Here are some words from Henry David Thoreau:
"Wildness" is not exactly the same as "Wilderness," but there are some very significant connections between them. Here are some words from Michele Dieterich, who is the Secretary of the Board of Directors of Wilderness Watch:
"In troubled times, Wilderness is the way."
I am a longtime supporter of Wilderness Watch, a nonprofit organization that is "dedicated solely to protecting the lands and waters in our National Wilderness Preservation System." The Spring 2026 issue of its newsletter, "Wilderness Watcher," spoke powerfully about our need to tell ourselves - in these troubled times - that we need to maintain our official "hands off" policies when we consider "improving" our designated wilderness areas.
Wilderness is a reminder - a reminder we will always need - that we live, "ultimately," in the "World of Nature," a world into which we have been rather mysteriously born, and which supports everything we, ourselves, have ever been able to build or do.
Our human powers are prodigious, and we do, most "immediately," live in a world that we ourselves create. Ultimately, however, we live in the "Natural World," the "World of Nature," the "World that God Created," a world which was once a "Wilderness" entire.
Let us be sure to save what's left of our wilderness, to remind us of who we are and where we are. In these troubled times, reading the latest Wilderness Watch newsletter can help drive this lesson home!
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