Bruce F. Vento: “The Roseville girls hockey team has demonstrated, once again with an undefeated season, that hard work and dedication…”

These are all very real and very dangerous threats facing our wilderness system--threats that Congress has the power to stop.

In the face of growing public sentiment and outcry for more greenspace and wildlands, Congress must push forward an agenda that all of America can support--protection and expansion of America's Wilderness Preservation System.

The Wilderness Act plays a critical role in establishing common sense values and land use ethic for the management and protection of America's most scenic and ecologically diverse lands.

It is time for Congress to push forward a wilderness agenda and teach our children a land use ethic that will protect the land and its creatures for generations to come.