To increase public understanding of and support for wilderness conservation; establish 80,000 to 100,000 acres of new wilderness in the Green Mountain National Forest over the next two years; protect citizens’ rights to participate in public land management decisions; reform public land management to favor wilderness, imperiled species, back-country recreation opportunities, and other amenities not found on private land; defend New England’s national forests from unlawful timber sales advanced by the Bush Administration; and stop the spread of motorized recreation on public lands.
