreation Resources Review Commission.  This essay later helped win the passage of the Wilderness Act of 1964.  The full text of the letter can be found here.  An introduction to the letter, written by Stegner in 1980, can be found here.

Wallace Stegner packing his horse, Vermont 1938

Wallace Stegner with Ansel Adams

FOR SALE: 2 SQUARE MILES OF GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK

If you have $125 million burning a hole in your pocket you might be in luck.  Governor Dave Freudenthal is threatening to sell two square miles of Grand Teton National Park if the federal government doesn't give Wyoming what he says is market value.  I am very doubtful this would ever happen.  The locals and conservationists worldwide would protest until their blue in the face. Read more here and here.